the 2007 Indian Electronica Festival in Toronto

A short video review of the Toronto, Canada installment of our annual festival which will also be held in London UK (Aug 25), NYC (Oct 19), New Delhi (Dec 21) & Mumbai (Dec 31st)!!!

Featuring performances by Abdul Smooth, Amika Kushwaha & Cassius Khan, DJ Alkmst, Dubslingers, LAL, Nawtiks & Omnesia (Anuj Rastogi)

More information:
http://www.indianelectronica.com/festival

The soundtrack for this video is 'Satyagraha' - a track by DJ Spooky vs Talvin Singh which is featured on 'Indian Electronica volume 001' - a 2 disc compilation available September 17th, 2007.

More information:
http://www.indianelectronica.com/records

Category:

Music

Tags:

• live
• festival
• indian
• electronica
• asian
• underground
• toronto
• music
• dj
• spooky
• talvin
• singh
• abdul
• smooth

[realshiznit]

You might be right about not drawing lines in a 'hybrid art form.' But then if you are calling Indian Electronica a hybrid, then it ought not to be called that at all, just something like 'World Electronica.' Infact, even that is too specific because there's no real distinction between this and supposedly 'mainstream' electronica except that it features more 'exotic' sampling.

When you're talking about 'surrealism' what you're really talking about is commercial-orientalism.

[fulltimepassgiri]

Belly dancers in Indian Electronica....hmmm. What is Indian in this?

[xxxgiuliano]

Titles tracks???

...please

[xxxgiuliano]

GREAT!!!

[seruppadi2]

I'm not the one who called it Indian Electronica. In any case, the artists decide what they want to call it (and where they want to fit: mainstream, indie or whatever).

When I'm talking about surrealism, what I'm really talking about is surrealism. Of course, you can choose to decipher it as whatever you want.

[sharatviolin]

Hey Qasim, sharat here. im in toronto man. call me when u can. ive sent u a mail too. pls check. gr8 stuff!! Cheerz!!!!

[englishtamil]

Belly dancing entered India well before electronica did.

Anyway, the point is that you can't draw lines on what to put on display in hybrid art of any kind. It all adds to the surrealism.

[realshiznit]

there is no belly dancing india... plenty of dancing... just not of the belly type :)

[ahagestedt]

they're cylon skinjobs come to kill us all....don't think that series "battlestar" is all fiction. it's really happening out there. the cylons have found us. we're faacked....

[horak1]

omg!!! ..... =) ...

[englishtamil]

What is India supposed to be anyway? Brown woman belly dancing? Would that be "Indian" enough?