Sub Swara 015 - State of Bengal Global Album Release Party! February 2, 2007

Happy New Year to the whole Sub Swara community!

We are well pleased to be back home in NYC after a highly auspicious sonic incursion into LA over NYE. Big Ups to The Space Island Crew and to Shamal and family for being such hospitable hosts to us. (Dhruva apologizes for setting that sub-woofer on fire at SI. it's a problem he has. we are working onnit....) For all you west coasters: Look for Sub Swara to be back out west this spring and summer shredding up a camp-out near you. LA knows what's up.

Sub Swara 015:

Back at home we are kicking off 2007 with a storm as comrade and musical legend, State of Bengal, returns to New York and the Sub Swara stage with a blazing live set at Element on Fri. Feb 2nd.. This will be the global CD release party for Skip-ij, the highly anticipated new album from SOB. Available everywhere Feb 7th.

SOB has been has been a mentor to us and has shown consistent support for Sub Swara since our inception; performing at our very first event at Capitale in 2005, and joining us for a flurry of shows last summer through the pacific northwest.

Sam first burst onto the global scene as a key DJ and genre-defining producer, instrumental to the success of London's infamous club night ‘Anokha’. He went from there to record several seminal forward-looking LP's, and to record and tour alongside fellow musical titans Bjork, Massive Attack, and the late classical fusion sitarist Ananda Shankar, amongst many others. His eruptive tracks ‘Flight IC408’ and ‘Chittagong Chill’, featured on Talvin Singh's Anokha compilation have taken their place in history and remain anthems.

Sub Swara is very proud to host the official global release party for State Of Bengal's new album SKIP-IJ. The SKIP-IJ sound is built around thunderous rhythms, wide organic bass lines, and premier vocalists from around the globe. The album's official release is on February 7 but come hear it in full effect with us on Feb.2! SOB will joined by very special guests, vocalist Rosina Kazi and MC, Nexmanz . Exclusive advance copies of SKIP-IJ will be available. With the release of SKIP-IJ SOB has once again suceded in redefining the sonic landscape.

Check out a sneak peak audio sampler of the album here: www.dhamaalsf.com/dhruvanyc/SKIP-IJ.mp3

The Sub Swara crew will of course be reppin' proper with Dhruva, Sunder, Haj, MC Juakali, and Visualists Pictureman and Skip Intro bringing the DJ-tabla-ragga vocal-visual mixology to the forefront. We return to Element, NY's premiere venue for cutting edge music, featuring one of the most bumpin' soundsystems in North America.

Half price $10 tickets are now on sale at Brown Paper Tickets (www.brownpapertickets.com/event/9740) and will be available at that price until noon mid-day on Feb. 2nd.

Sub Swara 015

Friday February 2, 2007
Element (225 Houston @ Essex)
10pm-4am

$10 pre-sale
$20 door

State of Bengal
SKIP-IJ Album Release Party
Live Soundsystem set with
Vocalist: Rosina Kazi
MC: Nexmanz

Sub Swara Residents:
Dhruva
Sunder
Haj
MC Juakali

Visualists:
Pictureman
Skip Intro

Links:

www.subswara.com
www.brownpapertickets.com
www.elementny.com
www.stateofbengal.com
myspace.com/stateofbengal
www.myspace.com/subswara
www.myspace.com/dhruvamusic
www.myspace.com/freekusmaximus
www.myspaec.com/juakali
www.myspace.com/djnasha
www.subswara.tribe.net

Official Website: http://www.subswara.com