DJ Anjali & The Incredible Kid

we got it ink! :: thursday january 26th, 2012 ::

The Portland Tribune spills a bit of ink on us: Aao Na Natch Karen
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Her HRC Dance Party : Friday, February 3rd

Join us for the Annual Her HRC DANCE Party featuring DJ Anjali spinning and teaching Bhangra. There will also be a fantastic silent auction plus this year will feature the first ever BREAK-DANCING contest with a $100 prize for the winner! So come Bhangra and Break-dance the night away and come home with some amazing auction items! All in support of our mission of basic rights and equality.

Tickets to Her HRC events include annual HRC membership and support the work of HRC and HRC Foundation. Space is limited, arrive early as this event is expected to reach capacity. www.hrc.org/herhrc

Lola’s Room 1332 W. Burnside Street Portland, OR 97209
7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Admission: $10 (21+) BUY TICKETS here.

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ANDAZ

with your hosts and resident DJs Anjali & The Incredible Kid

Saturday, February 4th, 2012

The longest running Desi party West of the Hudson River. This will be a night of hardcore Panjabi and UK Bhangra dancefloor Molotovs, Bollywood/Tollywood/Kollywood percussion riots, and the latest urban Asian flavors from all corners of the desi diaspora. ANDAZ is such a Portland institution it is mentioned in the travel guides Best Places Portland 8th Edition and the Moon Handbook Portland; fitting recognition for a monthly dance party now in its tenth year.

Rotture
315 SE 3rd Ave
Portland, OR 97214

9pm – 2:30am
21+ only
$7 ($3 before 10pm)

RSVP on Facebook.

The Dill Pickle Club’s 2nd Annual Perfect Pickle Fundraiser : Monday, February 6th

Hello Pickle Lovers! And lovers of history, urban planning, municipal functions and Oregon! The Dill Pickle Club’s 2nd Annual Perfect Pickle Fundraiser and Membership Drive is fast approaching! get tickets here

Holocene 1001 SE Morrison St
$10 (All proceeds will support DPC programming) (21+)
Dill Pickler Members & up free

Pickle tasting 7-8PM
Pete Krebs 6PM
Denver 8:30PM
Cécilia und die Sauerkrauts 9:30PM
DJ Anjali & The Incredible Kid 10:30PM

::::::::::::::::::::::: ATLAS Party!!! :::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::: Saturday, March 10TH :::::::::::::::::

ATLAS : Post-National Bass Dance Party
w/ resident DJs E3, Anjali & The Incredible Kid

Saturday, March 10th, 2012

HOLOCENE 1001 SE Morrison Portland, Ore, 97214
21+
9pm – 2:00am
$5

RSVP on Facebook.
ATLAS is Holocene’s longest-running dance party, inaugurated in November of 2003 and still going hard. Hosted six times a year by resident DJs Anjali, E3 and The Incredible Kid, ATLAS is a one-of-a-kind post-national bass party that unleashes dancefloor mayhem from across the globe. Hosted by the crew that first introduced Portland club audiences to genres such as 2step/Dubstep, Balkan Beats, Bhangra, Dembow, Dubstep, Urban Desi, Funk Carioca, Kuduro, Merengue Urbano, Rai’n'B, Reggada, Reggaeton, 3Ball, Cumbia Nueva and Tropical, ATLAS continues to blaze trails in international bass music for one of the most diverse nights & crowds in town.

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:::::::::::::::: Anjali and The Kid radio :::::::::::::::: :tuesdays 10pm – 12am KBOO 90.7 FM portland:

The Anjali and The Kid show broadcasts every Tuesday on KBOO 90.7FM 10pm – midnight Pacific Standard Time. Electronic folk and urban sounds from the global diaspora and the desh; an auditory map of the world with South Asia at the center. You can listen online as well.

: First and Last Thursdays at Al’s Den {Crystal Hotel} :

While mostly known in Portland for raucous international dance parties, DJ Anjali & The Incredible Kid’s first and last Thursday night residency at Al’s Den allows them to explore the quieter, less-expected corners of their eclectic musical archives. Long before they developed a reputation as dance floor destroyers, Anjali and The Kid were passionate music collectors following a wayward path through their varied sonic interests. In the intimate surroundings of Al’s Den the duo dig through the stacks, exploring their musical underground, and while you might hear a vintage Bollywood record, or some Panjabi folk, you will also hear soul, girl groups, ’60s pop, cha cha cha, boogaloo, salsa, doo-wop, glam, mod, indie, britpop, sitar rock, funk, jazz, and any number of obscurities from their international record collections. Whether sharing old favorites or new discoveries, Anjali and The Kid create a beguiling soundscape in the subterranean underworld that is Al’s Den.

10:30pm until 1:00am the first and last Thursday of every month. Ages 21 and over (with valid photo ID only.) Never a cover charge. Enter through Ringler’s Annex, go down the stairs, and find the door to Al’s Den. Or enter through the hotel lobby of the Crystal Hotel.

Al’s Den at the Crystal Hotel
303 S.W. 12th Ave. (& Burnside)
Portland, OR 97205
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:::::::::::: Incredible Percussion Mix by :::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::: The Incredible Kid ::::::::::::::::::::::

After 13 years of DJing parties The Incredible Kid finally drops his first online mix.

Incredible Percussion in Panjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Farsi and Hindi by The Incredible Kid!

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DJ ANJALI & THE INCREDIBLE KID BIOGRAPHY

DJ Anjali and the Incredible Kid have played a transformative role in the Portland, Oregon club scene for over a decade, presiding over two of Portland’s longest-running and most successful dance parties, as well as hosting a cult radio show on KBOO community radio. They are most known for incinerating dance floors with the South Asian sounds of Bhangra and Bollywood, but the duo scours the globe for any hard-hitting music that combines local musical traditions with window-rattling production. After making a name for themselves in their hometown’s raucous house party circuit, DJ Anjali & The Incredible Kid introduced the Portland, Oregon nightclub scene to the sounds of Bhangra and Bollywood on New Year’s Eve 2000. After a series of residencies, beginning with a six-month residency at the legendary Blackbird, the duo began hosting their ANDAZ dance parties in July of 2002. The party’s focus on hardcore Panjabi Bhangra and the latest electronic confections from the Bollywood film industry continue to pack the dance floor after nine years.

While ANDAZ was still in the bloom of youth, Anjali and The Kid founded the popular dance night ATLAS (with co-host/DJ E3) at Holocene in November of 2003, making it the longest-running night in the club’s history. The ATLAS parties provide a forum for the duo to feature other sounds in their repertoire including: UK Asian flavas, Middle-Eastern hip-hop, Balkan Beats, Funk Carioca, Kuduro, Merengue Urbano, Reggaeton and all local and diasporic future musics. Since introducing Portland club audiences to the amazing sounds of the South Asian diaspora and more the duo have remained in constant demand playing any number of one-off events nearly every weekend of the year in addition to their regular parties. The duo barnstormed New York in December of 2004 when they were flown out to headline a sold-out party at NYC’s oldest and best Bhangra party: Basement Bhangra, where Anjali has returned to play several times. In the Fall of 2005 Anjali and The Kid began their long association with KBOO community radio, where they currently host a weekly radio show every Tuesday evening. In January of 2007 Anjali and the Kid headlined the opening night party of the Vancouver International Bhangra Celebration in Vancouver, British Columbia, and in August of 2009 they headlined the opening night party of the Vancouver Queer Film Festival. In 2010 they played the Beloved and Photosynthesis festivals, and in 2011 they returned to these festivals as well as playing Decibel Festival. They were the only artists to play all four nights of the Sasquatch! Festival’s 10th anniversary, including headlining the dance stage opening night. Together and separately they have supported artists as diverse as Digable Planets, Balkan Beat Box, Major Lazer, Sleigh Bells, Skrillex, DJ Spooky, Tigerstyle, Boban i Marco Markovic Orkestar, Delhi 2 Dublin, Glitch Mob, State of Bengal, MSTRKRFT, Karsh Kale, DJ Rekha, CeU, Antibalas, Dengue Fever, Blockhead, Soulico, The Decemberists, Rupa & the April Fishes, Gold Panda, DJ Marcelinho Da Lua, Washed Out, Toy Selectah, Pink Martini, Quantic, Opiuo, Bonobo, Extra Golden, Maga Bo, Plastician, Flying Lotus, Ming & FS, Joro-Boro, Kultur Shock, Ghostland Observatory, J-Boogie, and Nickodemus from Turntables on the Hudson.

“People were talking about all weekend: DJ Anjali & The Incredible Kid–playing every, SINGLE day (the only performers to do so), the Portland duo was the must-not-miss Bollywood/bhangra dance party makers of the weekend.” (Sasquatch! Festival 2011) Oregon Music News 5/31/11

“Celebrate our local heroes as they hold down the biggest rock fest in the Northwest” (Sasquatch! Festival 2011) The Portland Mercury 5/26/11

“DJ Anjali and the Incredible Kid sets are one of Portland’s great recurring dance parties.” Willamette Week 12/16/09

“Portland’s favorite boy/girl DJ pair” The Oregonian 6/19/09

“The pair have been keeping Portland dancing for so long in various incarnations, imagining the local music scene without their bhangra and Bollywood rhythms is unthinkable. ” The Oregonian 5/26/06

“The DJs responsible for making “bhangra” and “Asian garage” somewhat household words outside Portland’s Desi community” – The Portland Mercury 1/8/04

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Anjali made a desi hot mix for the portland mercury so hot right now podcast

Check it out!

Anjali’s Desi Hot Mix

::::::::: ANJALI & THE INCREDIBLE kid MERCH :::::::::

100% cotton (American Apparel) designed & screenprinted in SE Portland by Polygon Press

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To commemorate 8 years of ATLAS at HOLOCENE. Mixed live by Anjali at the batcave. Sleeve designed & screenprinted by Polygon Press

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