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Posts tagged “BBC Radio 1

essential mix // flying lotus [free download]

In 2008 Flying Lotus gave us his essential mix, 2 hours of beautiful sounds for around the cosmos …

Studio Session, Winner Of The Essential Mix Of The Year – BBC Radio 1 November 29 2008

Introduced By: Pete Tong


khwaab video // niraj chag

Heres the latest video of Khwaab, the second track from Niraj Chag‘s 2006 debut album, ‘Along the dusty road’. The track is a melodic stunner, featuring one of my favourite vocalists Swati-ji Natekar and Japjit Kaur makes an appearance in the video

My good friend Shree Sreenivasan of Ethnotechno.com reviews the track below:

“The piano and beats-driven “Khwaab” (The Dream), a track that Nihal called “one of the most sensuous, soulful and beautiful tracks” that he’d heard in his current capacity as BBC Radio 1 DJ and all-round Asian music tastemaker, benefits greatly from featured vocalist Swati Natekar. Already a recognizable, and deservedly so, voice in electronic music circles due to her work with everyone from Talvin and Nitin to Craig Armstrong, Natekar questions, in Hindi, whether her life is just a dream over the most sublime of melodies.”

read the entire review of Along the Dusty Road here


bbc philharmonic presents // nero’s dubstep symphony

Man, would you believe it, I totally forgot to post this when it came out!

In June 2011, pioneering dubstep/drum and bass producers, Nero, teamed up with the world-famous BBC Philharmonic. The result is this unique blend between two music genres. It’s very cinematic almost Don Davis and Juno Reactor-ish … oh and when I first watched this – my word to describe it was – EPIC …


Inspirations Mix BBCR1 Engine-EarZ (FREE DOWNLOAD)

People, Got a free download for you to begin a musical week!

Its an old 10 minute mix put together by Catch22/EngineEarzExperiment for Nihal & Bobby Friction. The mix containins a bunch of tracks that inspired the brains behind EEE Prash Mistry, to write music when he was growing up! All mashup and remixes were done specifically for this mix.

Enjoy!


Engine Earz on BBC Radio 1


For those of you who missed the Engine Earz Experiment interview on BBC Radio1 with Nihal and exclusive tracks “NEMESIS” and “BLUE MOON” from their upcoming album SYMBOL

You wont be disappointed!