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		UPCOMING SCHEDULE ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: DHAMAAL FESTIVAL GIVEAWAY PACK Click Here to Win! As part of the 3rd Annual Dhamaal Sights & Sounds Festival, Dhamaal is giving away a ton of prizes. Win tix to our featured shows at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 1015 Folsom & Club Six, Ableton Live software, T-shirts from Desi Threads, Dinner for two at New Delhi Restaurant, CDs from Six Degrees Records, Yoga memberships and Jewelry from Khazana Gifts - over $500 value! Sign Up to Win Now! NEXT EVENT :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: April 07, 2006 \| Electric Vardo Cheb I Sabbah, DJ Amar (Bansuri.net) & Frederique (Belly Groove), DJ Sep, Haven & SooozhyQ Club Six - Dark Room 60 6th St San Francisco, CA 94103 21+ \| $10 \| 10pm - 2am \| www.bansuri.net EV - brings you a unique Global experience featuring Live Music, DJs, Dance, Visual Art, Theater, and Culinary Delights. The focus of this night will be on the East: South Asia and Beyond, enticing the crowd with infusions of Ragas from the streets of Calcutta complemented by the spicy flavors of Bengal, moving into rhythmic motion with Bhangra dancers, Live Percussion and DJs spinning Tribal Breaks, Exotic House, Global Chill, Eastern Drum & Bass, and rhythms & melodies from the far off saffron scented lands. <EVENT DETAILS> PAST EVENTS :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: March 2, 2006 \| 3rd Annual Dhamaal Sights & Sounds Opening Party Nrityagram Dance Ensemble Showcase “Thursday Night Alive” Dhamaal crew featuring - Maneesh the Twister, Ferhan Qureshi (tabla), Skip Intro (Video DJ) & Samba Guisse (MC) Yerba Buena Center for the Arts: 701 Mission St @ 3rd San Francisco, CA 94103-3138 All Ages \| Free \| 6:30pm-8pm \| www.ybca.org With life-altering beauty, the all-female Nrityagram Dance Ensemble offers contemporary interpretations of classical Indian dance. They have since earned international acclaim for their deft touch in developing a gorgeous, modern dance sensibility from within this ancient form. Join us as we kick off the Thursday Night Alive Series and prelude to Nrityagram Dance Ensemble’s March 3rd & 4th performances. Dhamaal will showcase original selections with live tabla accompaniment and visuals. <EVENT DETAILS> ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: March 03, 2006 \| Kollektiv - The Sound of Breaking Ground Kava Lounge 2812 Kettner Blvd, San Diego, 92101 21+ \| $10 door \| 10pm - 2am \| www.kollektivmusic.com Karsh Kale (Six Degrees) & Janaka Selekta (Dhamaal) - Karsh Kale is a multi-talented tabla player, drummer, dj, and producer. And Janaka is co-founder of Dhamaal. They take their groundbreaking world, breakbeat, and S. Asian styles to SoCal for a one of a kind extravaganza. <EVENT DETAILS> ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: March 4, 2006 \| Groove Garden 6 Year Anniversary DJ Dragonfly , DJ Duskis (Six Degrees) + Chocolate! Groove Garden 2398 Sir Francis Drake, Fairfax CA All Ages \| $15 \| 8pm - 2am \| www.thegroovegarden.com DJ Dragonfly - is the creator of numerous monthly and annual West coast gatherings. His events consistently reflect a personal mission statement of offering dance and gatherings as a celebration of self, spirit and community. DJ Dragonfly runs The Groove Garden, Mantra Lounge, Gathering of Light, Globetrot and co-produces the annual weekend festival Earthdance. He is a regularly featured DJ on the conscious dance-culture scene. <EVENT DETAILS> ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: March 11, 2006 \| Sila and the Afrofunk Experience Ashkenaz 1317 San Pablo Avenue Berkeley, CA 94702 21+ \| $13 \| 8:30pm - 2am \| www.silaband.com Sila - The sounds that most of us know as Afrobeat are born out of the crowded streets of West African cities like Lagos, Accra and Abidjan. Combining the polyrhythmic percussion of indigenous West African music with Fenders and brass, Afrobeat trundled up from the underground to denounce dictatorship, corruption and oppression while still treating dancers and music fans to a seriously good time. Sila, hailing from the East African nation of Kenya, has the same mission, but named his own brand of music Afrofunk, an updated sound that incorporates more trace elements of hip-hop and soul. <EVENT DETAILS> ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: March 17, 2006 \| Sub Swara in New York Bobby and Nihal (BBC Radio 1), Deekline, State of Bengal, Navdeep, & DK Downtime 251 West 30th Street, New York, NY 10001 (B/w 7th and 8th Avenues) 21+ \| $15 adv / $20 door \| 10pm - 4am \| www.subswara.com Bobby Friction and Nihal - After only six months at Radio 1 the boys picked up a prestigious Gold Sony Award for Best Specialist Radio. Bobby Friction and Nihal Presents broadcasts every Wednesday night on BBC Radio 1, and is an award winning mix of the hottest Asian Beats and Flavas making them one of the most in-demand names on the scene. Bobby is busy working on his new album with Infinite Scale, remixing projects, and running club nights. Nihal can be found hosting various TV shows from the Saturday Show Extra for CBBC Digital to MTV Base, and was a regular host of Top of the Pops. Their latest album Bobby and Nihal Present… is currently out on BBC Worldwide. State of Bengal - is one of the Key DJ/Producers to have emerged from the Cutting Edge British Asian Music scene in the late 90s that gave birth to the Asian Underground movement. His songs feature prominently on Talvin Singh's ground breaking 'Anokha', Sounds of the Asian Underground' album. SOB's reputation as one of the most innovative and pioneering artists is still held today as he continues to pushes the boundaries with his varied projects and albums. Look out for his soon to be released album Skip-ij. DJ Deekline - A leading light on the UK breaks scene, Deekline's debut release on Rat Records - “Don’t Smoke”, went to number 11 in the charts. Deekline records on Botchit & Scarper and Southern Fried Records as well and has created some of the finest ragga breakbeat mash-ups. On the decks he’s a cutting and scratching wizard. Navdeep is a multi-talented musician, tabla player, drummer, producer, dj & turntablist. Already having released his debut album Yaathra and with another album in the works Navdeep is one definitely to watch. His dj sets consist of his own self-produced tracks, unique remixes and live drumming as well as scratching to create a mesmerizing interactive experience! The Sub Swara Residents Dhruva, Sunder, & Haj will perform a special live set, also on the bill is local NY Kollektiv resident DK. And Pictureman provides visual eye candy to accompany this auditory journey. ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: March 18, 2006 \| Non-Stop Bhangra 11, SF Dholrhythms, DJ Jimmy Love, Lady Ra & Tarun, DJ Tomas, Ferhan Qureshi, VJ Christo, The Explicit Dholies Rickshaw Stop 155 Fell St, San Francisco, 94102 21+ \| $15adv / $20 door \| 8pm - 2am \| www.nonstopbhangra.com Non-Stop Bhangra - celebrates the desi driven beats of Bhangra, combining live dhol (drum) players, dance performances/lessons and DJ's all dedicated to sharing the art of Bhangra. Jimmy Love and Dholrhythms welcome Lady Ra & Tarun on tabla (Beats Without Borders) crew from Vancouver for a special guest dj set. Just added, plus DJ Tomas (Voltage Music/UMOJA Soundsystem) dropping a rare Bhangra set! <EVENT DETAILS> ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: March 19, 2006 \| Dub Mission - Beats without Borders , SF Lady Ra dub set w/Tarun on tabla, DJ Sep & Maneesh the Twister (Dhamaal) Elbo Room 647 Valencia St, SF, CA 21+ \| $6 \| 9pm - 2am \| www.dubmissionsf.com/beatswithoutborders.html DJ Sep - founder and resident, has been going strong for over 9 years making Dub Mission the longest running dub & roots reggae night in the USA. As part of the Dhamaal Sights & Sounds Festival Also on hand is resident Maneesh the Twister. Lady Ra & Tarun (Beats Without Borders) - Hailing from Vancouver the Beats with out borders crew drops flavors from all corners of the globe. Lady Ra weaves old and new world sounds into rich musical tapestries and has a flair for selecting wicked tracks and mixing them with ambient global sounds. Tarun is a tabla player, dj, and producer from Montreal, Canada who began learning music in the Indian Classical tradition in his childhood, though he now spends much of his time working with fusion projects. <EVENT DETAILS> ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: March 16-26th, 2006 \| 24th Annual San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival Dhamaal is proud to co-present all the South Asian films of this year's SFIAAFF! San Francisco, Berkeley and San Jose To check listiings and showtimes www.asianamericanfilmfestival.org SFIAAFF - The Center for Asian American Media welcomes you to the 24th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival – the largest showcase of Asian American and Asian cinema in North America. Check out over 120 films and videos over 11 days in 3 cities: San Francisco, Berkeley and San Jose. 3RD I SOUTH ASIAN SHORTS 2006 Various Directors MEMORIES IN THE MIST Directed by Buddhadeb Dasgupta PARINEETA Directed by Pradeep Sarkar VIEW FROM A GRAIN OF SAND Directed by Meena Nanji WATER Directed by Deepa Mehta PUNCHING AT THE SUN Directed by Tanuj Chopra Afterparty for Punching at the Sun featuring Maneesh the Twister, Kush Arora, & DJ Marcella plus Dhol Rhythm Dance Troup at 111 Minna Gallery Friday March 17th 10pm ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: March 22, 2006 \| 1002 Nights - Cheb i Sabbah, SF Special Guests Lady Ra (Beats without Borders) & DJ Amar open Underground SF 424 Haight St, San Francisco, 94117 21+ \| $5 \| 10pm - 2am \| www.chebisabbah.com Cheb I Sabbah (Six Degrees) - Cheb I Sabbah’s 14-year Outernational Mix residency needs no introduction here in SF. Lady Ra & Tarun join the mix & DJ Amar opens. <EVENT DETAILS> ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: March 24, 2006 \| Third Annual Dhamaal Sights & Sounds Festival WORLDLY Electronic Music Showcase at 1015, SF Karsh Kale (Six Degrees) CD Release Party, Cheb I Sabbah (Six Degrees), Sukhawat Ali Khan and Riffat Sultana, Janaka Selekta + MC Samba, Maneesh the Twister & Kush Arora (live set) + MC Daddy Frank 1015 Folsom 1015 Folsom St, SF 94103 21+ \| $10 adv / $15 w/flyer/ $20 door \| 10pm - 5am \| www.dhamaalsf.com Check out WORLDLY Movie Clip produced by Video DJ Skip Intro Check out flyer Karsh Kale (Six Degrees) - Karsh Kale is a multi-talented tabla player, drummer, dj, and producer. He has collaborated with Herbie Hancock, Sting, System of a Down's Serj Tankian, Moroccan master Hassan Hakmoun, Senegalese superstar Baaba Maal, and Ethiopian pop singer Gigi. He's a charter member of the super group Tabla Beat Science, playing and collaborating with Zakir Hussain, Ustad Sultan Khan and Bill Laswell. Karsh has several albums on Six Degrees, his current release is entitled Broken English. www.karshkale.com Cheb I Sabbah (Six Degrees) - Cheb I Sabbah is one of the earliest practitioners of the art of deejaying and began spinning in Paris in 1964. He plays all over the world and holds down his 14-year Outernational Mix residency at Underground SF every Wednesday here in SF. Throughout his illustrious career he has collaborated and performed with Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and jazz trumpeter Don Cherry, Ornette Coleman, and Paul Horn. He has produced an album for the Sub Rosa label, as well as tracks for Asphodel and Meta, and remixes for Triloka and Cleopatra Records. He has released 3 albums with Six Degrees Records, which continue to spread his popularity. www.chebisabbah.com Shabaaz Acoustic - Sukhawat Ali Khan and Riffat Sultana are the children of Ustad Salamat Ali Khan, who was universally recognized and acclaimed as the finest Pakistani Classical singer of his time. Their family represents a 500-year lineage of musicians hailing from the Sham Chaurasi Gharana (school of music). The two have recorded for numerous labels including Ark 21/Universal, Triloka/Mercury, Hearts of Space, City of Tribes, 6 Degrees and XDot25. Riffat has worked with producers Narada Michael Walden and Miles Copeland. Sukhawat is featured on several upcoming tracks by Janaka Selekta. Riffat has a beautiful, powerful and infectious voice that always gets people dancing and can be heard regularly at Dhamaal! They will be accompanied by Shiraz Ali Khan (long time student of the Ali Khan family) on guitar, and Ferhan Najeeb Qureshi (sr. disciple of Ustad Tari Khan) on tabla and dholak. www.riffatsultana.com Janaka Selekta is cofounder, producer, & dj of Dhamaal which after 7 years of persistent growth has become the foundation for this massive showcase of this South Asian and World music event Worldly. As a DJ, Janaka's skills have been recognized by the San Francisco community, when he received the reader’s poll award for best DJ of 2004 from the SF Guardian. www.myspace.com/janakaselekta Maneesh the Twister is cofounder, producer, & dj of Dhamaal. Maneesh drops all styles from his worldwide bag of tricks spinning Dub Reggae, breakbeat, drum’n’bass, dancehall, electronica & bhangra. He is currently producing new material and is focusing on combining West Caribbean and South Asian influences. He has worked collaboratively under the moniker Echotwist and recently worked with State of Bengal. www.myspace.com/maneeshthetwister Kush Arora is a wicked producer burring genres in his connoction of dubwise bhangra beats. His new CD Bhang Ragga : Dancehall, Bhangra, In Future Dub Dancehall features vocals from N4SA (Jamaica Natural Crew) and Mr. Frank Punjabi Vox : Sukh and ReMix of Sultaan(courtesy of Manny Singh) Tabla : Robin Sukhadia and Ferhan Qureshi (Dhamaal). www.kusharora.com <FULL EVENT DETAILS> ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: March 25, 2006 \| Stateless, SF Special Agent K (Roots and Wires Hi-Fi) and D. Wurker (Six Degrees Records) plus guests Jef Stott, MC Rai, and Omar Fadel, & DJs Fouzia, Warp and Radiohiro Amnesia 853 Valencia b/w 19th & 20th, SF 21+ \| $5 \| 10pm - 2am \| www.rootsandwires.com The Special Agent K (Roots and Wires Hi-Fi) and D. Wurker (Six Degrees Records) will be dropping a wicked selection of roots reggae, lover's rock, outernational dub, UK steppers, bhangra, dubstep, grime, south asian breaks, baile funk & brazilian breaks - all while dropping rootsical samples, playing the siren unit, and tweaking the mixing board inna dubwise style. <click here to check out a sample> This Month Stateless welcomes, Jef Stott (Embarka Records), Mc Rai, and Omar Fadel performing live. Also special guests DJs, Fouzia and Chicago's 'Bombay Beatbox' crew: Warp and Radiohiro. Arabesque grooves, Reggaton, Indy Rock, and Hip Hop, plus more. ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: March 26, 2006 \| "Traditions" Classical Indian Raga, SF Classical Showcase presented by Bansuri, Dhamaal, & Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Featuring G.S. Sachdev & Swapan Chaudhuri Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater 700 Mission St entrance @ 3rd San Francisco, CA 94103-3138 All Ages \| $20 - $100 \| Advance tix Click Here \| 7pm \| www.ybca.org The Third Annual Dhamaal Sights and Sounds Festival builds on the success of our previous years in showcasing the art and music cultures of South Asia in the greater Bay Area and from abroad. We are very proud to bring the talents of G.S. Sachdev & Swapan Chaudhuri together for this special event. G.S. Sachdev is a living legend with his masterful elegance producing mesmerizing sounds on a simple flute of Bamboo, an instrument known in the ancient tradition of classical Indian music as the ‘Bansuri.’ Sachdev is joined by Tabla virtuoso Swapan Chaudhuri, His stunning ability to cajole audiences with the traditional pair of drums played by hand produces an incomparable rhythmic and musical sensation which is felt in the hearts and minds of his audience. Together, these musicians create a unique magic and mind altering musical experience of melodies and rhythms from another world! For detailed information contact info@bansuri.net or visit gssachdev.com or dhamaalsf.com. Show 7pm tix vary from $20-100 \| Get Advance tix Click Here Call 415-259-8629 for Special Reserved Seating & fee-free ticketing options Discounts for Students, Seniors, Dhamaal list members call for more info. <EVENT DETAILS> ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: April 04, 2006 \| Sounds of Solace Solace, Boom Bellas, Frederique, Amar + SooozhyQ, Oakland Metro 201 Broadway at the corner of 2nd St. Oakland, CA 94607 21+ \| $10 \| 9pm - 2am \| www.bellygroove.com <EVENT DETAILS> :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: DHAMAAL FESTIVAL GIVEAWAY PACK Click Here to Win! As part of the 3rd Annual Dhamaal Sights & Sounds Festival, Dhamaal is giving away a ton of prizes. Win tix to our featured shows at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 1015 Folsom & Club Six, Ableton Live software, T-shirts from Desi Threads, Dinner for two at New Delhi Restaurant, CDs from Six Degrees Records, Yoga memberships and Jewelry from Khazana Gifts - over $500 value! Sign Up to Win Now!