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Sub Swara Album Out Now; SS031 w/Glitch Mob 07.04!

About Me

About the Album:
Two years in the making, the 12 tracks on Coup D'Yah unleash the devastating bass-weighted sound which has become the recognized trademark of the crew's eponymous NYC club night (First Fridays at Love) and its blazing live sets. Coup spans a broad spectrum, from the dub-wise depths to dancefloor crushing bangers.
SS has carved a unique global footprint, leading with heavy ragga inflection, thick beats, wide basslines, and live organic instrumentation ranging from the drums and wind instruments of India to the marching horns of New Orleans. The album showcases the signature vocal talents of Zulu (Ghislain Poirier, DJ C), MC Coppa (Al Haca, Stereotyp) Napoleon Solo (Goonda NYC), and Sub Swara's own rising star Juakali (Sub Swara, Kush Arora, Pinch, D1 and more).
Sub Swara Media Membership:
Become a member of Sub Swara Media (go to www/.subswara.com) and get all kinds of exclusive goods. With a $30 annual membership you'll get:
- The Digital Pre-Release of Coup D'Yah (Available to you and you only right now)
- The Coup D'Yah CD
- One free VIP Entry to the Sub Swara Monthly event at Love NYC
- The Coup d'Yah Remix Album (due out Fall 2008)
- All Sub Swara DJ Mixes
- 1 Sub Swara T-shirt
- 5 exclusive members-only Sub Swara tracks
...A lot of booty for a little bit of loot!..
What People are Saying:
-"The Sub Swara collective tosses a monthly party at Love, a club that boasts perhaps the clearest sound system in the city. That might account for the crew’s obsession with detail; Coup d’Yah is a sonically crystalline collection, with every drum hit sharp as a knife and each bassline deep as a canyon. But the real appeal of the album lies in the way it melds its dancehall and dubstep inclinations with Middle Eastern melodies, subcontinental percussion and ragga-style toasting into a spare, dark stew, with its precise arrangements keeping the focus on the funk."
-'Sub Swara deals with the most fascinating melt of sound - beats and bass laced with the elemental voice of Juakali...pure heaven...The Sub Swara mix was devastating - contender for mix of the year on the BBC Radio 1 show for real.' - Maryanne Hobbs, BBC Radio 1
-'The whole album is dazzling. Sub Swara manages to transfer the eclectic sounds of their New York club night to tape, bleeding and blending dubstep, ragga, dub, global elements and straight up dance music in a flawless manner that's always fresh, never stale. Their ability to fuse the dark with the subtle and danceable with the complex is a marvel' - Kid Kameleon, XLR8R Magazine
'If you're looking for one entry track into this sound, look out for Koli Stance, a masterclass in swirling subcontinental tablas and warping dubstep bass' - Blackdown, Pitchfork Media
'Electronica has been reinvigorated as barriers between fiercely guarded genres continue to come crashing down, whether it's Flying Lotus and Samiyam's messy marriage of hip hop and electronica or house, techno and electro collapsing in on each other. Sub Swara is a New York club night and label that's been running since 2005 and is frequented by pioneering producers such as Hank and Keith Shocklee of The Bomb Squad. Sub Swara's debut LP Coup d'Yah (Low Motion Records) showcases what the night and its collective of DJs, producers, vocalists and instrumentalists are about: the track Infiltrate floats filtered tablas over jagged two-step bass; the brooding Alabaster Dub places subcontinental horns and kathak classical dance rhythms with snares and dhols; Belgrade Riddim playfully chops up marching band brass with slinky percussion; Banga ties ragga to trampolining bassline; The Balance is rolling, fidgety bhangra-bashment; and Koli Stance morphs from hypnotic tabla-funk into a gnarly, stomping banger. Coup d'Yah is a clean sonic draw on Indian instruments, electronica, dub and dancehall but beyond that, it's 21st-century global basstronica. It sounds exceptionally fresh and relevant.' - Metro UK
URL: www.subswara.com
Contact: [email protected]

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/19/2006
Band Website: subswara.com
Band Members:
Dhruva -- Producer/DJ/Percussionist
Sunder -- DJ/Turntablist
Haj -- DJ/Producer

Sharmaji -- Producer/DJ/Percussionist
Juakali -- Vocalist
Bass Society -- Producer/DJ/Turntablist
Pictureman & Skip Intro -- Visualists

www.hannahthiemphoto.com
Record Label: Low Motion Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

catch us live on bbc radio one, TONIGHT!

help us celebrate dhruva FINALLY becoming of legal drinking age by tuning into the interview/guest mix on Bobby Friction & Nihal's show, streamed live from bbc radio 1 tonight! 12midnight GMT/7pm EDT/...
Posted by Sub Swara on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:50:00 PST

Sub Swara Album Out Now!

The New Sub Swara album, Coup d'Yah is out now!You can grab it either from our own online store (www.subswara.com - where you can also sign up for a Sub Swara Membership - details below) or from all f...
Posted by Sub Swara on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:08:00 PST

Check out this event: SUB SWARA 030::ALBUM RELEASE PARTY

Hosted By: Sub Swara When: 06 Jun 2008, 22:00Where: Love179 MacDougalNew York, 10011United KingdomDescription:Sub Swara Click Here To View Event...
Posted by Sub Swara on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 09:42:00 PST

ATTN DJs: Sub Swara coming soon on vinyl!

Fam-- waiting on test pressing right now, but this summer will see the release of Low Motion records' second 12", the Sub Swara dubstep anthem "Koli Stance" b/w Sharmaji & DJ Boo's dancefloor roller "...
Posted by Sub Swara on Sat, 31 May 2008 11:44:00 PST

SUBSWARA PODCAST

Yes yes, in an effort to bring our monthly parties to your speakers and headphones, we've initiated a monthly Sub Swara podcast series. link it via itunes here: Sub Swara Podcast1, for April/May, cam...
Posted by Sub Swara on Sat, 31 May 2008 11:41:00 PST

and into the summer...

Apolgies Sub Swarans... we've (being me, Dave, for this blog) been hunkered down in the Sub Swara bunker, building Coup d'Yah all winter and spring and we've been neglecting you on the updates here at...
Posted by Sub Swara on Sat, 31 May 2008 11:30:00 PST

Transcontinental Takeover Stylee

I (being Dhruva on this post) have to stop this habit of waiting so long between blog entries that I end up with way more to talk about than the online human attention span can tolerate. So I'll do my...
Posted by Sub Swara on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 07:24:00 PST

Eastward into 08

So I'm about to head out the door to catch my flight to India. 25 hours suspended in the sky and I'll be walking into my folks' kitchen with dosa and sambar waiting. Life is good.Life's even better a...
Posted by Sub Swara on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:52:00 PST

pre-gig vibrations

what's good SS fam??? Sharmaji here, signing in for my 1st iteration of the SubSwara blog. I'm always equally ecstatic and nervous prepping for a gig i'm looking forward; in the midst of finishing t...
Posted by Sub Swara on Sat, 01 Dec 2007 01:32:00 PST

A New Arrival to the Sub Swara family

It was a long, tough delivery given the 6-foot 160-pound frame, but we muscled through it and are delighted to welcome Sharmaji (aka Dave Sharma) as the newest resident of Sub Swara! Lots of peeps kno...
Posted by Sub Swara on Sun, 18 Nov 2007 03:11:00 PST