{"id":6889,"date":"2011-09-21T11:53:57","date_gmt":"2011-09-21T16:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/?p=6889"},"modified":"2011-09-21T11:53:57","modified_gmt":"2011-09-21T16:53:57","slug":"d-c-s-first-drift-elemental","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/21\/d-c-s-first-drift-elemental\/","title":{"rendered":"D.C.&#8217;s First Drift Elemental"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/21\/d-c-s-first-drift-elemental\/289462_191514790920611_144173085654782_444824_2065977836_o\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6910\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6910\" src=\"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/289462_191514790920611_144173085654782_444824_2065977836_o-194x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"353\" \/><\/a>It all started with a Kickstarter campaign months ago. They raised enough money and now it&#8217;s finally here. This Friday,<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SubcontinentalDrift\" target=\"_blank\">Subcontinental Drift<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SubcontinentalDrift\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0<\/a> will be hosting D.C.&#8217;s very first South Asian hip hop show: <strong>Drift Elemental<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote>The concert will take place at Liv Nightclub, located upstairs at the historic Bohemian Caverns. Doors will open at 8 p.m. with the show beginning at 9 p.m. A dance party featuring Drift Elemental\u2019s DJs will follow. &#8230; The aim of Drift Elemental is to present South Asian artists in the context of old school hip-hop\u2019s four elements, which include rapping, DJ-ing, graffiti art and breakdancing. The concert will feature acts from Washington, D.C. and New York. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SubcontinentalDrift\" target=\"_blank\">subcontinentaldrift<\/a>]<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>The show will be featuring local east coast hip hop artists who I am excited to have on my radar. The first is Navid Azeez other wise known as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NaviTheSwami\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Navi the Swami<\/strong><\/a>, a member of the <strong>Whole Damme Delegation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><object data=\"http:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=958768985 \/size=grande\/bgcol=FFFFFF\/linkcol=bb7542\/\/\" type=\"text\/html\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\">\n\t\t\t\t<param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=958768985 \/size=grande\/bgcol=FFFFFF\/linkcol=bb7542\/\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\">\n\t\t\t\t<param name=\"allowNetworking\" value=\"always\">\n\t\t\t\t<param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\">\n\t\t\t\t<param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\">\n\t\t\t\t<param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"never\">\n\t\t\t\t<object data=\"http:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=958768985 \/size=grande\/bgcol=FFFFFF\/linkcol=bb7542\/\/\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\"><\/object>\n\t\t\t<\/object><\/p>\n\n<p>The second is Baltimore based Koushik Chatterjee, otherwise known as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kothetimeless.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Ko the Timeless<\/strong><\/a>. Inspired by his Bengali music performing parents and indoctrinated into hihop with the lyrics of Tribe Called Quest, Ko&#8217;s first mixtape <strong>The Subway High Life<\/strong> can be <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/TheSubwayHighLife_Mixtape\">downloaded here<\/a>.<!--more--><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>\u00a0Raja Wilco<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/rajawilcomusic\" target=\"_blank\"> hails from NYC and has been on the music scene since 2004. He&#8217;s <\/a>been on the scene a minute, having performed with Juggy D, Rishi Rish and Jay Sean.<\/p>\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Raja Wilco - Push Back (prod by Sureet Sandhu)\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A1BLdfcGt-k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n<p>Finally, the night will be spun into a frenzy with the DJ-ing skills of <a href=\"http:\/\/djinsomnia.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>DJ Insomnia<\/strong><\/a> including a history lesson of South Asian hip-hop. You can<a href=\"http:\/\/www38.zippyshare.com\/v\/1682496\/file.html\" target=\"_blank\"> download his mixtape Premier Sessions: NYC R&amp;B Edition<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>Be sure to get your tickets now! It&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/driftelemental.eventbrite.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">$10 if you buy now online<\/a>, and $15 at the door. And if you do go, please let us know how it went in the comments. I&#8217;d love to hear how these artists are.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It all started with a Kickstarter campaign months ago. They raised enough money and now it&#8217;s finally here. This Friday, Subcontinental Drift\u00a0 will be hosting D.C.&#8217;s very first South Asian hip hop show: Drift Elemental. The concert will take place &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/21\/d-c-s-first-drift-elemental\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":6890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[56,39,1,47,13],"tags":[81,104,103],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6889"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6889"}],"version-history":[{"count":47,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6946,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6889\/revisions\/6946"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}