Portland, OR, USA

ANDAZ a Bhangra Bollywood Dance Party
with your hosts DJ Anjali & The Incredible Kid

Saturday, May 5th, 2012

The longest-running Desi party West of the Hudson river! The ten-year anniversary is only two months away!

This will be a night of hardcore Panjabi and UK Bhangra dancefloor
Molotovs, Bollywood/Tollywood/Kollywood percussion riots, and the
latest urban Asian flavors from all corners of the desi diaspora.

ANDAZ is such a Portland institution it is mentioned in the travel
guides Best Places Portland 8th Edition and the Moon Handbook
Portland; fitting recognition for a monthly dance party now in its tenth year.

Rotture
315 SE 3rd Ave.
Portland, Ore. 97214
503.234.5683

9pm - 2:30am
21+ only
$7 ($3 before 10pm)



DJ ANJALI & THE INCREDIBLE KID BIOGRAPHY

DJ Anjali and the Incredible Kid have played a transformative
role in the Portland, Oregon club scene for over a decade, presiding
over two of Portland’s longest-running and most successful dance
parties, as well as hosting a cult radio show on KBOO community radio.
They are most known for incinerating dance floors with the South Asian
sounds of Bhangra and Bollywood, but the duo scours the globe for any
hard-hitting music that combines local musical traditions with
window-rattling production. After making a name for themselves in
their hometown’s raucous house party circuit, DJ Anjali & The
Incredible Kid introduced the Portland, Oregon nightclub scene to the
sounds of Bhangra and Bollywood on New Year’s Eve 2000. After a series
of residencies, beginning with a six-month residency at the legendary
Blackbird, the duo began hosting their ANDAZ dance parties in July of
2002. The party’s focus on hardcore Panjabi Bhangra and the latest
electronic confections from the Bollywood film industry continue to
pack the dance floor after nine years.

While ANDAZ was still in the bloom of youth, Anjali and The Kid
founded the popular dance night ATLAS (with co-host/DJ E3) at Holocene
in November of 2003, making it the longest-running night in the club’s
history. The ATLAS parties provide a forum for the duo to feature
other sounds in their repertoire including: UK Asian flavas,
Middle-Eastern hip-hop, Balkan Beats, Funk Carioca, Kuduro, Merengue
Urbano, Reggaeton and all local and diasporic future musics. Since
introducing Portland club audiences to the amazing sounds of the South
Asian diaspora and more the duo have remained in constant demand
playing any number of one-off events nearly every weekend of the year
in addition to their regular parties. The duo barnstormed New York in
December of 2004 when they were flown out to headline a sold-out party
at NYC’s oldest and best Bhangra party: Basement Bhangra, where Anjali
has returned to play several times. In the Fall of 2005 Anjali and The
Kid began their long association with KBOO community radio, where they
currently host a weekly radio show every Tuesday evening. In January
of 2007 Anjali and the Kid headlined the opening night party of the
Vancouver International Bhangra Celebration in Vancouver, British
Columbia, and in August of 2009 they headlined the opening night party
of the Vancouver Queer Film Festival. In 2010 they played the Beloved
and Photosynthesis festivals, and in 2011 they were the only artists
to play all four nights of Sasquatch! Festival, including headlining
the dance stage opening night. Together and separately they have
supported artists as diverse as Digable Planets, Balkan Beat Box,
Major Lazer, Sleigh Bells, Skrillex, DJ Spooky, Tigerstyle, Boban i
Marco Markovic Orkestar, Delhi 2 Dublin, Glitch Mob, State of Bengal,
MSTRKRFT, Karsh Kale, DJ Rekha, Gold Panda, CeU, Antibalas, Dengue
Fever, Blockhead, Soulico, The Decemberists, Rupa & the April Fishes,
Gold Panda, DJ Marcelinho Da Lua, Washed Out, Toy Selectah, Pink
Martini, Bonobo, Extra Golden, Maga Bo, Plastician, Flying Lotus, Ming
& FS, Joro-Boro, Kultur Shock, Ghostland Observatory, J-Boogie, and
Nickodemus from Turntables on the Hudson.

www.anjaliandthekid.com/
www.facebook.com/Anjaliandthekid
www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=21265581248

“Maybe the Portland area’s most well-known deejays.”
The Portland Tribune 1/26/12

"People were talking about all weekend: DJ Anjali & The Incredible
Kid–playing every, SINGLE day (the only performers to do so), the
Portland duo was the must-not-miss Bollywood/bhangra dance party
makers of the weekend." (Sasquatch! Festival 2011) Oregon Music News
5/31/11

"Celebrate our local heroes as they hold down the biggest rock fest in
the Northwest" (Sasquatch! Festival 2011) The Portland Mercury 5/26/11

"DJ Anjali and the Incredible Kid sets are one of Portland’s great recurring
dance parties." Willamette Week 12/16/09

"Portland's favorite boy/girl DJ pair" The Oregonian 6/19/09

“The pair have been keeping Portland dancing for so long in various
incarnations, imagining the local music scene without their bhangra and
Bollywood rhythms is unthinkable. ” The Oregonian 5/26/06

"The DJs responsible for making "bhangra" and "Asian garage" somewhat
household words outside Portland's Desi community" - The Portland
Mercury 1/8/04