This evening sees the first of an OUTERINDIA residency at Rich Mix in Shoreditch which will take place on the last Tuesday of each month. OUTERINDIA will, they say, “weave a web of intense links between London, the Subcontinent and the world, showcasing visionary artists in the musical, visual and written arts". It may well be, as they claim, both radical and magical.
The first night’s line-up sounds intriguing, anyway, and features: Paban Das Baul – the Bengali maestro with his left-field take on the Mystic Baul tradition (see pictures of Bangladesh with Sam Mills and Paban Das Paul's "Dil Ki Doya" as soundtrack, below). Accompanying him will be Mimlu Sen, who will also present her new book, ‘The Honey Gatherers’, about the Bauls. Tamil Londoner Susheela Raman follows with her musical revisioning of her South Indian roots along with tabla virtuoso Aref Durvesh, Sam Mills, Kartik Ragunathan, Vikaash Shankadecha and Johnny Turnbull. Dr. Das ex Asian Dub Foundation Bassman rounds the evening off with his Emergency Bass Sound System. There will be a screening of Pakistani New Yorker Sadia Shepard’s beautiful new film 'In the Courtyard of the Beloved' of the Nizamuddin Sufi Shrine in Delhi. Not to mention some tasty Goan food from Moolis.
- Rich Mix is at 35-47 Bethnal Green Road, London, E1 6LA
Below -see video of Susheela Raman's "Orphea", from her forthcoming album, filmed at Rich Mix: