It is a rare opportunity that Jan 1 happens to be on a Friday, perfect to begin New Year with a dance party!
Whats even rare is that two talented artists, a DJ and a Musician, will be jamming live to produce a unique International Fuzion Dance Music!
If you are an avid dance lover, this is not the party to miss!
PS: Come before 10 pm to get in FREE!
Friday Jan 1st, 2010
“Jhankaar Beats” – International Dance Party
Begin 2010 in iShtyle!
Bollywood | Bhangra | Dancehall | Hip-Hop | Latin etc
International Beats, Desi iShtyle
Presented by
DJ Prashant
Nationally recognized DJ, spinning in Portland, DC and NYC!
Jamming live with
Memo Hg
Drummer, Electronic Musician & Computational Ethnomusicologist
FREE before 10 pm, $10 cover after
Bhangra Dance workshop 9 pm to 10 pm
Dance Party 10:00 pm onwards
@
Pasha
19 NW 5th Ave, Portland OR
Artist info:
Memo Hg:
Memo’s experiences as a performer include popular and traditional Brazilian, Indian, Balkan, Ghanaian, Senegalese, Afro-Cuban and Japanese music.
Memo was a member of the Bollywood cover band Tarana for five years. He has also played with Turkey’s touring jazz/salsa group Pasaporte Latino, the folkloric Japanese ensemble Takohachi, the popular samba group Lions of Batucada, the Afro-Cuban dance company Axé Didé, and local rock band The Rotating Leslies. He currently performs with toyboat toyboat toyboat.
Memo has recorded with Mirah and Pink Martini; accompanied Fishbone, Airto Moreira, Olodum, and Obo Addy. His bands have shared concert bills with Smash Mouth, Aerosmith, Storm & The Balls, My Name, Sage, Irma Thomas, Morcheeba, and Sean Lennon.
DJ Prashant:
Prashant is the World Dance Class Faculty for PCC Sylvania Campus as well as for PSU’s World Dance Class for Winter 2010 term.
Along with like minded talented musicians, Prashant formed Pancham, the newest bollywood band in Portland, they performed to a sold out crowd of 450 people in July 09.
A natural extension of his passion for singing and dancing was that over a decade, Prashant had collected music from across the globe… including but not limited to Old school Bollywood, Bhangra, Latin, Soca, Brazilian, dancehall, … Mystic Balkan beats to popular Hip-Hop and everything in between.
Being an Engineer, Singer, Dancer, Dance Teacher and avid music collector… The progression from Prashant to DJ Prashant was rather organic and seamless.
After doing several successful private parties, fundraisers and house parties, Prashant started DJ’ing once a month (every first Friday) at Pasha Club on August 7th 2009 to a modest crowd of about 75 people.
With each successive party since then, the # of people has grown by leaps and bounds even across the coast!
DJ Prashant’s schedule includes resident performances at Pasha (first Friday – International fuzion), Lola’s room at the Crystal Ballroom (3rd Saturday – Pure Bollywood and Bhangra) in Portland OR and at Kemia Bar (4th Saturday – International fuzion in NYC).
New Year's Day Dance Party at Pasha