With gems under your belt like Flute Fantasy on Buddha Bar VII, to breaking your Dubstep remix of Jalebee Cartel’s Mirrors from Nu Asian Soundz into the Top 10 Charts on Beatport, what projects are you working on next in your Mumbai studio?

Presently, I am focusing heavily on promoting my second DJ and production name, B.R.E.E.D. I am using this name strictly for underground, bass-heavy, experimental electronic music, which is where my current production interest lies. I am finishing up several tracks for different collaborations and labels under this name, which are mostly being promoted through the U.S., but will release world wide on the web. Currently my single on High Chai Recordings, (USA), is releasing on July 26th, EXCLUSIVELY on Beatport. The single will feature “Sound Killer,” a B.R.E.E.D original, which breathes true depth and electronic variation and a B.R.E.E.D remix of Juakali’s “Come from Yard.” A remix I am working on of Nucleya’s “Kandhit Nayaka” has even brought me towards developing my own genre called ‘Stomp,’ which combines mid-tempo beats with offbeat Indian street rhythms. Additionally, as Nasha I am preparing for the release of several tracks in India, which feature artists Ustad Sultan Khan, U. Rajesh and Kailash Kher. There are a variety of different projects taking place right now in my studio, of all different types and with a variety of different artists. It is an exciting time! …read more


SOUND KILLER:
JUAKALI: COME FROM YARD – B.R.E.E.D REMIX:

PROFILE:

The B.R.E.E.D single Sound Killer on High Chai Recordings will hit Beatport EXCLUSIVELY on July 26th, 2010, don’t miss it! It is sure to send shock waves across international borders! In the months ahead the sound-nuggets from the DJ NASHA / B.R.E.E.D lab will be hitting you with great velocity with tracks lined up like domino pieces. This first new release will lead to the next slamming joint and so on – be sure to stay in line!

While keeping it fresh at every gathering, mangling frequencies, tearing bass lines, cutting up samples and dropping his gustatory production, B.R.E.E.D is slamming out sounds of potent identity. Happily, ceremonial dance freaks, breedlings and BASS heads have found an auditory counterpart. Long before any DJ from India went international, Ritesh D’Souza (aka B.R.E.E.D and DJ Nasha), decided to pitch his tent in the creative communities of underground dance movements.

B.R.E.E.D, who is otherwise known as the dynamic DJ Nasha, (two-time DMC Champion, India), uses the art of turntablism, controllers, FX processors, samplers, and alternative production concepts to align dance floors. Experimentation and an open mind have carried this artist beyond borders collaborating with various collectives in New York City, San Francisco and London, as well as performing at several internationally-acclaimed music festivals like Burning Man, Sunburn (Asia) and Global Groove.

B.R.E.E.D’s remix of Jalebee Cartel’s “Mirrors” (High Chai Recordings), raced to number 10 on Beatport’s Top 100 Dubstep charts in January 2010. A new EP on High Chai Recordings will feature an original B.R.E.E.D burner “Sound Killer” and a remix of Juakali’s “Come from Yard” (original version appearing on Kush Arora’s Dreadbass Chronicles – Kush Arora Productions). Samples coming soon…

How did High Chai Recordings get started? What have been the biggest highlights since the label’s debut in the Asian/left-field electronica scene?
Dimm: Actually HCR is a reincarnation of High Chai Records which was launched in 1998 by DK/Bollygirl, with collaborative 12” releases with Ming & FS and their Madhattan Studios label. Together they released OmZone’s Tantra which was featured on Raymond Roker’s Altered States Of Drum & Bass compilation (OM Records 1999). The original release of the Tantra a year earlier benchmarked one of the first US vinyl pressings in the global Asian electronic scene. URB, XLR8R and Mixer gave the releases 4.5 stars and rave reviews. In 2008, DK, Cenzo and I relaunched as High Chai Recordings. HCR saw DK’s GOONDA project with Cenzo garner critical praise on the BBC. The follow-up was my Revolution Rising: Ethnotechno.com compilation which culled together an unprecedented who’s who of names from Asian electronica scene. We’re quite democratic at HCR… we go with our passions and curate and present projects we truly believe in. In 2010, HCR followed-up with Nu Asian Soundz which produced a Top-Ten Beatport label standing with B.R.E.E.D’s remix of Jalebee Cartel’s Mirrors.

►►►dimm summer sessions vol.1:

1. barbouze :: auto mattic [high chai / patriarch recordings]
2. major lazor :: when you hear the bassline [downtown]
3. kush arora :: humidifier [kush arora productions]
4. baobinga :: raggipahop VS. busta rhymes [steak house]
5. aaren san :: apes from space -dirtyloud remix [aelaektropopp] VS. MIA XXXO -SBTRKT remix [interscope]
6. l-vis 1990 :: united groove -baobinga & id remix [mad decent]
7. bassnectar :: cozza frenzy -megabass remix [om]
8. chasing shadows :: amirah [hench]
9. jalebee cartel :: mirrors -b.r.e.e.d remix [high chai recordings]
10. liquid stranger :: fist of fury [high chai recordings]
11. b.r.e.e.d :: sound killer [high chai recordings]
12. deekline :: party party feat. top cat -jfb mix [rat records]
13. subatomic soundsystem :: respect my shit [subatomic sound]
14. faithless :: sun to me -emalkay remix [white]
15. bop :: nothing makes any sense -blu mar ten remix [medschool]
16. rod azlan :: jah liv -starkey remix [dfa]
17. rihanna :: rude boy -tc remix [def jam]
18. sub focus :: splash feat. coco [ram records]

REVOLUTION RISING BRINGS THE UNDERGROUND UPTOWN
NYC producer dimmSummer reinvents India’s sonic wheel

When the background score to a Bollywood hit film is composed by underground dance music icons Midival Punditz and Karsh Kale, you know something’s brewing in the realm of Indian left-field electronica. While electronic music split open international consciousness with the Goa trance scene, it evolved with the Punditz and Kale on the Karthik Calling Karthik soundtrack. Today we have arrived at what is perhaps the finest collection of electronic dance music to hit the Indian nation, Revolution Rising: ethnotechno.com vol. 1 (Universal Music India).

This is certainly not trance, however. New York City-based producer dimmSummer has been involved in this scene for over a decade, as both visionary graphic and web designer, as well as with his innovative radio station, EthnoTechno.com, which can be considered a blueprint for this sixteen-track compilation. The movement that he helped front is poised to move above ground in the subcontinent’s musical mindset, and with this album, we are one step closer to the future of music in India.

Building from his personal relationship with all the artists on Revolution Rising (originally released on High Chai Recordings), dimmSummer handpicked a number of exclusive tracks from this impressive roster of talent. Given the broad reach of his website, and the devoted fans it has acquired, nobody else could have possibly assembled such an album. It quickly gets to the throbbing heart of the underground dance scene, presenting a thick exploration of dubstep, chillout, D&B, and thriving electro.

Exclusive tracks by tabla wizard Karsh Kale with ghazal master Vishal Vaid (“Sunbeam”), as well as pioneering DJ Cheb i Sabbah (“Morey Pya Bassey -The Arch Cupcake Remix), make this a must-have for fans of either. A world of South Asian sound arrives via rarely heard tracks and remixes by Asian Dub Foundation, Transglobal Undergound, State of Bengal, Niraj Chag, Genetic Drugs and Rohan.

Of course, Midival Punditz appear with the inspired “Tonic,” and NYC crew Goonda rocks a heavy beat on a RiddemKillah remix of their song, “Fearless,” featuring MC Zulu on vocals. Nucleya, a former partner in Bandish Projekt, reinvents the RD Burman classic, Mehbooba. Finishing in fine form, dimmSummer himself has his hypnotizing way with Bob Holroyd’s operatic “Light Water.”

Bollywood has long dominated the music scene in mainstream India. Today people are realizing there is a world more out there, and it seems an opportune time for this groundbreaking electronica to slide into the mix. Industry giant Universal Music India’s optioning of Revolution Rising is a necessary first step in this bold new sonic world, one that will certainly help define the next decade and beyond in India.

r.d. burman :: mehbooba madness (nucleya remix) [sample]

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High Chai Recordings announces the fresh compilation dimmSummer presents: Nu asian soundZ will be hitting your earbuds Jan. 1st 2010. Start the new year with some new tunes!

This bass-heavy joint from HCR compiled by ethnotechno.com founder dimmSummer will feature slammers from David Starfire, Jalebee Cartel, Liquid Stranger, GOONDA, Nuphlo, Radiohiro, KRTS, Omnesia, B.R.E.E.D, Deaf Bass Twins, and more…

In just 10 days all 1o Nu asian soundZ tracks slam into Beatport’s Top 50 in dubstep with B.R.E.E.D’S remix of the Cartel breaking into the TOP TEN!

Check out the Nu asian soundZ minisite!

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Listen back to dimmSummer’s World Odyssey Mix on Pathaan’s Musical Rickshaw featuring:

• Madonna :: I’ll Remember -Guerilla Beach Mix [Wea International]
• Talvin Singh :: Butterfly [Universal Int'l]
• Bombay Dub Orchestra :: Journey -Pathaan’s Epic Mix [Six Degrees]
• Bandish Projekt :: Khwaja Mere Khwaja -Bandish Projekt Digitise Sufi mix [white]
• Jef Stott :: Lamaset -Miami Mix [Six Degrees]
• Duran Duran :: The Reflex -Dance Mix [EMI UK]
• Paolo Mojo :: 1983 -Eric Prydz Mix [Pryda Friends]
• Michael Jackson :: Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ -Thriller 25th Anniversary Remix feat. Akon [Sony]
• DJ Vix feat. Shin (DCS) :: Ah Chak Bottal (reVix) [Moviebox]