DJ lovebirds Anjali and The Incredible Kid are back from their music-amassing
sabbatical in India. They stop by WK Radio to share some music and stories from thier trip.
After a three month break from hosting their flagship night Atlas at Holocene, they return this month for a special Valentine's day edition of Atlas.
ABOUT DJ ANJALI AND THE INCREDIBLE KID
DJ Anjali and the Incredible Kid have played a transformative role in
the Portland, Oregon club scene for over half a decade, hosting two
of Portland's longest-running and most successful dance parties.
After making a name for themselves in their hometown's lively
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 over six
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
with the sounds of Bollywood and the emerging genres of Asian Hiphop
and R&B featured in the mix.
In order to satisfy their growing fan base, 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, Funk Carioca, Reggaeton and
international Hip-hop. Since introducing Portland club audiences to
the amazing sounds of the South Asian diaspora 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
January of 2007 Anjali and the Kid headlined the opening night party
of the Vancouver International Bhangra Celebration in Vancouver,
British Columbia. They have also supported artists as diverse as
Digable Planets, DJ Spooky, Tigerstyle, State of Bengal, Karsh Kale,
DJ Rekha, Antibalas, Dengue Fever, Maga Bo, Ming & FS, Joro-Boro,
J-Boogie, and Nickodemus from Turntables on the Hudson.
www.anjaliandthekid.com
http://www.myspace.com/theincrediblekid
http://www.myspace.com/djanjali
ABOUT ATLAS
Holocene's longest-running (and most atypical) dance party
was inaugurated in November of 2003. Atlas is hosted every second
Saturday by resident DJs Anjali, E3, and The Incredible Kid.
Whereas through insipid marketing international music has developed a
reputation as being edgeless, irrelevant, and hopelessly uncool,
Atlas exists to present the gritty urban music whose production and
traditions are not limited by American borders.
ATLAS was the party that first introduced the Portland club audience
to genres such as Balkan Beats, Funk Carioca, Kuduro, Mambo,
Rai'n'B, and Reggaeton, among many others.
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Atlas is THE Portland club night dedicated to exposing the latest
electronic sounds emerging from South Asia, the Middle East, Africa,
Latin America, Jamaica and Europe. Atlas is the ONLY night of its
kind in Portland and has been going strong for over five years.
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www.atlaspdx.com
Show name: Morning Dose: Daily Feature
Date: Monday, February 9, 2009 - 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (PST)
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