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Kanchana

Rustic Electronic

About Me

Projects

BLUE SHADDY
www.blueshaddy.com .
www.myspace.com/blueshaddy
Byron Bay Blues n Roots Fest 2007
West Coast Blues n Roots Fest 2006-2007
Woodford Folk Festival
Bridgetown Blues Fest
Narooma Blues n Roots Fest
Swan Valley Fest 2007
Blues on Broadbeach 2007
Molong Arts Fest 2007
Goulbourne Australian Blues Fest 2007

RHYTHMS OF SRI LANKA
www.myspace.com/islandrhythms
MAHA BERA
In his current project with Ray Pereira , Kanchana fuses Sri Lankan traditional rhythms with West African and Afro Cuban rhythms. The project titled MAHA BERA (the great drum) is a truly exiting new percussive collaboration. Since its inception in 2005 it has played to audiences in Melbourne and in Perth.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/12/2006
Band Members: Kanchana Karunaratna
Influences: Traditional Sri Lankan rhythms. West african rhythms
Afro Cuban rhythms
Kusun Ensemble (www.kusunensemble.com)
Ray Pereira (www.raypereira.com)
Anga Diaz
Luis Conte
Leon Mobley
Arun Sathgunasingham

Blue Shaddy (www.blueshaddy.com)
John Butler Trio
Cat Empire
Carlos Santana
Ben Harper
Micheal Franti
Sting

Baba Maal
Nitin Sawhney
Ba cissoko
Talvin Singh
Asian Dub Foundation
Theivery Corporation
Dhol Foundation
Jaipoor Kawa Brass Band
Ravi Bandu
Yelemba De Abidjan

Chemical Brothers
faithless
bjork

Beastie Boys
Talib Kweli
Mos Def
A tribe called quest
De la soul

Amaradeva
Nanda Malini
Karunaratne Divulgane

Sounds Like: Purchase Colours of Skin EP
From the Australian Blues Festival Website
The Link below will take you straight to our page...
Colours of Skin at Australian Blues Festival
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Ma Africa

So i find myself about to embark on a six week triptwo flights will bounce once in South Africa and then in Ghana the bounce will be controlled  such that the landing will be safe and comfortable...
Posted by Kanchana on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 02:37:00 PST

to know

he died at middle agehe was the only son that could not die before she didfor all she had endured, she could not endure thatbut he died at middle agesome years before she had to endure the passing of ...
Posted by Kanchana on Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:21:00 PST

diversify

   you diverfisy your finaincial portfolio. should you diversify your happiness portfolio in the same manner?everyday we invest in our happiness and the happiness of the ones we care about. ...
Posted by Kanchana on Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:44:00 PST

Pozzolanic Reactions

Its what I learned about in Uni.
Posted by Kanchana on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 06:28:00 PST

it tightens my chest...

my cousin joined the army in sri lanka.it was not his first choice. he being y cousin was not my choice. i cant say I am happy about this at all. He is in trinco getting trained for bloodshed which wi...
Posted by Kanchana on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 08:57:00 PST

A phone message

Oh I just thought I'd give you a call, Give you an update And get an update In return ..:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />  But maybe you're just busy Playi...
Posted by Kanchana on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 08:53:00 PST

Time for the arts to go boom

Time for the arts to go boom By Jane Haley Posted 1 hour 31 minutes ago Updated 1 hour 19 minutes ago Government infrastructure projects, such as GoMA in Brisbane, need to be backed up by private ...
Posted by Kanchana on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:18:00 PST

some new words...

a new year brings fresh air and I like it already... been as busy as ever with Blue shaddy and the odd club gig here and there, got some exciting news... blue shaddy will be playing in the East coas...
Posted by Kanchana on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 05:04:00 PST

Colours of Skin

Colours of Skin is a collaborative project by Arun Satgunasingam and Kanchana Karunaratna.  They cut their teeth playing drums and percussion for Blue Shaddy and other local and internationa...
Posted by Kanchana on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 08:57:00 PST

Rhythms of Sri Lanka

Please check out my latest projet, Rhythms of Sri Lanka.An international group of drummers and dancers from Sri Lanka will be Touring. Western Australia in October 2006We have three shows and two work...
Posted by Kanchana on Wed, 09 Aug 2006 08:24:00 PST