NITIN SAWHNEY (DJ SET), ASIAN DUB FOUNDATION SOUND SYSTEM, UK APACHE AMONGST THE LATEST ARTISTS ANNOUNCED FOR SHAANTI’S CLUB TENT AT THE BIG CHILL 2008

Shaanti are proud to announce their present at this year’s The Big Chill Festival 2008.

Shaanti will be joining flamboyant Diva Roisin Murphy, award winning electro pop/songwriter’s – Hot Chip and cult British acid house band Alabama 3 as well as Leonard Cohen, The Mighty Boosh, Bill Bailey, Bomb the Bass, John Shuttleworth, Buzzcocks, The Thievery Corporation, The ICA, The BFI and many more over the three day festival in Eastnor, 1st – 3rd August.

The award winning Shaanti will host The Big Chill’s Club Tent on Sunday 3rd August featuring multi instrumentals Nitin Sawhney (DJ Set), British alternative electronica band Asian Dub Foundation Soundsystem, jungllist and rapper UK Apache and desi-futurist pioneers The Kaylan feat. Gubsy (on Dhol and electric Tabla) and Steve (Guitar) and Anila (Samplers & Mix) live. They’ll be also joined by Shaanti’s front man Manga and resident DJ MSC who be representing ‘Champion Sound’ - the underground illegitimate club-child of Shaanti.

Manga, Founder of Shaanti says: “ It’s a honour to be invited to host the first ever Global Asian Club tent at The Big Chill Festival. Not only are we the first club brand to represent Asian broken and fusion beats to the masses but we’ll also the first to host a club tent in a daytime setting, as a main music feature, alongside the rest of the programming for this festival,” he adds.

I just want to host events what feels right at the moment without thinking about genres, thankfully The Big Chill motions that same notion. He adds.

Shaanti arguably is one of the best global brands in the world. Still breaking the rules, the music Shaanti represented has shifted over the nine years as genres have progressed and developed. Tearing up genre conventions by showcasing every genre of music under the sun, veering from Asian breaks, Eastern drum n bass licks to searing electro workouts, rowdy breaks to groove focused house and joining all the dots in between. The musical direction is broad enough to deliver a diverse offer, giving the crowds plenty of reason to dance up to 6 hours straight on Sunday 3rd August.