KENJI WILLIAMS: BELLA GAIA Ensemble (30min) 7pm, @ Drom NYC (Details Below)
KARTICK & GOTAM | SMADAR LEVI

Saturday 9th January 2010
Drom, 85 Ave A (b/w 5th & 6th). Lower East Side, NYC
Tel.: (212) 777 1157 www.dromnyc.com
6:00PM Doors open
Entry $10 in advance, $15 at the door
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KENJI WILLIAMS – BELLA GAIA 7:00PM  (Short 30min show)

A special 30min performance of Bella Gaia (“Beautiful Earth”), a poetic vision of Earth from outer space. A multimedia journey of our world by award-winning director and violinist Kenji Williams, in collaboration with NASA. Bella Gaia features live performances of world music artists against a large-screen background of orbiting visualizations of Earth from space.

Ensemble Performers:
Kenji Williams
Kaoru Watanabe
Lale Sayoko
Tamango Vancayseele
Yumi Kurosawa
Brahim Fribgane

KARTICK & GOTAM – BUSINESS CLASS REFUGEES 8:00PM

Electronic artists Kartick (Patrick Sebag) and Gotam (Yotam Agam) mix folk and traditional music from Asia with electronica and irresistible grooves from their recently releases album Business Class Refugees. The Kartick & Gotam live show features live mixing of music and video art, outstanding Indian musicians Mahesh Vinayakram (vocals) and Navin Iyer (flute), and Meera Seshadri (Indian & fusion dance). Rolling Stone recently called it “outstanding electronic world music”.

SMADAR LEVI – CHANTEUSE JUIVE 9:30PM

An exciting new voice emerging from the NYC world music scene, Smadar is an Israeli-Moroccan singer whose craft is best described as pan-Mediterranean music peppered with a gypsy soul. Smadar sings original and creative renditions of traditional tunes in Hebrew, Arabic, and Ladino. Smadar performed at the 2009 Fez Festival in Morocco. In addition to her own projects, Smadar has lent her vocals to a number of recordings. the internationally-renowned nonprofit organization Sees of Peace has honored Smadar with an award for “uniting cultures to achieve peace through music”.