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MUMBAI: Phat Phish Records launched a fusion of Punjabi folk-Middle Eastern fare with a touch of Sufi sound album by Da-Saaz titled "Jet Lag" on 16 May. Jet Lag is an album where Sufiana meets electro, Hindi meets Farsi, Urdu, Punjabi and Turkish sounds mingle with percussion from across the world. Da-Saz started this project with the idea of creating a bridge between different cultures and musical poles. The album's 11 tracks, most of them composed and mixed by David Scrufari, were recorded in Da-Saz's home-studio in New Delhi.
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MUMBAI: After trying and testing varied 'Bindaas' programmes, Big FM Hyderabad has come up with a contest called the 'Big Time Bomb' for its listeners. An interactive contest, the listeners will get an opportunity to win up to Rs. 1 Lac as prize money, every hour from 7.00 am to 11.00 am, beginning today May 19. The breakfast show Big Sandadi with RJ Shekar every morning.
read moreNEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister released a music album 'Sohni meri Sheranwali' by Agra-based singer Rahul at her residence on Friday. Renowned sarod player Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, who was present on the occasion, said that he had always been enthused by new singers who took to devotional or classical singing instead of just modern or rock music.
read moreMUMBAI: Having earned the distinction of being Kerala's first private FM station, Radio Mango by Malayalam Manorama is launching its Kochi station tomorrow.
read moreMUMBAI: According to newly released figures from the official UK Charts Company - the group which tracks U.K. chart positions, the digital album sales climbed by 69.3 percent in comparison to the first quarter of 2007. The company also confirmed that sales of digital single tracks climbed 42.3 percent, every year. The news is encouraging for the music industry since it means that digital music buyers are beginning to see album purchases as viable as using services such as iTunes.
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MUMBAI: RJ Shruthi along with co- host RJ Harsha, will be hosting the breakfast show, Big Coffee from 16 May. It will be a daily from Monday to Saturday filling in the 7 am to 11 am slot.
read moreMUMBAI: RCS India has extended its services to Radio One which launched in Pune recently. Radio City had joined the long established Radio Mirchi on the airwaves in this Maharashtra boomtown with over five million people, one month ago.
read moreMUMBAI: Blue Frog, night club is now ready to take over the urban Indian music scenario in Mumbai with its three new businesses enterprises. It comprises Blue Frog Productions, Blue frog Sound Labs and Blue Frog Records. The three new music spheres being launched will be independent of each other, however will leverage from each other.
read moreMUMBAI: Junglee Music, Times' Music's sub brand, has sold the digital music rights of 'Singh is Kinng' to UTV New Media for an estimated Rs 40 million. The deal is considered to be the costliest in the digital music rights category so far in India. Junglee Music intends to "redraw all boundaries of music distribution in India."
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MUMBAI: 'Prince of Bhangra' Sukhbir, who has been lying low for a while, returns to the music circuit with a new album called "Tere Naal Naal" to be launched by music label T-Series. The album due to release next month, marks the comeback of the singer after a six year hiatus. The Dubai based singer says, "I was busy working on my father's Kirtan album called Nirgun Raakh Liya. It's been a childhood dream. So last year we finally released it and I even got my good friend Akshay Kumar to sing a track for us. Later I moved on to my new album, which is now ready for release."
read moreMUMBAI: Big FM Mumbai plans to pump up the humour quotient in the programming mix by launching a series of shows to tickle listeners' funny bone. 'Son Sonny', 'Bombay Bawa' and 'Lyricist Lahiri' will be the three new shows to go on air soon. The station has however not declared the launch dates of the shows. 'Bombay Bawa', a funny old man who loves the city, its people and is in tune with the latest vibe will remind listeners of the good old Parsi of Mumbai.
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MUMBAI: Hoopr, a leader in the royalty-free music space, is proud to unveil its latest innovationread more
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MUMBAI: India’s premier music licensing platform, Hoopr, has announced the release of "Khoobsurat" by Aditya Mishra, known artistically as Outsky....read more
MUMBAI: Today, the genre-defying brother duo Everyone You Know (EYK) release brand new album, ‘Ain’t Smiled in Ages’. Listen to the album [HERE]....read more
MUMBAI: Marking his label debut with Closemouthed earlier this year, German producer Lexer reaches new heights with latest original, Sweet Escape on...read more
MUMBAI: Swiss musical maestro Christian Beat Hirt, recognized within the dance music scene as Passenger 10, returns to his home imprint Enormous...read more
MUMBAI: Mumbai-based singer-songwriter Tejas, recognised as one of India’s favourite pop voices, revisits his first-ever EP Small Victories to mark...read more
