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Tarun

About Me

Tarun is a hybrid, a meeting point between east and west; a cross-cultural (con)fusion. He is a classically trained tabla player, a DJ, and a producer, obsessed with fusing tradtional asian sounds with wikked electronic beats. He performs globally, trains in Mumbai, and represents the Canadian massive in Vancouver.
As a producer, Tarun creates South Asian influenced sonic landscapes and uptempo asian beats and breaks. As a DJ, 'Tspoon' mashes funk, hip-hop, dancehall and bhangra into a bouncy, juicy dancefloor madness. As a tabla player, Tarun trains classically in the Punjab school, and represents in both traditional and electronic situations.
Tarun is currently performing with 3 projects; global music DJ collective Beats Without Borders ; crazy celtic punjabi live electronic act Delhi2Dublin ; and bhangra/ grime/ hip-hop trio BPM .

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 27/08/2006
Band Website: www.beatswithoutborders.com
Sounds Like: Buy Tspoon's Mixes with Paypal

Big and Bouncy Dancehall Panic
phat and fresh dancehall, bhangra and funk blendz... with Tspoon originals

Mumbai Mornings
soothing chill eastern vibes... includes 'Water'

Press 'Play' to listen!




Type of Label: Major

My Blog

the road back from Mumbai

wow...what a bluri'm in London, Brixton to be exact, in a cozy old home staring out the window at the aftermath of the heaviest snowfall in 18 years. Snow in London! Who would've thought. It's extreel...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Feb 2009 04:12:00 GMT

the land of the thunder dragon

it is hard to describe how amazing this country iskinda like the land that time forgotfrom books and others' experiences i kinda figured it would be like thisbut to actually experience this kind of so...
Posted by on Tue, 20 May 2008 03:34:00 GMT

on the road in Bhutan

I'm in Paro now, the 2nd largest city in Bhutan, about to leave on a 2 week trek through the mountains in the north west of this country...this place is amazing...it looks as if it has hardly changed ...
Posted by on Mon, 05 May 2008 08:01:00 GMT

...in Tokyo!

so, another asian adventureafter a number of almost sleepless nights in vancouver, playing with the bwb crew, lighta! and the wicked wicked crew of Swami in vancouver, i jumped on a plane and landed u...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:35:00 GMT

download my 2008 spring mix

i've uploaded my 2008 spring mix...lotsa roots and ska, a handful of dancehall, a sprinkling of bhangra, and a pinch of grime and breaks...basically the tracks that saw a ton of airplay for me last ye...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:41:00 GMT

BWB in the news!

Beats Without Borders, the DJ collective I've been working with for the past 4 years has been featured in the Georgia Straight today... Vancouver's largest free newspaper. Yay!Click here to check it o...
Posted by on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 15:38:00 GMT

Learning with the legend... Ustad Zakir Hussain

Early Feb is a special time here... concert season is in full swing; Ustad Allarakha's death anniversary takes place, and class gets crowded with people from all over the globe coming through town to ...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 01:43:00 GMT

Tabla torture and dub step

so my back is on fire, my arms are aching, i feel about 70 years old or so, but somehow i like it.maybe i'm just a glutton for punishmentRakesh, the teacher at the tabla school, seems to take perverse...
Posted by on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 01:46:00 GMT

Back to the big smoke!

...back to mumbaiwowa far cry from a tiny fishing village in sri lanka. i'm surfed out, sunburnt, and more relaxed than i've been in years -- that should last for a week or two max in this city!went t...
Posted by on Mon, 22 Jan 2007 03:13:00 GMT

ummm, hard at surf in sri lanka

everybody needs a break, right?well, i'm taking one, surfing my brains out in sri lankamy tabla teacher recommended it to build all those tabla back muscles...:o)this place is paradisei haven't seen a...
Posted by on Sun, 07 Jan 2007 02:04:00 GMT