March14th 08- back from chicago! Great times out there with Zulu,David Last, Searchl1te,4/4 and the Bass Goes Boom crew! Dj C and Ghislain as well tore it up outhere was a very exciting bouncy, ball smashing house shuffling juke smashing time out there. This month has been exciting. Recently Dub Gabriel and myself got a chanceto remix the Balkan Beat Box track "hermetico" for the Euro label Crammed. It's some baile dancehall bass madness, soon to come in May digitally. Also Next week will be the free release of a track featuring Zulu called "Lose Control".Then following, a new collaboration with Dave Sharma in the desi cyber dubstep realm.

Jan 11, 08- back from nyc

here is a collection of shots from The Takeover in NYC at club love with lots of dif, crews Trouble And Bass, Sub Swara, Dub War, Secret Night of Science

Here is stuff from after the Surya dub with Lukeino, Dj G, and many more! great shots miro!

 

 

 

 

Dec 13 th, 2007:

Shit has been good out here in San Francisco. Insane amounts of dub, bashment, and dubstep/grime tunes flying around town and a great musical atmosphere. Seems like there is a little bit of a metal revival going on too, which is good news. Thanx for all the folks who came out to Surya Dub this past week, we had a blast and seriously Lukeino and Dj G's sets were pretty over the top!!!!

Lots of fun events over the past few months for everybody invovled. most notably, SURYA DUB, won the Readers Poll best Nightclub Night in San Francisco, so we want to thank all of you for your support and help with our vision bringing the best in new styles to the people.

 

Also SURYA DUB TSHIRTS ARE IN!Ladeez - $15 ** Mens - $15 ** Toddler - $10
plus shipping or meet us around town at a gig You Can order them by emailing me or info@suryadub.com

In Collabs: Kossak from RLR and me have started a new project called The Placebo Brothers. This is an exploration of new experimental sounds with a focus on sound design and less dancefloor related vibes, no vocals all instrumental. A clip will be up shortly.

Bongo Chillii , wicked mc from Uk who has been featured on recordings by The Bug, Rootsman, Rogue State, and many more and I have just cut a tune, with a flipside with N4SA on the Dirty Needle Riddim. This riddim is an industrial stomper with distorted snares, warbling acid basslines, melodica, death metal guitar from Aaron Hegg, and a serious performance from Bongo not to be missed, soon to be on vinyl.

Badman reggateon artist Santero and myself have been fleshing out a riddim for a future collaboration, whihc will include vocals from Omega, previously of Afro_mystik, the OM records artist. The riddim is a punjabi tudd vibe type of thang, but we will see where this goes, just started!

Bassist bassmaster Dubsworth( lives in my neighborhood in SF) of the Sons of Liberty dubstep, live dub, and experimental vibes has been laying his licks and collaborating on two tunes. One natural mellow dnb remix of Dub Gabriels' version with 77Klash( Klash city records) from his new record "Anarchy and Alchemy", but lays deep dub vibes with Kush on the drumset/melodies/dubbing, DJ Kiva from babylon sound NYC on Horns, and himself on bass and collabing on arrangement.

fun at surya dub halloween

June 29th, 2007:In exciting news, Sub Swara featuring Dhruva, Haj, Sunder, and Juakali were featured on BBC1 last night on Mary Ann Hobbes show, verses Skull Disco from UK. It was absolutely heat, and tracks from myself, Process Rebel, Dave Sharma, Dave Q, were dropped in a NYC vs. LONDON dubstep battle. make sure to take a listen to it off bbc's site this week.

In collaboration: New tunes are in the works with KOSSAK(RLR), Dhruva(SS), Dave Sharma, Dj KIVA(Babylon Studios).

In Media: For some fun reason, NIRVANA WOMEN"S MAGAZINE, an indian women's vogue equivalent, asked me to be the guest music reviewer in next month's issue. Pick up a copy and check it out, with reviews on the new TUSS record, MDK CARTEL, and State of Bengal.

06:

April 12: BHANG RAGGA hits top TWENTY for New World CMJ at #19 in issue 957. It debuted at #32 and has quickly climbed. Thanx to American and Canadian college radio, this record is being heard- thank you all the dj's who have made this possible. http://www.cmj.com

March 23rd: LA WEEKLY features "Bhang Ragga" in an article with Dr. isreal, Scientists, Heavy Weight Dub Champions. " You know how sometimes you start an album, and you can’t goddamn turn it off? That befell me with the new Bhang Ragga, by the Bay Area dubmaster Kush Arora... rest of the article can be seen at http://www.laweekly.com/music/beauty-noise/i-got-riddim/12881/

March 06: Kush Arora/Drop the Lime/Dj RXM new vinyl 12" dancheall badman Juakali from Brooklyn
Juakali is at the forefront of dubstep, grime, junglist rasta mc'ing and has worked with DIgital Myztics, Kode 9, and a host of people all over the world. Kush is doing the new "2 finga "remix for the remix side of the vinyl. Punjabi dread bass at it's Finest..

Jan 25, 06 San Francisco Bay Guardian Does A Feature on Bhangra with Kush interview/photos: San francisco bay guardian does a fun interview with Kush Arora and has some memorable quotes! check out the fun at http://www.sfbg.com/40/17/art_music_bhang.html
Kush Arora teams up with 510 Sounds studio in Oakland
to produce the next level of hyphy punjabi dancehall with rapper Blacksmith and N4SA
Kush Arora Productions kicks off with the N4SA seven inch
bringing you the rugged bhangra dancehall journey you've been waiting for.

"Bhang Ragga" is set for release in January of 06, along with a string of other releases following, including a 10 track cd of dubbing bhangra and hip hop tracks made in the last 6 months, and the "Simmering Bastard EP" of dark and haunting journeys into sound design and warped punjabi dancehall.

Also in February look out for a featured track on the "American Bhangra" cd made by Kush with producer Mandheep Taunk featuring vocalist Sukh"Poojdha Reva" . Available at AmericanBhangra.com, a great source for  the new punjabi sound in the San Francisco area.

For more information on the Kush Arora Productions releases, feel free to email us direct by clicking here.