Adham Shaikh LIVE at the 3rd Annual BIG BANG
Whistler's Winter Solstice Celebration!!!
Tuesday, December 21st at GLC, Whistler
The KosmiK Konnection is proud to have Adham Shaikh perform LIVE for its 3rd Annual BIG BANG - a high vibrational event in Celebration of the Winter Solstice - at GLC on Tuesday, December 21st.
For the occasion, Adham Shaikh will be performing a new high energy Ableton Live Set that he prepared especially for the BIG BANG and the GLC will be transformed into a vessel to higher ground with décor, special lighting and extra BASS!!!!! So get ready for a whole NEW SOUND with Adham's dancefloor shakin, electro swingin, world groove, bass music!!!
"I am very excited to bring a new set of high energy electro world fusion and progressive trance to Whistler in celebration of the solstice with our excellent community and blasting our spaceship into the New Year"
- Adham Shaikh
Adham Shaikh is a Juno Award-nominated music producer, composer, sound designer, and DJ who brings his uniquely powerful global sounds to the world stage and screen, not to mention many crowded dance floor.
As a music producer and composer, Shaikh skillfully weaves organic and electronic sounds into global music tapestries that take listeners on sonic journeys transcending time and place. He has worked on original soundtracks for numerous film and television productions, as well as released 10 albums and many individual compositions, among them the 2004 release,Fusion, which was nominated for a Juno Award (Canadian Grammy) in the World Music category. Music labels from around the globe have released his music, including Interchill, Dakini Records, Electronic Soundscapes, Liquid Sound Design, Native State, One World Music, Water Music, Nia, Sounds True, Stoned Asia, and the infamous Six Degrees. Recently, Shaikh co-produced and mixed the award-winning debut CD for global fusion group Delhi 2 Dublin, and has finished re-mixing tracks for internationally renowned world fusion artists Nickodemus, Deya Dova, Kaya Project, Tripswitch and David Starfire. Shaikh has most recently completed remixes for Stephen Kent, Omar Faruk Tekbilek , Issa Bagayogo , Ganga Giri, and the Footsteps in Africa Project (Turag remix).
Shaikh's work as both a live performer and a DJ has taken him to international festivals, events, and night clubs, including the Waveform Festival (UK), Samothraki Dance Festival (Greece), Dakini Nights (Tokyo), Uprising (New Zealand), The Maori Peace Festival at Parihaka (New Zealand), and Boom Festival (Portugal). He has toured extensively across Canada, with highlight performances at the Vancouver Folk Festival, Vancouver Jazz Festival, and the Shambhala Music Festival.
2010 highlights include headlining sets at Shambhala Festival, Entheos Festival and Bass Coast Festival right here in Squamish!
During the span of his 25-year musical career, Shaikh has consistently evolved and diversified as an artist, and the beats continue on with two very solid full length album releases in 2010;Universal Frequencies and Resonance.
Make sure to visite his Soundcloud page to hear his latest mixes at http://soundcloud.com/adhamshaikh>>>
Please buy your ticket in advance at GLC in Whistler, Highlife Records & Music in Vancouver (1317 Commercial Drive) or online at Clubzone.com >>>
They are only $15!
This will certainly be a mesmerizing show with Adham Shaikh first performance in Whistler ever!
The event will start with a short opening ceremony at 9pm and set the tone for an uplifting evening.
Supporting sets will be provided by event organizers and birthday girl Marie Fortin (as DJ Miss KosmiK) and DJ Stevie James, also known as the KosmiK Konnection.
The Winter Solstice is the time of new beginnings, when the days are darkest but the light begins to grow again. This year is a time of new hope and optimism, for ourselves and the world.
Evolution is instinct. Let's explore the great mystery of the cosmos…
"Listening to an album like Universal Frequencies reaffirms that music is only bound by the limits of imagination."
- Douglas Heselgrave, Ethnotechno.com
"No producer has so effortless and succinctly woven a diaspora of sound as Shaikh (…) his prowess has grown so great that he's able to re-invent and imagine styles like Balkan-reggae and digeridoo-jaw harp-trance."
- Derek Beres, Huffington Post