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International bhangramuffin star APACHE INDIAN to headline
RBC desifEST

British vocalist Apache Indian (born Steven Kapur) has been added to the already stellar line up of artists at the 2008 RBC desiFEST happening at Yonge and Dundas Square on Saturday, May 31.

Apache Indian has been recognised for linking different cultures through music, and becoming the first true International Asian Pop Artist. He has linked traditional Asian sounds with influences from mainstream Pop, Reggae and Hip Hop.

He introduced bhangra raggamuffin also known as bhangramuffin - to the World with his first album “No Reservations” (produced by Simon & Diamond, Phil Chill, Robert Livingston, Bobby Digital and Sly Dunbar) in 1993. It was followed by “Make Way for the Indian” (produced by Sly & Robbie, The Press, Mafia & Fluxy, Pandit Dinesh and Chris Lane), which featured rapper Tim Dog and spawned the massive hit “Boomshackalak”. “Real People” (produced by Harjinder Noparai) proved to be his most experimental album and also featured more Indian elements than the other albums. “Karma”, his latest album, was a return to more traditional forms of reggae. It featured Luciano, Boy George as well as Mafia & Fluxy.

Apache has enjoyed over a decade of success including winning various awards from the Asian and Reggae Industries, 7 British top 40 hits including Boomshakalack, 4 Brit Award nominations, a Mercury Music nomination, an Ivor Norvello Award and the International Dance Award in 1995.

He was also the first Asian artist to have his very own show on Radio One and presented MTV Reggae Sound System from Kingston, Jamaica. He has also presented ’Apache Goes Indian’ for Channel 4 from India.

Apache has toured the world extensively over the past decade.

On Saturday, May 31 Toronto’s Yonge-Dundas Square will be transformed into a colourful South Asian bazaar featuring a 12-hour music festival. As well as Apache Indian, more than 30 Canadian and international artists will be performing including Juno nominated world music ensemble Autorickshaw, Shahid Ali Khan, Live Village Records recording R & B artist Shobha, reggae hip hop artist Roach Killa, Bollywood sensation Parachay, hip hopper IshQ Bector, international fusion jazz artist Nandita and Tehran born recording artist Imaan Faith (Haven’t Seen U Smile Ft. Thug Life) one of hip-hop’s most innovative personalities.

RBC desiFEST presented by TELUS
Saturday, May 31, 2008
11:00 AM to 11:00 PM
Yonge-Dundas Square, Toronto
Canada’s first and only Canadian South Asian music festival
FREE EVENT
www.deisfest.ca