CLOSING NIGHT GALA HIMALAYA FILM AND CULTURAL FESTIVAL In Support of Rescue Foundation, Mumbai Friday, 12 February Passing Clouds | 9:00 pm
Live: Arun Ghosh, Nawang & the Methok, Dayang, Yak Attack,
DJs: CoCo Varma
Info: www.himalayafest.org.uk
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Passing Clouds 1 Richmond Road Dalston, London London E8 4AA T England
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Tickets: £5 before 9.30 £8 after 9.30
Time: 9pm - 1am
Arun Ghosh, Nawang & the Methok, Dayang, Yak Attack, CoCo Varma
Note: CLOSING NIGHT GALA HIMALAYA FILM AND CULTURAL FESTIVAL
In Support of Rescue Foundation, Mumbai
Friday, 12 February
Passing Clouds | 9:00 pm
Himalaya Film & Cultural Festival supports the Rescue Foundation as the main charity partner of the festival. The Rescue Foundation are non-profit, government recognised and registered NGO working for rescue, rehabilitation and repatriation of victims of human trafficking and forced prostitution from many parts of India, Nepal and Bangladesh. Over a period of last eight years, the charity has made an important contribution to helping one of the most neglected parts of Indian society.
WEBSITE : www.rescuefoundation.net
ARUN GHOSH
Arun Ghosh is a British-Asian clarinettist, composer and music educator. He was selected for the 4th edition of the Jerwood/PRS Foundation ‘Take Five’ initiative for emerging jazz musicians produced by Serious in 2008. His Indo-Jazz sextet play original music of South Asian origin with a contemporary jazz
attitude, rocking urban beats and the passion of punk. Sweet and timeless melodies give birth to soaring improvisations and raag explorations, driven by a heady mix of dub-reggae bass, tabla trickery and ferocious drum explosions.
Nawang & the Methok Dayang
Hailing from the Amdo Region, Nawang is a renowned singer in the Tibetan exile community. He and his troupe perform their own arrangements of songs from the rich folk heritage of Tibet, incorporating dramyan, mandolin, flute and various style of throat singing. They have performed at cultural events all
over the country.
YAK ATTACK
Formed in east London in 2008, Yak Attack has given a home to a disparate group of young and talented artists united by a wish to build a sound drawing from the diversity of their musical backgrounds. The result is an outfit built around a core of Afro Asian Funk. Djembe and tabla keep time for bass and rhythm guitar and full horn section, creating beats and melodies which are steeped in influences from all the continents: diverse, spicy and danceable. Tonight’s set has a Himalayan flavour.
COCO VARMA (Earthtribe / Sitar Funk)
Coco is the Godfather of Indo-Electronica and a constant pioneer of UK Leftfield Asian Sounds. He was a founder of the influential group Earthtribe before the ‘Asian Underground’ had acquired a name, and has remained at the core of the British-Asian scene. His music blends electro, trance, funk and breakbeat with grooves from India, Africa and South America. The result is a unique and indefinable concoction.
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