Atlas : Saturday, March 13th
Thank you to the hundreds of you who came down to ATLAS for our Haiti benefit in February. Thanks to all your support we are now in our seventh year of throwing parties at Holocene.
Anjali was in India during February’s ATLAS party, but she will be back for the March 13th edition of ATLAS.
ATLAS is Holocene’s longest-running dance party, inaugurated in November of 2003. ATLAS exists to present the gritty urban music whose production and traditions are not limited by American borders. Hosted by the crew that first introduced the Portland club audience to genres such as 2step, Balkan Beats, Bhangra, Urban Desi, Funk Carioca, Kuduro, Mambo, Rai’n'B, Reggada and Reggaeton. Atlas is THE Portland club night dedicated to exposing the latest electronic sounds emerging from the global diaspora. Atlas is the only night of its kind in Portland and has been going strong for over 6 years!!
Check out our ATLAS page.
photo and design by tharris@pdx.edu
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ANDAZ Presents Delhi 2 Dublin : Saturday, March 27th
We are proud to host the Portland debut performance of Delhi 2 Dublin!! They are a live Punjabi/ Celtic/ Dub fusion band from Vancouver, BC. $10 tix at the door (21+ only)
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YOU WHO : kIDS rOCK shOW : Sunday, March 28th
You Who A Monthly Kids Rock Variety Show Curated & Created by Seann McKeel & Chris Funk.
A different headliner every month. Fun for kids & their parents! Every last Sunday at McMenamins Kennedy School
Anjali at 12 noon
show 1pm - 2:30pm
The March show features Blitzen Trapper
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TRIKONE NW PRESENTS BOLLYQ dance party : SATURDAY, APRIL 3RD
Trikone Northwest proudly presents
BollyQ
featuring DJ Anjali
Cafe Metropolitain
9pm till close
$5 cover, $10 after 11pm.
21+
Get on your dancing shoes with Trikone Northwest at our biggest party of the year! Dance to your favorite Bollywood and Bhangra sounds by DJ Anjali, the Northwest’s hottest Desi DJ who’s been rocking Portland for almost TEN ‘dhamakedaar’ years!
Not sure about your Bollywood dance moves? No worries, we’ve got Bolly101– instruction from the pros! This is your chance to strut your stuff! Traditional South asian attire is welcome.
We are taking over Cafe Metropolitain and turning it into a swanky Bombay Club- straight from the sets of a Bollywood movie! Trikone Northwest is a non-profit organization that provides a supportive, empowering and affirming community for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) South Asians in the Pacific Northwest. All proceeds from the benefit will support Trikone Northwest’s initiatives. See you at the party - you’ll be humming all the way home! Questions? Email us at info@trikonenw.org
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Atlas w/ DJ marcelinho da lua (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) : Saturday, April 10th
We are hosting special guest DJ Marcelinho da Lua of Bossacucanova fame live from Rio de Janeiro !!
w/ ATLAS resident DJ’s Anjali, E3 & The Incredible Kid
HOLOCENE 1001 SE Morrison Portland, Ore
$6
21+
9pm - 3am
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bHAKTIbOP! All-Ages dance party : Saturday, May 1st
all ages bhangra & bollywood dance party (kids are free!)
at the beautiful Bhaktishop Yoga Studio
w/ DJ Anjali & The Incredible Kid
$8 (no shoes, no booze)
7pm - 10pm
The Bhaktishop
SE 26th & Division, Portland Ore
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ANJALI & THE INCREDIBLE MERCH
MEN’S IN GREY, WOMEN’S IN BLACK 100% cotton, made in Bangladesh
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ATLAS t shirts are here!
100% cotton (made in Bangladesh, screenprinted in SE Portland)
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Anjali and The Kid on KBOO community radio : EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT!
The Anjali and The Kid show broadcasts every Tuesday on KBOO community radio 90.7fm from 10pm - midnight Pacific 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. Check it out! You can listen online as well.
KBOO
KBOO really needs your support right now. KBOO receives no corporate or government money. They rely on listeners such as yourself. Please become a member of Portland’s only community radio station: www.kboo.fm
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Vanguard write up
Bhangra Bash! by Richard D. Oxley
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Anjali made a desi hot mix for the portland mercury so hot right now podcast
Check it out!
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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 nearly a decade, presiding over two of Portland’s longest-running and most successful dance parties, as well as hosting a popular 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 sold out ANDAZ dance parties, which found a permanent home at the Fez Ballroom in the Fall of 2002. For seven years DJ Anjali and The Incredible Kid have packed the dance floor at the Fez the last weekend of every month, selling out on a regular basis. The focus of these parties remains hardcore Panjabi Bhangra and the latest electronic confections from the Bollywood film industry.
In order to share more of their musical passions they founded the popular monthly ATLAS (with co-host/DJ E3) at Holocene in November of 2003. The ATLAS parties provide a forum for the duo to feature other sounds in their repertoire including: UK Asian Garage and Drum’n’Bass, Middle-Eastern electronica, Balkan Beats, Kuduro, Reggaeton and international Hip-hop. 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 performed at the opening night party of the Vancouver Queer Film Festival. Together and separately they have supported artists as diverse as Digable Planets, Balkan Beat Box, Pink Martini, The Decemberists, DJ Spooky, Tigerstyle, Boban i Marco Markovic Orkestar, State of Bengal, Karsh Kale, DJ Rekha, Antibalas, Dengue Fever, Extra Golden, Maga Bo, Ming & FS, Joro-Boro, J-Boogie, and Nickodemus from Turntables on the Hudson.
photo by Tracy Harrison