incrediblekid
06-29-2004, 07:20 PM
Bend It Like Bhangra!
Friday, July 9th
and EVERY SECOND FRIDAY!
DJ Anjali & The Incredible Kid
Bhangra*Bollywood*Indipop*HipHop
Panorama
SW 10th and Stark
9pm-4am
$5
21 and over
Now that the noise lawsuit against Panorama has been thrown out
of court and the BASS has returned, so to do DJ Anjali & The Incredible Kid. May's edition of Bend It Like Bhangra featured a hundred dancers at 4:40am, some still yelling requests when the music stopped. Few dance floors in Portland have ever been so diverse.
Bhangra is a hundreds-of-years-old Panjabi folk music from Northwestern India. Bhang=hemp, and Bhangra was the hyped-up soundtrack to harvest time, as well as weddings and other cultural celebrations. After partition in 1947 many Panjabis resettled in Britain. For 25 years now these musicians/producers have been mixing the thunderous sound of the double-headed dhol drum with electronic beats ranging from hip-hop, house, d'n'b, techno, you name it. You know it's Bhangra when you hear keening Panjabi vocals, the rapidly plucked strings of the tumbi, and the pounding of the dhols. However, anything else can be a part of the mix.
Bhangra is NOT Asian Underground (aka Six Degrees approved label "Asian Massive."). It has nothing to do with tablas or sitars or Indian classical music. Consider it India's "crunk" music.
Friday, July 9th
and EVERY SECOND FRIDAY!
DJ Anjali & The Incredible Kid
Bhangra*Bollywood*Indipop*HipHop
Panorama
SW 10th and Stark
9pm-4am
$5
21 and over
Now that the noise lawsuit against Panorama has been thrown out
of court and the BASS has returned, so to do DJ Anjali & The Incredible Kid. May's edition of Bend It Like Bhangra featured a hundred dancers at 4:40am, some still yelling requests when the music stopped. Few dance floors in Portland have ever been so diverse.
Bhangra is a hundreds-of-years-old Panjabi folk music from Northwestern India. Bhang=hemp, and Bhangra was the hyped-up soundtrack to harvest time, as well as weddings and other cultural celebrations. After partition in 1947 many Panjabis resettled in Britain. For 25 years now these musicians/producers have been mixing the thunderous sound of the double-headed dhol drum with electronic beats ranging from hip-hop, house, d'n'b, techno, you name it. You know it's Bhangra when you hear keening Panjabi vocals, the rapidly plucked strings of the tumbi, and the pounding of the dhols. However, anything else can be a part of the mix.
Bhangra is NOT Asian Underground (aka Six Degrees approved label "Asian Massive."). It has nothing to do with tablas or sitars or Indian classical music. Consider it India's "crunk" music.