Delhi 2 Dublin

Artist Information

Biography

Hour Magazine wrote that “Delhi 2 Dublin is the United Nations of rock ‘n’ roll”. They are a Vancouver, Canada based band that plays an energetic mash-up of Bhangra, Celtic, Dub Reggae and Electronica with global rhythms and club beats. Tarun Nayar, Sanjay Seran, Andrew Kim and Ravi Binning along with touring musicians Sara Fitzpatrick and Jaron Freeman Fox are diverse in both their backgrounds and musical influences. The band has been together over five years and has released four albums and an EP including its latest, Delhi 2 Dubland.

A live collaboration put together in 2006 as a one-off performance piece for a club night in Vancouver called Delhi to Dublin was so well-received that requests for additional performances led to the official formation of Delhi 2 Dublin. “Not being able to fit into any specific genre allows the band to create whatever we like and not be judged for it. Our audience expects nothing less.” The band finds this advantageous for their live show as it enables them to create a flow to their sets much like a DJ would for the dance floor. “Audiences love to see a band transcending stereotypes and letting the music speak for itself”.

On September 13th, Delhi 2 Dublin released Delhi 2 Dubland, an EP of dub mixes of tracks from Planet Electric along with two newly written songs. The band collaborated with Australian tribal dub trio OKA, Montreal based reggae DJ/producer Jacob Cino, and Toronto based hip hop collective Grand Analog. The EP also features remixes by Dubmatix, one of Canada's foremost dub producers; New York based producer Spy From Cairo (aka Zeb of Turntables on the Hudson Fame) and Vancouver based Lighta! crew luminary Taal Mala.

While on tour this past summer, Delhi 2 Dublin spent a lot of time in the van listening to reggae, dancehall and dub (everyone from Collie Budz to Steel Pulse to Asian Dub Foundation). “This summer, just for fun, we collaborated on a few songs with some of our friends and this EP is the result. We're big fans of the dub aesthetic. We like expressing ourselves with lots of reverb, delay, and bass!”

The Delhi 2 Dublin crew is constantly touring. The musicians feel that they plug directly into the world’s music and energy. The strong word-of-mouth for their live performances has enabled them to build a loyal and continent wide fan base. The band has played several of the top festivals in Canada, the UK and the U.S. and, in 2011, expanded its horizons to include performances in the Pacific Rim and Europe. A new line-up, a new EP and new international touring opportunities all signal that originality and evolution are all part of the Delhi 2 Dublin experience. They have become one of Canada’s most buzzed-about bands and 2012 will only see them enhancing that reputation.

Instrumentation

Tarun Nayar - Electronics/tabla/back-up vocals
Andrew Kim - Electric guitar/electric sitar
Sanjay Seran - Lead vocals/percussion
Ravi Binning - Dhol
Sara Fitzpatrick - Violin/back-up vocals

Discography

Delhi 2 Dublin - Delhi 2 Dublin (full length CD)
Delhi 2 Dublin - Remixed (full length CD)
Delhi 2 Dublin - Planet Electric (full length CD)
Delhi 2 Dublin - Planet: Electrified (full length CD)
Delhi 2 Dublin - Delhi 2 Dubland (EP)
All of the tracks are available for streaming at our website

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Audio

• S.O.S. (Eccodek's Dubslide Remix)
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• GIVE IT AWAY_RADIO_EDIT3
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• The Evolution feat. OKA (Delhi 2 Dublin's Down Under Mix)
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• I Wanna Give You Love feat. Jacob Cino
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• Tommy
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• S.O.S.
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• The Answer
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• The Happy Track
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• Master Crowley
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• Laughing Buddha
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Video

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Press

• Delhi 2 Dublin, Live Review - USA [+ Show ]
  

  If you missed Delhi 2 Dublin, it very well could have been due to the “SOLD OUT” sign hung in the Bu...If you missed Delhi 2 Dublin, it very well could have been due to the “SOLD OUT” sign hung in the Buffalo’s front window by 9:15. The Endorfins may be a young band–in all aspects of the description–but they are incredibly skillful musicians. Their sound blends funk, reggae, and heavy doses of rock that amped up the energy in the packed venue. They warmed up the crowd so well that all thoughts of the frigid weather outside were lost. The Endorfins set was a perfect combination of mellow-sway and dreds-thrashing rock. Hopefully, everyone will pick up a copy of their EP.
  
  Delhi 2 Dublin brought an incredibly diverse crowd to the Wild Buffalo. The band’s music is a mixture of traditional Celtic and Bhangra melodies, but elements of club beats give the music an incredibly urban vibe. On paper, it doesn’t seem like it would quite work, but the group of six musicians have assembled a sound as diverse as their members. Delhi 2 Dublin is a true melting pot–if that pot was also used to make complex, beautiful music.
  
  Their show at the Wild Buffalo was the first of their 2011 tour as well as the debut performance of their new fiddle players, Jaron Freeman-Fox and Sara Fitzpatrick. The Vancouver-based group sold out the venue with good reason: their live show is energetic–the members never seem to stand still for a moment of the set.
  
  Singer Sanjay Seran was most definitely the best dancer in the house, and female fans showered him with adoration; at one point even stroking his ankles when he was standing on top of a monitor. I was incredibly impressed with band member Ravi Binning who it seemed never stopped drumming on his neon-tasseled Dhol–a Bhangra Energizer Bunny. Sitar/guitar player Andrew Kim must have quite some balls to have braved below-freezing temperatures in a utility-kilt. Tarun Nayar’s outfit may have been straight off of page three in the latest Urban Outfitters catalogue, but his DJ-ing skills and ability to connect with the crowd were undeniable. As for the newest members of the band–Jaron and Sara were incredibly skilled musicians who seemed to have always been permanent fixtures in the band. In fact, you might well have mistaken the fiddle for a guitar since Jaron wailed on it like an axe. The most entertaining part of watching these musicians perform isn’t necessarily when they’re playing it up for the crowd, but in the moments where you are able to witness the close bonds they have to each other and the music they’ve created.
  
  The band played favorites “Celtic Dub,” “Dil Nachde,” “Raise it Up,” and “Tommy,” and finished with “S.O.S.” during their encore. The crowd was insane, making use of what little space they had to dance along. The applause at the end of the set was definitely louder than the music had been, giving evidence to why Sanjay Seran remarked upon how much they love playing for the Bellingham crowd. The band will be releasing a new album, Planet: Electrified, this upcoming May.

• Delhi 2 Dublin, Interview - World Domination [+ Show ]
  

  It’s been a banner year for Vancouver’s Delhi 2 Dublin. Famed for its incendiary live show, the mult...It’s been a banner year for Vancouver’s Delhi 2 Dublin. Famed for its incendiary live show, the multi-culti, genre-bending fivesome has been playing white-hot gigs the world over, including a headlining show at Dublin’s legendary Whelan’s Pub, sets at Birmingham’s Shambala Festival and a Canada Day showcase for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge — as well as 300,000 other guests — at Parliament Hill in Ottawa.
  
  "It has been a really good year,"agrees Tarun Nayar (tabla and electronics) with a laugh over the phone from Vancouver.
  
  Still, the guy sounds tired. Two back-to-back much buzzed-about releases — 2010’s Planet Electric and this year’s remix album Planet Electrified — have meant almost constant touring, so it’s understandable that Nayar sounds a little reluctant about Delhi 2 Dublin’s upcoming month-long Canada/U.S. jaunt.
  
  "At the moment we’re pretty comfortable at home," he admits with a laugh. "We’ve toured so much it gets hard to leave, but once we’re out there, it’s great."
  
  In addition to supporting Australia’s party-starting progressive roots act/fellow Winnipeg Folk Fest fave Oka, Delhi 2 Dublin is touring in support of its latest EP, Delhi 2 Dubland. Released Sept. 13, the EP features collaborations with such luminaries as Odario Williams of Grand Analog and, as its title suggests, sees the band explore its reggae/dub side.
  
  "The whole band spends a lot of time in California and the reggae scene there is huge," Nayar says. "We were writing a lot of reggae-influenced stuff and we knew we didn’t have a record coming out until next year. So we decided to do Delhi 2 Dubland."
  
  Expect this to be a one-off project for Delhi 2 Dublin; the collective has no plans to abandon its Celtic-Bhangra fusion.
  
  "Reggae and dub has always been an influence, but this was sort of just us having fun," Nayar says. "We’d never do a full reggae album — there’s so many other people that do it so much better than us."
  
  Besides, Delhi 2 Dublin — which also includes Sanjay Seran (vocals) Andrew Kim (electric sitar, guitar), Ravi Binning (dhol) and Kytami (fiddle) — have already started working on a new full-length album.
  
  "We have about seven or eight tracks we’re working on at the moment," Nayar says. "We’re setting aside some time in December and February to work on it."
  
  And as far as bottling the lightning of its famed live show goes, the band has a plan for that, too.
  
  "To answer the demand for a live representation of us, we’re putting out a live album in the spring," Nayar says. "I think a studio album should relate to the live show, but I don’t think it necessarily should recreate it. It’s a bit of a compromise in the studio."

• Delhi 2 Dublin, Album Review - Planet Electrified [+ Show ]
  

  Delhi 2 Dublin is an incredible act. They are most acclaimed for their energetic live performances s...Delhi 2 Dublin is an incredible act. They are most acclaimed for their energetic live performances since the group’s birth in 2006, and less recognized for their recorded releases. The frustration of being purely a successful live act may have been part of the reason that D2D gave their 2010 release Planet Electrified to ten of their favourite producers to remix. Planet Electrified features some of the best D2D material such as “Tommy,” “The Happy Track,” “S.O.S.,” and “Harmonizin,” which are all staples of their live appearances. But those who worry about tinkering with the one-of-a-kind Punjabi-Celtic sound, fear not: the apple does not fall far from the tree when it comes to the remixed version, and that isn’t so bad. By starting with such complex and exciting creations redeveloping the genius is a very risky endeavour for any producer, but the changes that were made subtly make D2D just a squeeze closer to club tracks. The answer to the tough challenge of new art comes best from Poirier Soca Chutney’s “The Answer” and Sub Swara’s “Laughing Buddha.” These cuts use heavy repetition of the of D2D sounds in producing a completely new song that clearly possesses D2D roots, but are also fearless in the face of experimentation. Aside from the remixes, D2D also added a new song to this album, “Give It Away,” which kicks off Planet Electrified: Remixes with all the wild excitement of what is expected from Delhi 2 Dublin.

• Delhi 2 Dublin, Album Review - Planet Electric [+ Show ]
  

  An impressive third outing from the East-meets-West sensation out of Vancouver, Planet Electric spar...An impressive third outing from the East-meets-West sensation out of Vancouver, Planet Electric sparkles like a disco ball suspended over the Ganges River. Pairing rich bhangra beats and reggae vocals with surging electronic effects, this genre-melding collective offers its most dancefloor-worthy release to date. A shift away from the international caravan presented in Delhi 2 Dublin’s previous efforts, Planet Electric has a more glamorous bent; amping up the tabla rhythms with dynamic violin flourishes, cosmic synth samples and plenty of dub-soaked invocations of the spirit. The opener “Master Crowley” holds court, spinning a Sean Paul-calibre buzz over the crowd, a rapture in five-parts that gradually surrenders itself to the steel-drumversus Shanti ohm undulations of the sitar-laced skank “S.O.S.” Smashing borders and mashing styles like the new generation of musical revolutionaries it belongs to, Delhi 2 Dublin cleverly delivers the future shock of the Zen-tastic “Laughing Buddha” and the crazy Celtic-Bollywood reel of “Cabin Fever” in one all-encompassing breath.

• Delhi 2 Dublin, Link to Live Video Footage
  

  Reel Life 2012

Setlist

We usually play one set, 60 to 90 minutes in length. We can divide it in two, but prefer to play one continuous set.

Songs:
1) Master Crowley
2) Dil Nachde (Remix)
3) Supafunkadholic (Remix)
4) The Answer
5) Dreaming
6) Apples/ Apples Remix
7) Celtic Dub
8) Harmonizin'
9) S.O.S.
10) the Happy Track
11) Cabin Fever
12) Raise It Up
13) Laughing Buddha

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