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Title: The Sound of Bollywood
Condition: New
Format: CD
EAN: 8015948090312
Description: PRODUKTBESCHREIBUNGEN
REZENSION
Botown are a real sign of the times, and not in a grumpy-old-man-with-a-sigh kind of way. Their effortless blend of Bollywood with soul, funk, blues heck, just about any form of jazz you can think of is tremendously fresh and becoming hugely popular. Following their appearance at Trafalgar Square s Diwali in the Square in October, the ten piece soul extravaganza played to a sell-crowd at London s renowned venue The Jazz Cafe to an absolutely overjoyed reception. Botown do not take their music lightly; they are rehearsed to perfection, and as such are able to spend their efforts on injected much appreciated character and personality, whilst the music seems almost to play itself. Technically Botown is nothing less than spectacular and particular kudos must go to lead vocalist Rekha for her perfectly controlled vocal fluttering, although for a band with so many members to have no weak link is a marvellous and quite uncommon thing, and one which will certainly help them on the well-trodden road to stardom (where else?). For someone such as myself, whose only experience of Bollywood is from Year 4 music class, Botown have achieved the near impossible in making a completely foreign (in more ways than one) genre of music totally accessible to anybody willing to give it a go. One can t help but feel excited for the band who, through bringing the fun-loving and earth spirit of Botown and Jazz to music lovers one by one will surely reach the top in no time at all. And I look forward to seeing them there. --Danni Singer. Glasswerk.co.uk Dec 1

"At last, a serious desi band who all play their instruments and can hold their own in the live arena! Like George Clinton having a party with Mohammed Rafi in an illegal Mumbai drinking den...its a party everyone wants an invite for!" --BOBBY FRICTION (BBC Asian Network)

Botown will take you back to the days of brilliant live gigs with its talented live musicians and who bring out the funkier side to Bollywood classics." --Eastern Eye

BIOGRAPHIE DER MITWIRKENDEN
Ajay Srivastava : Biog.... Born and raised in North London AJAY is as a talented singer, songwriter and musician with true cross-cultural appeal. As a musician and performer he has worked alongside artists such as Jamiroquai, The Brand New Heavies, Gregory Isaacs, Apache Indian and even the king of Bollywood himself Shah Rukh Khan! Signed to India s leading record label: T-Series , he stormed the charts in India with his smash hit debut album: Aaja Sajana. The singles Kasam Se, Funki Dholi and Aaja Sajana were hugely successful and topped the charts on a number of Indian radio stations (Big FM, Radio City & AIR) and TV channels (MTV India, Music India, ZeeTV). On returning to the UK Ajay has been working on his next solo album as well as a number of other successful music projects including theatre, film and live work. His music for the theatre production Kahani Sapnon Ki (Haathi Productions) was extremely well received and toured the UK in 2009. This year he is music director for a new dance based theatre production Power of Dance (Phizzical productions), which combines classical Indian music with elements of dance, soul and jazz. Ajay has also scored a number of documentaries and films including Too Many Balls (2005); Short Cut (2010) and Flying Sikhs (2009), a film based on the experiences of Sikhs within the RAF showcased at the New York film festival. Fluent in both English and Hindi/Urdu AJAY writes all his own lyrics and music. Instruments he plays are guitar, sitar, drums, bass, percussion drums and keys.
No Of Discs: 1
Artist: Botown
Record Label: Felmay (Videoland-Videokassetten)

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