2006 has been a year of changes in the Asian music industry. The days of mainstream success for Asian artists seem long gone and we’re moving into an era of independent artists and labels emerging from the underground. There’s been some great tracks that have dominated the dance floor and radio waves. Here are some of my favourites:
Arriving back to London was a culture shock. My head was spinning from the international flight and the smaller internal flights I took for gigs. People often ask “What’s Calcutta like? How’s Indore?” and I honestly have no answer. Mine is a short sharp existence in towns I’d love to explore but it literally is: Airport, Plane, Airport, Car, Hotel, Gig, Hotel, Car, Airport. You never actually see anything.
That was until I went to Delhi. I was there to cover the Shalom Peace Festival for the 成人论坛 Asian Network, so there was no actual performance from me - I was just an observer and it was quite liberating.
Since my last Blog entry I've been joined by D-Code and DJed in Pune (pronounced Poo-ney) and in Indore. The usual response to the first was "oh, cool", the second "what the HELL are you doing there?" I first came to India when I was three, many years ago and Indore stirred memories from then. The gigs, however, were a different story. Pune was immense, some 2000 people packed into a club called Area 51 which was shaped like a 1950's Americana flying saucer
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