Celebrate Asian Music at the Museum In Docklands
Celebrate Asian music this April at the Museum in Docklands with an array of talented musicians
Head down to the Museum In Docklands to celebrate and get involved with Asian music.
The 1990s saw the explosion of Asian underground music in East London. It's now been fifteen years since East London rappers, Asian Dub Foundation, first formed.
Enjoy a night of live performance, DJs and chat in celebration of the 'conscious clubbing scene'. Everyone knows about the infamous nights at the Blue Note with Talvin Singh but there's much more to the story than that...the Museum In Docklands will be bringing together the key performers, music historians and DJs to reminisce about the local roots and politics of this global music phenomenon.
Sonia Kumari Mehta, manager of ADFED (the education wing of ADF) and an outstanding hindi vocalist in her own right, will perform an acoustic set accompanied by a tabla player. Then hear classic 1990s tunes courtesy of DJ Tabula Rasa. Performers will be joined by Julie Begum (of Bengali community group - Swadhinata Trust) and Ash Sharma (cultural critic and author of Disorientating Rhythms) for a conversation with the editor of UntoldLondon about the highs and lows of the Asian underground.
Alongside taking a look at the past we'll also be looking at the future of local music. The City Gateway music programme at Limehouse Youth Club reaches out to young people throughout Tower Hamlets, providing them with music training and mentoring, from DJing to MCing. They will be showcasing their own music for the first time at Museum in Docklands.
The event will be taking place on Thursday April 3rd from 6pm to 9pm.
Find out more about events at the Museum in Docklands.
How to get there
The museum entrance is two minutes walk away from its closest tube station the West India Quay DLR. If travelling by bus the D3, D7, D7, 277, N50, D6, 15 and 115 all serve the area.
