{"id":148116,"date":"2012-12-10T20:22:22","date_gmt":"2012-12-10T20:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socancom100stg.wpenginepowered.com\/delhi-2-dublin-moves-from-dance-grooves-to-timeless-tunes\/"},"modified":"2012-12-10T20:22:22","modified_gmt":"2012-12-10T20:22:22","slug":"delhi-2-dublin-moves-from-dance-grooves-to-timeless-tunes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uat.socan.com\/fr\/delhi-2-dublin-moves-from-dance-grooves-to-timeless-tunes\/","title":{"rendered":"Delhi 2 Dublin moves from dance grooves to timeless tunes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Les traductions pour les articles avant l\u2019automne 2013 ne sont pas disponibles pour le moment.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Unlike most bands, Delhi 2 Dublin didn\u2019t hunker down in a basement to thrash around ideas before emerging with something they liked. The Vancouver crew fell into their high-octane, genre-bending sound that embraces Indian bhangra, Celtic sounds, and dance rhythms quite by accident.<\/p>\n

D2D\u2019s Tarun Nayar says Dugg Simpson, the Vancouver Folk Festival\u2019s former artistic director, invited Nayar\u2019s DJ crew, Beats Without Borders, to play \u201ca Celtic club night\u201d as part of the Vancouver Celtic Festival in 2006.<\/p>\n

Nayar says they were hesitant to take the gig \u201csince there wasn’t a whole lot of good Celtic club music,\u201d but Simpson knew Nayar was well-versed in Indian music, and suggested he fuse the two sounds.

\u201cWe really wanted to write great songs that would stand the test of time.\u201d- Tarun Nayar<\/div>\n

\u201cI took the challenge and got together with another BWB member, a couple of great fiddle players, and [bhangra singer] Sanjay Seran,\u201d says Nayar. \u201cIt was all very last-minute, but it worked and the crowd went nuts! We stumbled onto a crowd-pleasing combo of beats, bhangra and Irish reels.\u201d
\nThat rollicking mix is evidenced in D2D\u2019s latest album, Turn Up The Stereo, though Nayar says there\u2019s one major difference this time.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe really wanted to write great songs that would stand the test of time,\u201d he says. \u201cIn the past, we’ve written mostly dance grooves, but this time we tried to express ourselves in song form. It meant a lot of learning, because none of us really come from that background.\u201d<\/p>\n

Collaborating with other songwriters helped. \u201cWorking with people like Dave Genn, Tino Zolfo, Jeff Dawson and Jaron Freeman-Fox was a radical experience,\u201d says Nayar, who handles tabla and electronics for D2D.<\/p>\n

Their contributions revolutionized the group\u2019s songwriting approach. While their process often begins with a bassline and drumbeat, or with jamming, Nayar says they focused on building the chorus first for the new tunes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe vocal melody and lyrics usually come second, and sometimes that takes weeks, sometimes minutes,\u201d he says. \u201cI’ll often ask Sanjay to sing out ideas just to get the ball rolling, even if 90 per cent it isn\u2019t useable. Then, we focus on building from the good stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nayar says the group experienced an epiphany while on a writing retreat in Bali, when they sang all the songs accompanied only by an acoustic guitar.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was an amazing exercise!\u201d he says. \u201cThe songs couldn’t hide behind the fancy production, and we really saw which ones needed more work and which had a life of their own.\u201d<\/p>\n

Track Record<\/strong>
\n\u2022 D2D has released six albums in the last six years. Besides Nayar and Seran, the other members are Sara Fitzpatrick (fiddle), Andrew Kim (guitar, electric sitar), and Ravi Binning (dhol).
\n\u2022 Nayar co-produced the album with New York-based producer Dave Sharma.
\n\u2022 One of D2D\u2019s early big breaks was playing Parliament Hill on Canada Day \u2013 before they even had an album out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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