2006 has been a year of changes in the Asian music industry. The days of mainstream success for Asian artists seem long gone and we¡¯re moving into an era of independent artists and labels emerging from the underground. There¡¯s been some great tracks that have dominated the dance floor and radio waves. Here are some of my favourites:
Arriving back to London was a culture shock. My head was spinning from the international flight and the smaller internal flights I took for gigs. People often ask ¡°What¡¯s Calcutta like? How¡¯s Indore?¡± and I honestly have no answer. Mine is a short sharp existence in towns I¡¯d love to explore but it literally is: Airport, Plane, Airport, Car, Hotel, Gig, Hotel, Car, Airport. You never actually see anything.
That was until I went to Delhi. I was there to cover the Shalom Peace Festival for the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Asian Network, so there was no actual performance from me - I was just an observer and it was quite liberating.
Since my last Blog entry I've been joined by D-Code and DJed in Pune (pronounced Poo-ney) and in Indore. The usual response to the first was "oh, cool", the second "what the HELL are you doing there?" I first came to India when I was three, many years ago and Indore stirred memories from then. The gigs, however, were a different story. Pune was immense, some 2000 people packed into a club called Area 51 which was shaped like a 1950's Americana flying saucer
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