New DJ Mix @SeattleCenter June 7, 2011

June 8th, 2011

Oui! There is a new DJ mix going at Seattle Center.

Artists in the mix include:
Brand New Heavies, Trilok Gurtu, Second Sky, Gavin Douglas & Kwauk Sen, Quantic, Groove Collective, Tony Avalon & the Belairs, 3 Mustaphas 3, Natural Self, Trüby Trio,  üNN, Thievery Corporation, James Brown & the JBS, and The Bad Plus.
A link to one track in the mix: “Loisaida” by Groove Collective.
http://www.amazon.com/Loisaida/dp/B000WGVM4U

Best musical regards,

James Whetzel

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Poetry of Dhoom, Video, By Linda Jandejskova

June 3rd, 2011

The video for the title track of the Das Dhoom album.  “Poetry of Dhoom,” music by Das Dhoom, words by James Whetzel, video by Czech filmmaker Linda Jandejskova

“Dhoom” means a bass hit on a South Asian drum.”Das” means “ten” in Hindi/Urdu and “the” in German.
Sections of the tracks are based upon four traditional kathak lahras in Teen Taal, 16 beats. The Ragas in these lahras are: Pilu, Ramkali, Jaijaiwanti and Chandrakauns.

The rhythms of the lyrics follow the patterns of two traditional tabla gaats.

A simple utan:

Dhage na tin, Takena, Take treka tina gena, Dhage tete gege nana, Dhage tirekite, Dhagenatin takena ta 
Dhagenatin takena ta 
Dhagenatin takena dha

And a classic tukra:

Dhage tete, Tage tete, Kura dha kura dha, Kete taka toon toon, Tananana 
Kut tete dha, kutta dha, kutta dha 
Kut tete dha, kutta dha, kutta dha 
Kut tete dha, kutta dha, kutta dha

Buy the album! http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/dasdhoom