My name's Yasmine, a.k.a. dj blackrainbow, and I've been playing Asian underground, global beats and grooves, drum n bass, two-step etc for the last 6 years!
After running a number of club, benefit and pub nights in Norwich and my own community radio show, Universal Rhythms World Tour, on Future Radio in 2005 I headed to the mild mild west and am now working in the Bristol area.
As well as club, festival and radio performances in the UK, I have also travelled to the U.S. to take my own asian beats and bass style overseas including performances for the fabulously queer Charm City Kitty Club in Baltimore.
I am queer and of mixed parentage (so I get bonus "scene" points - and so do you if you become my friend!!!) fusing Pakistani, Irish and English and it is my belief that music is a universal language that can build bridges between people and communities. I also believe that the mainstream music industry doesn't often allow room for free musical expression, and hence inhibits dialogue and communication between peoples. This serves to further divide us, alienate us and create endless "others".
The music I play, promote, dance to, cry to, laugh to isn't always "popular" or "cool", but I often think it is music that people don't know they already love. For this reason I became a DJ and promoter, not for the "I am" but the "we are" - watching a dancefloor mixed of all ages, cultures, backgrounds dancing, smiling, and sweating together is soul lifting. It gives us hope.
I am also a writer, spoken word artist/poet and have performed in both the U.S. and the U.K. I am keen to connect and communicate with U.K. based performers and writers, particularly in the Bristol area.
Who I'd like to meet: DJ's, musicians, promoters, sound systems, spoken word artists, queers, anarchists,feminists, tree hugging hippies!!!!! !
I have already found that as diverse a music scene as Bristol has, there's still very little representation for the British Asian music scene. Also, being keen on classical Eastern European/Balkan bands, Bristol has little by way of drum/bass/klezmer - yet!!! I've had the Thekla, Blue Mountain etc bouncing and grinding when I've played - so I know there could be a real thirst for a cutting edge global beats night covering those musical areas that are currently missing from the more afro/latin line-ups.
I want to meet DJ's, bands, promoters and sound systems who want to make this happen in the South West.
I also co-ordinate the Global Marquee at Ashton Court's annual two day festival. Sadly, a very muddy Sunday in 2007 seems to have sounded the final bell on the festival.
I'd like to think the spirit of Global will go on - maybe quarterly nights, music agency/management, one off small festi's. Who knows - anything is possible in this town.
So if you are interested in making contact regarding future projects/festivals as a promoter or performer, do get in touch.
Just wanted to say thanks again for your great DJ set last Saturday, your help with the gig and for getting your mate to DJ as well (what was his name again? - wanna thank him). It was a great night thanks to all that! Dan, Jason and Leiza xxx
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Hi dj blackrainbow, just letting you know about Up, Bustle and Out.
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