 BUZZ in Chennai
BUZZ, a six-month, 18-event season, celebrates the best of contemporary music, film and spoken word from the UK. This year BUZZ hits Chennai with a full calendar promising excitement, entertainment, reflection, discussion and more.
BUZZ opens at the International Tech Park in Chennai (ITPC) to bring creative UK to large numbers of young professionals in one of India's fastest growing metros. In addition, some strands of BUZZ will also be presented at select colleges, at the British Council and at Distil - Taj
Connemara.
In the line up, there are world class Spoken Word artistes; award winning bands or those on a meteoric rise who will give you a taste of contemporary UK music covering jazz, folk, hip hop and electronica, and DJs who are electrifying the London circuit with their inimitable mixes. Gigs, animated performances, competitions, interesting websites to surf, catchy ring tones to download and prizes galore...
The festive season begins this month with riveting music and a film.
18 October 2006, 4 p.m. @ ITPC
Mark Kane -- DJ
DJ/producers/club promoters/radio presenters Larry Holcombe and Mark Kane who together form Definition Incorporated or DEF inc, have made it their business to redefine music, busting dance floors with their inimitable sampling, looping, scratching and re-editing 6-deck mixing style. With 12 years experience behind the decks, Mark Kane emerged from a background of industrial, trance, hard house and happy hardcore. In 2003 Mark remixed Coldplay's classic 'God Put a Smile Upon Your Face' which became one of the biggest chill out anthems of the year. Together their influences dip into a hugely diverse range from reggae and rock to funk and hip hop, via punk, industrial and trance. And their versatile production style ranges from funkier tracks such as Acid Rock and 50K to the deeper, dubbier vibes of University of Dub and Waking the Dread. DEF inc. is rocking dance floors the world over and is taking the duo out as far afield as China and Russia. Mark Kane will introduce DEF inc. to audiences in Chennai. Too diverse to pigeonhole, whatever style, DEF inc. certainly rocks.
25 October 2006, 4 p.m. @ ITPC:
Film - Antenna
Antenna UK shines a light on Britain's most creative music video makers and showcases their work. From recent work by British directors, including the latest from established talents like Garth Jennings, director of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and a long list of benchmark music videos, and dom&nic who have a decade of video-making under their belts, to newer faces like Ben Rollason, Karni+Saul and Chris Cairns who have stormed the music video scene with innovative presentations. Antenna also showcases the latest from Nizlopi, and Psapp, two bands proving to be reliably brilliant at making great videos. The Director Profile section takes a close look at the work of one director who consistently, produces brilliant work. This time the spotlight is on Daniel Levi who has been directing for just four years but who has already established himself as one of the most exciting talents on the UK scene.
R Rangaraj
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