Dancing in the rain

Last Bollywood party with DJ Shanti Priya in 2014!

“Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.” 

Večer Bollywood glasbe in plesa na Letnem vrtu Gala Hale, Metelkova

16. september 2014, ob 21ih

(v primeru dežja bo dogodek prestavljen v Gala Halo)

DJ SHANTI PRIYA
Čaka vas poseben večer indijskega popa, kjer boste slišali vse; od klasične glasbe sitarjev do funka in r’n’b-ja, od pobožnih bhajanov do elektronskih štanc, od ghazalov do hip-hopa in od najbolj mastnih punjabi beatov do srce parajočih balad. Potovali bomo prek zgodovine Bollywooda od najlepših zimzelenih melodij pa vse do super hitov sodobnega časa, indijska filmska glasba je namreč od svojega rojstva s prvim indijskim zvočnim filmom leta 1931 doživela že nešteto preobrazb. Vrhunec večera bo prijeten bonus – nastop bollywoodskih plesalk. Ni za zamudit!

Vstop prost!

ENGLISH:

SUMMER GARDEN/ Gala Hala
BOLLYWOOD music and dance

DJ SHANTI PRIYA
Prepare yourself for a special night of Indian pop, where you’ll be able to hear everything from classical sitar music to funk and r’n’b, from devotional bhajans to electro catchy tunes, from ghazals to hip-hop and from punjabi beats to heartbreaking ballads. A journey through Bollywood history will take us from the most beautiful evergreen melodies to the super hits of modern time, with extra bonus – a performance of Bollywood dancers. Not to be missed!
Free entry!

And here is one Bollywood rain song, suitable for the moment. Enjoy :)

Bollywood @ Letni Vrt

Večer Bollywood glasbe in plesa na Letnem vrtu Gala Hale, Metelkova

27. julij 2014, ob 21ih

DJ SHANTI PRIYA
Čaka vas poseben večer indijskega popa, kjer boste slišali vse; od klasične glasbe sitarjev do funka in r’n’b-ja, od pobožnih bhajanov do elektronskih štanc, od ghazalov do hip-hopa in od najbolj mastnih punjabi beatov do srce parajočih balad. Potovali bomo prek zgodovine Bollywooda od najlepših zimzelenih melodij pa vse do super hitov sodobnega časa, indijska filmska glasba je namreč od svojega rojstva s prvim indijskim zvočnim filmom leta 1931 doživela že nešteto preobrazb. Vrhunec večera bo prijeten bonus – nastop bollywoodskih plesalk. Ni za zamudit!

Vstop prost!

ENGLISH:

SUMMER GARDEN
BOLLYWOOD music and dance

DJ SHANTI PRIYA
Prepare yourself for a special night of Indian pop, where you’ll be able to hear everything from classical sitar music to funk and r’n’b, from devotional bhajans to electro catchy tunes, from ghazals to hip-hop and from punjabi beats to heartbreaking ballads. A journey through Bollywood history will take us from the most beautiful evergreen melodies to the super hits of modern time, with extra bonus – a performance of Bollywood dancers. Not to be missed!
Free entry!

Facebook event

(the event was cancelled due to rain. the new date is 16th september)

Summer Safari

Playing at Gala Hala with PlankTon & N'toko.

Before that: Contrails from Austria at Letni Vrt.

Friday, 11th July.

See you!

Bollywood Flashmob Afterparty

In May we had our first Bollywood Flashmob in Slovenia, which was organized by Marion Trotte, a french filmmaker living in Slovenia & shooting a documentary on the Slovenian Bollywood scene, and by dance teacher Sylvia Valentine, who was teaching us the choreographies.  Hearing sounds of Dhoom Machale, Chamak Challo and Kolaveri Di on the streets of Ljubljana brought tears into my eyes :) 
Now it's time for a well deserved afterparty. A Bollywood night in Jalla Jalla is my big thanks to everybody participating in this and filling my heart with joy. Let's dance again :)

BOLLYWOOD FLASHMOB AFTERPARTY

June 5th 2014

Jalla Jalla / AKC Metelkova mesto

starts at: 22.00

no entry fee

V soboto 17. maja se je na Mestnem trgu v Ljubljani zgodil prvi Bollywood flashmob v Sloveniji. Ko so zadoneli prvi indijski ritmi, je nekaj deset udeležencev presenetilo mimoidoče z Bollywoodskimi plesnimi gibi, ki so se jih naučili pod vodstvom Sylvie Valentine. Pobuda za flashmob je sicer prišla iz strani Marion Trotte, francoske filmarke, ki trenutno živi v Sloveniji in snema dokumentarec o skupnosti slovenskih oboževalcev Bollywooda.

Po dveh mesecih brezplačnih priprav so zaplesali člani KUOD Bayani, Cora Viento, Erasmus študentje in posamezniki, ki so za dogodek izvedeli preko socialnih omrežij. Najmlajša udeleženka jih je štela 8, najstarejša pa 49 let, pridružili pa so se nam tudi študentje iz Indije, Kazakhstana, Kyrgyzstana, Nizozemske, Italije in Češke.

Hvala vsem za sodelovanje, zdaj pa nas čaka še zasluženo druženje: Bollywood afterparty v Jalla Jalli!

Za glasbo in vzdušje bo poskrbela Shanti Priya, ki vas bo popeljala od klasične glasbe sitarjev do funka in r'n’b-ja, od pobožnih bhajanov do elektronskih štanc, od ghazalov do hip-hopa in od najbolj mastnih punjabi beatov do srce parajočih balad.

Vstop prost!

Pa še to! Tekom cele flashmob akcije smo zbirali tudi denar za dečka Reneja in njegovo operacijo. Več o tem in kje lahko darujete na http://www.helprene.com/
Hvala.

Music is my beach house

Tonight in Monokel with Karin Bossman! 

Karin Bossman & Zana

16th May 2014

MONOKEL / Metelkova mesto

11.00-5.00

3eur > 00.00 < 5eur

https://soundcloud.com/karinbossman

https://soundcloud.com/zanacaroline

Haze.Boggie.Life

SAFARI and KINO ŠIŠKA

presents:

MYKKI BLANCO (NY)

Support Act:

IT'S EVERYONE ELSE feat. N'TOKO (Slo)

T.E.A.M.S. live (NY)

DJ's:

DJ Larry B (NY)

Zana (Safari)

PlankTon (Safari)

2nd May 2014 at 21.00

tickets: 6 / 8 / 10 eur

Po lanskoletnem nastopu Le1fa, v Šiško prihaja še njegov bolj razvpiti njujorški kolega Michael Quattlebaum alias MYKKI BLANCO s svojim eksperimentalno odbitim in s transvestitsko estetiko ter z riot grrrls tematiko začinjenim hip hopom.

V podporo Mykkiju bo nastopila domača naveza dua It’s Everyone Else in N’Toka, ki bo s tem nastopom sklenila skupno turnejo po Evropi.

Mykki Blanco je umetniško ime ameriškega pesnika in performerja Michaela Davida Quattlebauma Jr. Quattlebaum je interdisciplinarni umetnik, ki za izražanje svojih splošnih idej kot performativni medij uporablja sodobni hip hop. Odraščal je ob selitvah med San Mateom v Kaliforniji in Raleighom v Severni Karolini, vendar je pri šestnajstih letih pobegnil v New York. Tam ni ostal dolgo in se kmalu spet namenil v Kalifornijo, študij pa ga je pritegnil na Art Institute of Chicago. Ko je študij opustil, se je spet preselil v New York in leta 2010 objavil svojo prvo pesniško zbirko From the Silence of Duchamp to the Noise of Boys. Quattlebaum kot svoje vplive navaja umetnike in pisatelje, kot so Marcel Duchamp, Anaïs Nin, Bob Kaufman in Jean Cocteau. Leta 2011 je začel nastopati z dvema novima projektoma – pod imenom No Fear izvaja silovit industrial rock, kot Mykki Blanco pa glamurozen getovski rap v slogu underground feminističnega gibanja riot grrrl. Mykki se je veličastno pojavila leta 2012 z EP-jem Mykki Blanco and the Mutant Angels, ki mu je lani sledil še EP Betty Rubble: The InitiationNew York Times ga je v profilu označil z besedami “od najstniškega ubežnika do hip hop transvestita”.

Chick Chick Chick

After a long night of Bollywood music yesterday in Jalla Jalla, it's time to get back to some 'good old house' :) I'll be deejaying with Nati Katchi and Shu Shu tonight at Centralna postaja, so you can expect an evening of house, bass, nu funk, breaks and more...

CHICK CHICK CHICK

4th April 2014

9.00 pm - 3.00 am

at Centralna postaja

with:

Shu Shu

Nati Katchi

Zana

Dance pe chance

Next Bollywood party: Om Shanti Om is coming up on Thursday, April 3rd in Jalla Jalla. 

But that's not all.

On the same day, just before the party, there will be a Bollywood dance workshop with Sylvia Valentine at Joga Studio Sadhana. 

Come and learn how to dance to Chamak Challo and Kolaveri Di, two of my favorite songs :)

The workshop will be also a rehearsal for The first Bollywood flashmob in Slovenia, which will be held on April 12th.

Everybody welcome to join any of the events and dance with us Bollywood style :)

BOLLYWOOD NIGHT: OM SHANTI OM

Jalla Jalla, AKC Metelkova

Thursday, April 3rd 2014

22.00- 2.30

free entrance

DJ: Shanti Priya (c'est moi)

Shanti Priya vas bo popeljala v čarobni svet indijskega popa. Potovali bomo prek zgodovine Bollywooda od najlepših zimzelenih melodij pa vse do super hitov sodobnega časa. Indijska filmska glasba je namreč od svojega rojstva s prvim indijskim zvočnim filmom leta 1931 doživela že nešteto preobrazb. Od klasične glasbe sitarjev do funka in r'n’b-ja, od pobožnih bhajanov do elektronskih štanc, od ghazalov do hip-hopa in od najbolj mastnih punjabi beatov do srce parajočih balad.

Take it easy policy

And again, Bollywood night in Jalla Jalla, come and dance, let's hang out before Holi :)

At Jalla Jalla/ Metelkova/ Ljubljana

Thursday, 6th March 2014

starts at 22.00

no entry fee

DJ: Shanti Priya (c'est moi)

And here is one of my favorite songs with the one and only, Mr. Cool himself, Prabhu Deva.

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Paranoid. Paranoico.

Valentine's day seems like a perfect occasion for bizarre musical projects. One of those weird occasions got me involved with Trinitron (my band) in 2010, when me and Miha joined Ian Martin and Kaname K for recording a cover of a Japanese 70's girl band Candies' song Heart no Ace ga Detekonai. The song was a part of Call and Response Records' first Valentine's Day compilation, dedicated to Candies. The concept was to get Tokyo's indie/garage/punk/trash-pop/noise bands to cover sweet 70's pop songs in their own way.

The next Valentine's Day album by the label was all about Perfume, at the time the most famous Japanese girl electro pop band, produced by the famous Nakata Yasutaka of Capsule. Trinitron recorded a cover of Edge. The compilation was also the first official release for Kaki (c'est moi) who contributed her dark techno piece Schokoladige Disko! The album was released in 2011.

The third Valentine's Day compilation was released last Friday and is, as the label's owner Ian Martin put it, "the biggest, most epic and probably most fun thing ever to have happened in the annals of Call and Response Records' history". It's an album of 21 covers of Black Sabbath's Paranoid. That's epic indeed. You can read more about it here and download for free here.

Both Trinitron and Kaki contributed to the project. Trinitron recorded a trashy shoegaze version of the song with our friend Ryotaro Aoki as guest guitarist and singer Gloomy as guest vocalist. The lyrics are translated in Italian (note: this is not our first song in this language). Paranoico.

Kaki's version is more minimalistic and clean, centered around a simple melody and deep bass.

And the original: