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India goes indie at the NH7 Weekender
From www.guardian.co.uk at 23/11/11 05:57 PM. 0 comments.
A new festival looks set to be India's answer to Glastonbury
It can be difficult when travelling by train in India to ensure you disembark at the correct city. Especially when it's 5am, and everybody around you is busy giggling at your pronunciation. We're in Pune (pronounced Poo-nay, apparently) for the second year of the NH7 Weekender. India has a smattering of music festivals, but these are mostly traditional events or trance affairs aimed at tourists unable to wait for their Ibiza kicks. NH7 is an attempt to create a Glastonbury, or perhaps more precisely, Lovebox-style event in India.
India's middle class is now estimated at more than 300 million people â€' that's a lot of folk with disposable income, internet access, and perhaps an interest in exploring non-traditional culture.
"There aren't any Indian festivals that concentrate on non-Bollywood music," NH7 co-organiser Stephen Budd explains. "The view was Indian audiences would never want to go." A few years ago Budd's business partner, Vijay Nair, was struggling to fill a five-band bill in Mumbai, now they're both filling festival schedules. Understandably perhaps, Budd says they faced skepticism. "The industry view was there's not enough interest in things that aren't Bollywood led. [Myself and Vijay] lamented that the only British acts visiting India then were the Stings and Simply Reds of the world, when kids wanted to see Mumford and Sons and Basement Jaxx, but no one was bringing them...
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Felix B DJ Set @ Brixton Jamm
From www.basementjaxx.net at 21/10/11 02:52 PM. 0 comments.
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Jaxx DJ @ Creative Centre Osaka, Japan
From www.basementjaxx.net at 08/10/11 02:13 PM. 0 comments.
Friday 4th November 2011!!
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FAC51 THE HACIENDA â€' From Manchester to Japan with Love x
From www.basementjaxx.net at 08/10/11 11:43 AM. 0 comments.
Presents… London Calling Lounge @ Sound Museum Vision, Tokyo, Japan.
Sat.05.Nov.2011
Simon & Felix take to the decks for one night of musical madness! Click the flyer for tickets!
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Check Out & Vote!
From www.basementjaxx.net at 21/07/11 12:08 PM. 0 comments.
Where’s Your Head At live visuals creator Max Hattler’s films “1923 aka Heaven” & “1925 aka Hell” are up for the Audience Prize at online exhibition Animate OPEN Digitalis.
Check them out & vote! HERE
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FELIX BACK AT JAMM
From www.basementjaxx.net at 20/07/11 03:49 PM. 0 comments.
Felix will be returning to Jamm in Brixton on Saturday August 6th for another underground party.
Get tickets for just £10 HERE
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Thank You !
From www.basementjaxx.net at 18/07/11 11:10 AM. 0 comments.
Last Thursday & Friday saw the UK premiere of “Basement Jaxx Vs. Metropole Orkest” at the Barbican in London. We would like to thank everyone who came along to make the nights so special and also the team who helped us put it all together – Jules Buckley, the Metropole Orkest, Crouch End Festival Chorus, Sharlene Hector, Lisa Kekaula, Vula Malinga, Brendan Reilly, Le Gateau Chocolat, Lil Buck, Jennifer White, Oli Savill, Cassie Watson, Anna Burns Studio, MAC, Urban Outfitters, the staff & crew at the Barbican and Serious. Thank you for all your help, hard work, patience, talent & creativity. Until the next time….