Greets… BBC Asian Network asked me to do a special mix for the Friction radio show hosted by Bobby Friction. It’s for a producer showcase called Reproduced. It was on today at 10:00 PM GMT (5:00 PM EST). They’ll also have the show archived on the Friction website if you want catch it later. Downloadable podcast available too (UK listeners only).
KAUSHIK - FRICTION REPRODUCED TRACKLIST - August 19 2008
Artist — Track
1. Brown Sounds - Panchgani
2. Kaushik - Song of the Valley
3. Karsh Kale - Manifest (Kaushik Ambient Remix)
4. Steve Spacek - Dollar (Kaushik Remix)
5. Temple of Sound - People’s Colony No. 1 (Kaushik Dub)
6. KidGusto feat. See-I - Fed Up (Kaushik & Rusty B. Remix)
7. Karsh Kale feat. MC Napoleon Solo - Manifest (Kaushik Alternate Remix)
8. AR Rahman feat. Sonu Nigam and Sunidhi Chauhan - Gulfisha (Kaushik Remix)
9. Outro/Credits
Thanks for listening!
Update: Just heard the Reproduced segment and had to share Bobby’s reaction. He was heavily medicated due to a neck injury of some sort. Here’s what he had to say after he heard my set:
“Wow that was like a meditation, it was like a dreamscape he managed to mold from his beats and music. We just shut up and closed our eyes and nodded our heads… If he treats women like how he treated that music in terms of having an eye for beauty and the right sort of vibe, he’s going to be a very lucky man.”
I think Bobby needs to hurt his neck more often! Thanks to BBC Asian Network, Bobby and Meera for the opportunity to do the mix.
Here’s a brand new remix I just finished up. It’s a breakbeat version of “Gulfisha” from the upcoming Bollywood production “Ada - A Way of Life.” It’s an A.R. Rahman composition — supposedly he’s one of the top 25 biggest selling artists in the world (based on sales of CDs and cassettes of his soundtracks)?? I believe it, I’m a huge fan of his work; the man is a genius.
January 2009 Update: AR Rahman just won the Golden Globe for his work on the Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack [Amazon link]. Congratulations to Mr. Rahman, MIA [MySpace, website], and all the other immensely talented people who contributed to the score!
Although the Seiji remix of Erykah Badu’s “Honey” has been circulating in blogland for a bit now, it might be new to you as it was to me. The Honey vocals (and some others) have been floating around for the last few months and I see remixes popping up regularly. The Seiji rework stands out — it’s a familiar break that I can’t recall, with a massive bassline. I picked this up from Diplo’sMad Decent blog. Anyways here it is once again.
Kicking things off on the new site, here’s a dubby remix I just did with Rusty B. (of All Good Funk Alliance) of KidGusto’s “Fed Up.” Taken from the “KG Originals” release on KidGusto’s own True Grooves label, the track features vocals from Rootz and Zeebo of DC’s roots reggae crew See-I, who’ve also provided vocal flavors on Thievery Corporation albums and live shows.
Rusty took a dubbed out approach to the remix with loads of effects over his Funk Weapons style beats, and I added in bass, keyboard and guitar bits. Frank Cueto from AGFA mastered the remix for added punch. This is a sneak preview of the official release which hopefully should be out on 12″ vinyl later this year.
It was time for some housekeeping with my old websites. The Web has changed a lot in the last 2-3 years and it was time for an update. So, thanks to Wordpress and various plug-ins, I’m getting ready to launch Music is Variable.
I definitely didn’t do this alone — my coding skills are pretty limited so I depended on easy-to-use tools that I strongly recommend. They include:
