The South Asian Artists' Collective

In an eclectic compilation of South Asian Hip Hop, raga-jazz, urban funk, and spoken word, the Awaz of ArtWallah festival soundtrack CD brings together a generation of progressive artists from Toronto, New York, and California. These voices represent the forefront of a new South Asian artistic movement.
© 2002, The South Asian Artists’ Collective		AWAZ OF ARTWALLAH Festival Soundtrack CD Arts Festival of the South Asian Diaspora Support the festival and help promote the work of groundbreaking South Asian artists. All proceeds benefit the ArtWallah Festival and other South Asian Artists’ Collective projects.
Ta-Beat by GURPREEET CHANA & JUGULAR Expanding the Punjabi Gharana style of tabla, Gurpreet blends his intricate rhythmic patterns with Jugular's vocal scratches and Hip Hop beats. As Hip Hop meets Raga and Taal, as beatbox meets tabla, the East/West cultural experience of these individuals come together in a innovative fusion called Ta-beat-la.		Gurpreet and Jugular bringing down the house in the ArtWallah 2002 evening show

*Pireeni and Colm delivering a smoldering performance of The Burning Times* at ArtWallah 2002**		The Burning Times by PIREENI SUNDARALINGAM & COLM O'RIAIN Performed by Pireeni and co-written by composer Colm O'Riain, this spoken word piece stirringly places current anti-Asian violence in the UK within the context of racial crimes throughout history.

Passage to India and Outkasted by KARMACY Redefining the boundaries of sound, language and thought, Karmacy has established themselves at the forefront of the emerging Fusion Hip Hop genre. In striving to create music that inspires reflection and change, the members delve into their own experiences using vivid imagery to take their audience on a journey through the many aspects of life.		Karmacy packs The Village courtyard on a gorgeous Saturday afternoon at ArtWallah 2002

Rosina (Lal) performing in Toronto, Canada		Bolo by LAL Refined lyrical insights and intensely focused rhythms collide to form LAL. On the surface rests the culmination of such Afro-musical traditions as jazz, soul and hip hop, combined with drum & bass - acting as a smooth protective skin for the East/West Indian blood that flows beneath.

Megh by TASA Rooted in the repertoire of ragas and talas in Indian classical music, Tasa uses ancient melodic and rhythmic forms to create a context for improvisation, while incorporating elements from Brazil, Turkey, and North America.		Ravi Naimpally and Tasa (Toronto, Canada)

Indofunk performing at the Bitter End (New York)		Pass the Chillum by INDOFUNK Blending Indian classical music and Hip Hop with straight-up American funk and dance beats, Indofunk creates a new take on funky music as grooving as P-Funk and Sly Stone, as tight as techno DJ. Miles Davis and Ravi Shankar, with a drum 'n' bass groove.

Cover art by CHAMINDIKA WANDURAGALA Chamindika uses “biomythography” in her art to intertwine experience and history with a personal mythology. Her characters inhabit a space between dream, reality, and myth.
ARTWALLAH SOUNDTRACK CD PRODUCED BY THE SOUTH ASIAN ARTISTS’ COLLECTIVE, © 2002 www.southasianartists.org

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