Sub Swara Podcast 12

June 25, 2010

Yes Gang!

As we’re back in town from a few crazy weeks of shows, from Hawaii to NYC to Colorado to Northern California– I figured now was as good a time as ever to share some of the wicked music that’s come our way, especially since we missed the May podcast.  Too much travel!

and thus I offer this quick jaunt through some summery vibes,starting with Pariah’s “Detroit Falls,” which has been rocking our world so much that it was time to represent; it moves into a cut from our West coast bredren Heyoka’s new record, Cosmic Boogie.  Up next is the Balkan/Cumbia/Israeli/Brooklynite jam “Balkumbia” from Balkan Beat Box, followed by our World Cup-approved (!) remix.  Grab it for free here at the website!

Taking a trip on an afrobeat flex, we present Part 1 of Falty DL’s unreleased “Mean Streets” project.  Groove galore, which feeds into some new-school/old-school pressure courtesy of Kush Arora feat. dancehall DJ extraordinare, Mega Banton flexing strong on Kush’s “Spanish Wall Street” riddim.  Brooklyn Afrobeat takes the stage with a classic cut from Anitbalas, followed by a new single from Bowly on Berkane Sol.  Rounding it up we’ve got San Francisco’s DJ G with the inimitable “Time is the Fire.”
tracklist:
Pariah: “Detroit Falls”
Heyoka: “Fractal Core”
Balkan Beat Box: “Balkumbia”
Balkan Beat Box: “Balkumbia (Sub Swara Remix)”
Falty DL: “Mean Streets Pt. 1″
Kush Arora feat. Mega Banton “Shake Sitten”
Antibalas: “Nyash”
Bowly: “Bleeps”
DJ G: “Time Is the Fire”

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Sub Swara Podcast 12

Free Mix! Dave’s Mo’Glo Radio set from April, 2010

May 4, 2010

Whattup Sub Swara-dom!?!?

Greetings from Eastern Parkway, BK where the cherry blossoms have given way to what feels like an endless string of 80 degree days.  It’s almost summer, and as a warmup to the huge grip of cross-country gigs we’ve got a-gwarnin, I figured i’d share with you a mix I just did for the Mo’Glo series KEXP/WNYC radio.  The SS live set has been getting a LOT more tribal what with Dhruva and I banging away on our drum pads, and this mix shows off a nice, vibey version of that.

tracklist:

Super Human Happiness The Hounds
Sharmaji vs. DJ Rekha/Bikram Singh/Wyclef Jean Basement Bhangra Anthem (Sharmaji RMX)
Taal Mala Sess Whey U Waan
Hem Rich Chroma
Guido feat. Yolanda Way You Make Me Feel
Mosca Nike
Foreign Beggars Get a Bit More (Baobinga RMX)
DJ C feat Zulu Animal Attraction (Piranha Piranha & Tuffist RMX)
Jahcoozi Pillowcase (Octa Push RMX)
Distal Boss of the South
Superisk Eva Takada (Wascal RMX)
Seiji feat. Bembe Segue Get it Together
Kush Arora Humidifer (Jammer Club RMX)
Other Weapons feat. Juakali, Lady K & Dr. Israel Backflow (Sub Swara RMX)
Ghislain Poirier feat. MC Zulu Go Ballistic (King Cannibal RMX)
Lady Chan Sticky Situation (Toddla T RMX)
RSD Naked Mario Cart pt2
D1 Hold on to Me

Free Mix! Dave’s Mo’Glo Radio set from April, 2010

Sub Swara Podcast 11

April 21, 2010

Sub Swara-kins, what is goin on!  I know it’s been a long time since i rapped at ya….
Regardless, it’s a string of sunny days here in NYC and while i’m a few days behind, here’s the newest Sub Swara podcast– a largely 140bpm romp through some bouncy, fidget-y tunes that have been working for me at home, and doin’ wonders at the shows.
The shows!  Good god, this Zombies for $ joint tore it up in Boulder last weekend with EOTO.  We’re playing next week on the East Coast with them as well, Philly & our first Brooklyn show in a VERY long while– check the deets in our shows section.  Otherwise, Canada– we see you.  Big Bounce festival– we see you.  Wakarusa, Camp Bisco, even Hawaii!!!??!  you get the picture.
so without further ado, here’s podcast 11:
Sub Swara vs. Fort Knox 5 vs. Zuzuka Poderosa– “Shift (Sub Swara RMX)” vs. “Deixa O Tamborza O Tocar”
Octa Push– “Meninas”
Beware & Motorpitch– “Pororoca (Zombies for Money RMX)”
Planas– “Roots Music”
Todd Edwards– “I Might Be (MJ Cole RMX)”
Si Begg– “Hi Volume (Wascal RMX)”
Hem– “Rich Chroma”
Gang Starr– “Mass Appeal”

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Sub Swara Podcast 11

Sub Swara Invades the Fader, and All Survive–a Recap & Update

March 11, 2010

SS Fader Photo

Last week, Haj, Dhruva and I found ourselves in that very odd position of opening a magazine, looking at a picture of yourselves, and reading your own words back to yourself. It was all very Nabokov-esque, a bit narcissistic– but hey! Wait a minute! We’ve got work to do!

That work would be Dhruva & I dj’ing the launch party of Fader issue #66. We had a blast, lots of friends and family came out to boogie down, and we ran a host of material from the new album. check out some pix, courtesy of the fantastic Hannah Thiem.

There’s some great music highlighted in the issue; besides our current crush-du-jour Nicki Minaj, Balearic dubstep don Joy Orbison is featured as well. His tune “Hyph Mngo” was a mainstay of our sets in 2009 (making us pretty much the same as every other DJ, ever, since time began)… his new one, “So Derobe,” is mashed into our remix of Mochipet’s “Complex Players” in the podcast that accompanies the magazine issue.

“Complex Players” is one of our favorite remixes from last year… dozens and dozens of tracks of live brazilian percussion layered against zappy arpeggio’s and a funky, broken riddim. Much to our delight, it really set the room off at the release party… further proof that NYC can and will get down to fresh sounds. If you like it, you can find it here.

and of course, the free PDF of the entire issue lives here. Our little nugget on the state of Sub Swara lives on page 31 in the pdf; page 58 in the hardcopy. Thanks again to Julianne Escobedo Shepherd for making it happen.

Finally, we’re gearing up for manymanymanymanyMANY upcoming shows. Our voltronic, 3-way force converges on Austin for SxSW on 3/20 at the Barcelona, as part of the Surefire Agency’s showcase. We’re alongside Lazersword (who appeared at last year’s Sub City Sessions in NYC), our BK bredren Kotchy, Plastician, France’s Debruit, and man-of-the-hour, Eskmo. After that, we’ve got many many MANY shows across North America: we start with New Orleans, and will find ourselves in Colorado, Philadelphia, NYC, and Canada (Eastern & Western) before a very busy FESTIVAL SEASON starts– stay locked!!

Photo by Alex Welsh (Fader Issue 66)

Sub Swara Invades the Fader, and All Survive–a Recap & Update

Sub Swara Video Blog: Winter gigs and recordings

February 18, 2010

Whattup people!  Dave here with the lowdown on what’s going on in the Sub Swara camp as the snows melt around us and some of the material that Dhruva recorded in the last episode gets crafted into songs.  check it out (and peep the super-high-tech chair spin):

And check the evolution– we had Hired Gun flipping vox in one of the first vids, percussion recorded in India in the 2nd, and then the 2 get put together in the 3rd. Always a blast melding new sounds into newer songs.

We’ve got a bunch of road gigs coming up in the next few weeks, including Texas for SxSW, Eastern Canada, Western Canada, and we’re developing some NYC dates as well– love the hometown :) See you soon!

Sub Swara Video Blog: Winter gigs and recordings

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