What isasian underground?
On the downtempo line between nu jazz and chillstep. Grew out of bhangra (south and southeast asian line) and drum and bass.
EMERGED 1997
ASIAN UNDERGROUND
Asian underground is a loose label for British South Asian musicians who set dance music beside Indian and Pakistani traditions.[1] The name stuck with the 1997 compilation Anokha: Soundz of the Asian Underground, made by Talvin Singh and Sweety Kapoor.[1][2] Anokha was also a Monday club night at the Blue Note in Hoxton, run by Kapoor, Singh and Sam Zaman of State of Bengal.[2] Singh won the 1999 Mercury Prize for OK.[2]
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SOURCES
- 1. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Underground (year, derived)
- 2. mixmag.net/feature/south-asian-underground-1990s-history-series-ritu-nitin-sawhney-sweety-kapoor (year, blurb)