Hotel Yak & Yeti and British Council is organizing the Hey DJ for the second consecutive year on Friday, 28 October 2005 at the Atrium of Hotel Yak & Yeti, which is the most prominent place for such an exclusive happening. This year DJ Mukul from London is coming for the event. Mukul has rocked London, New York, San Francisco, Sweden, Austria and he is now ready to rock Kathmanduities. The tickets are priced at Rs. 699/- (inclusive of snacks and welcome drink). Please book your tickets in advance to avoid last minute rush. For bookings: Hotel Yak & Yeti 4248999 ; British Council: 4410798 or simply fill in the form below to make online reservation request.

Be there to be a part of the most pulsating party of the Year.
 

MUKUL's Biography

Mukul began DJing in 1989 and found his spiritual home at Anokha, Talvin Singh's seminal London club night (1996–2001). He continued his residency when the club moved from the Blue Note to The End, Fabric, and eventually to 93 Feet East. From 1997, he was also involved in an ancillary project, Calcutta Cyber Café – a more laid-back space for classical and experimental performances. During these years, Mukul invited a wide range of guest artists to the club, from Charlie Gillett and Matthew Herbert to the late Muslimgauze, and from Newcastle minimalists zovietfrance to classical sarod player Sohan Nilkanth.

 
   

 

Though much of his work lies outside the "Asian Underground" scene established by Joi, Anokha and others, Mukul continues to be in demand for his long-standing association with that sound and has played at the later generation of clubs including Swaraj, Shiva Sound System, and Eastern Drum & Breaks. His palette is much broader, however, and draws on sounds from North and West Africa, the Middle East, and East Asia, jazz and hip hop, Chicago house and Detroit techno, East London breakbeats and West London broken beats, mid-European clicks and cuts and mid-20th century composers. He is as comfortable playing intimate lounges and experimental hybrid media spaces as hardcore dance bunkers.

Mukul continues to forge connections between artists, running projects that unite young and old. traditional and modern (Suvara Afghani remix project with Radio FRO, Linz – see http://www.ambienttv.net/3/suvara/index.html), or bringing together India's leading electronic musicians (Midival Punditz and Bandish Projeckt) for the first time in Delhi, 2004.

   

 

Venues he had performed!

- London (including Herbal, 333, ICA, Tate Modern),
- New York (Joe's Pub, The Frying Pan, The Cooler, Mutiny, Futurerproof),
- San Francisco (Betalounge, Azaad)
- India (Bombay, Delhi, Bangalore, Calcutta)
- Netherlands, Belgium, France (including Cannes Film Festival 1999), Spain
- Sweden, Finland (Pixelache festival, Mocambo, mbar), Latvia
- across Austria (Linz Stadtwerkstadt. Vienna Flex, Artery01)

With the British Council, he has played in Riga, Latvia (2001) and Taipei, Taiwan (2004).

Radio and online broadcasts include Radio FRO and FM4 in Austria, Resonance FM and ambientTV.NET in London, and Betalounge in San Francisco.

DJ mixes recorded since 1997 are available on request for demo purposes. Some images typical of the events that Mukul organises may be found at

http://www.ambienttv.net/2002/arabiannights/index.html

 
 

Winners of Hey DJ Quiz Contest

First Prize Winner (Three free passes)
Mr. Pradhyumna Ghimire
Sanepa, Kathmandu, Nepal
Second Prize (Two free passes)
Mr. Manoj Shrestha
Sakhu, Kathmandu, Nepal
Third Prize (One free pass)
Mr. Ajit Luintel
Kalanki, Kathmandu, Nepal

Winners are requested to contact Hotel Yak & Yeti at 4248999 ext. 2857 and have their prizes collected.