Up and Coming Festival - Wychwood
- Pathaan
- 30 May 07, 11:15 AM
I absolutely love festivals. I always go to them, not allowing the weather forecast to dictate whether or not I have a good time. Obviously good weather is always a bonus, but it’s not the be all and end all. The diverse music programme at festivals often has something for everyone where the atmosphere is upbeat, positive and loud.
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East London and the Underground
Next Weekend, the Asian Network kicks off the Summer Festival Season with a two day affair: .
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Xzibit Pimps My Car
- DJ Kayper
- 18 May 07, 02:11 PM
Wassup Guys!
This weeks Hype Show was the ultimate in "Pimpification".
So Pimpin in fact, we had the to host of MTV's Pimp My Ride, Xzibit dropping in on the show.
Since I've crashed my car so many times it was only right that I show him a pic, in an attempt to get him to "Pimp My Ride".
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Pathaan at The Big Chill in Goa
- Pathaan
- 6 May 07, 02:35 AM
Yes, yes !!! Just back from India. I had an incredible time in Goa with the Big Chill, who hosted a festival on Aswem beach in North Goa.
I have performed at the Big Chill festival in the UK many times and was most definitely very excited about being invited to perform in India and so decided to treat myself to a little break too, so I left for India a few days before the festival to acclimatize, catch some rays and just chill on the beach listening to whatever’s on my iPod. Gosh, it was HOT on the beach but at this time of the year there’s a real nice breeze on the beach too, so it was fairly hard to know you were burning whilst being under the sun.
Check the pictures and the footage.....
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Friction wins Sony Gold...
- Mark Strippel
- 1 May 07, 02:20 PM
Congratulations to Bobby Friction and the Friction programme team on an important night of success for Asian Network at the Sony Radio Awards.
I'm extremely proud that a show that we launched barely one year ago came through with the Gold . 'Friction' was designed to be not just a platform for unsigned British-Asian music but an absolute open door for new listeners to investigate some of the most exciting new musical trends being created right now.
We have some of the best Specialist Music programmes anywhere on radio and will continue to build on a growing reputation.
Here's to the team behind our winning entry: Bobby Friction, Reju Sharma, Meera Patel and Assistant Editor Khaliq Meer.
Mark Strippel
Head of Music
Bhangra 2007 - Jan to April Review
- Dipps Bhamrah
- 1 May 07, 12:45 PM
If I quickly rewind 12 months, these were the album that were repping the Bhangra industry in the first third of the year.
Ominous DJ's – Unfinished Business
Zeus - Street Remixes
Notorious Jatt - Livin It Up
Serious Recs – Ne Balieyh
Jinx – Culture Shock
Sukshinder Shinda - Collaborations
All great albums, but as we all know, 2006 was one of the driest Periods in Bhangra history. Fast forward 12 months and this is just a snap shot of tunes which I think are making a noise in 2007 so far.
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Mash-ups, Remixes and Covers
I’ve been trying to write a blog entry about Remixing for ages. It started out as an entry about the show that aired at Christmas, that we called “The Ultimate Electro East Christmas Office Party”...
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