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DJ Baba James

About Me

Baba James makes and loves exceedingly funky beats. Polyrhythms, bhangra, afro-beat, congo music, sarod, tabla, throat singing, and palmwine guitar in the mix.

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Music:

Member Since: 21/06/2005
Band Website: google.com/profiles/james.whetzel
Band Members: Baba James and his many cohorts!
Influences: Good!
Sounds Like: Haruna Ishola, MLK JR, DJ Swami, Rachid Taha, Fela, Ayanagalu, Orchestre Veve, The Funky Lowlives, Truby Trio, Sezen Aksu, Sukshinder Shinda, Timbaland, The Prodigy, Highlife, Afrobeat, Bhangra, Hip Hop, Teen Tal, Kaharva Tal, Tekyuman, Rock, Electroacoustic, Afro-SouthAsian-Euro-American-jenesaisquoi
Record Label: funketabla, Olin Place
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

DJ Baba James on Pandora!

Some good news for me! I am on Pandora as DJ Baba James (James Whetzel). Woo hoo! For those of you who use Pandora already please create a station for me! Just go to create a new station and type i...
Posted by on Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:04:00 GMT

Saturday, June 6th: James Whetzel, Sebastian Lange, DJ Collage, Verna Halley and R.I. Productio

Good People!Here the lowdown on an amazing show happening Saturday, June 6th in Westlake Park in downtown Seattle, 12pm to 4pm.Taking part are:James Whetzel: sarod, beats, percussion and throat singin...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:56:00 GMT

A Funke Year of Good Juju and Mean Deep!

Ladies and Gents it's been quite a year!   The election of Barack Obama and imminent departure of the Bush administration is a great cause for celebration.  At Funketabla we have additi...
Posted by on Fri, 02 Jan 2009 09:13:00 GMT

elodieO, EQlateral, & James Whetzel, Thursday, December 18th at Skylark

A performance by Elodie O with her three piece group, & James Whetzel at Skylark. Thursday December 18th, 2008. 8pmelodieO is a staple of the New York City LES/Nublu electro scene that nurtured Kudu a...
Posted by on Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:19:00 GMT

God Rest Ye Funky Bhangra (Mean Deep Mix)

Here's a little something to get you in the holiday mood.  This is a new version for 2008; this one is infused with the dhol playing of monsieur Shree Deepayan.   http://www.amazon...
Posted by on Thu, 27 Nov 2008 22:34:00 GMT

A Chekhovian Resolution, November 21 -22 @ The Moore Theater

A collaborative World Premiere with (in alphabetical order): Nir Ben Gal (Choreographer) - Israel, Donald Byrd (Choreographer/Director) - US, Liat Dror (Choreographer) - Israel, Wissam Murad (Musician...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:20:00 GMT

The House of Good Juju available at CD Baby!

Just a quick word to you good people! My new disc "The House of Good Juju" is up at CD Baby!  You can listen to it and then buy it.  15 tracks, 5 years of hard work selecting and refini...
Posted by on Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:21:00 GMT

Mary Zimmerman’s Arabian Nights at Balagan Theatre October 16 - November 8, 2008

A few quick words about a wonderful production of Mary Zimmerman's Arabian Nights at Balagan Theatre on Capitol Hill.  Based on tales from "alf laila wa laila," aka "A Thousand and One Nights," (...
Posted by on Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:53:00 GMT

Iolet: Music from the world of Anathem

Anathem is a new novel by author Neal Stephenson.   It is set on Arbre a planet much like our own Earth except that on Arbre people are divided into two main groups, the saaecular and the av...
Posted by on Sat, 27 Sep 2008 11:56:00 GMT

Friday, September 19th, Two Shows Not to Be Missed!

On Friday September 19th, 2008 two great events are happening featuring James Whetzel and friends. 1) The first is a solo performance of sarod & beats by James Whetzel at the Seattle Art Muse...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:10:00 GMT