Spotted this yesterday in Toronto's financial district.

This time round we're bringing the #patiofriday vibes to People Downtown's monthly @ Tequila Bookworm!  For those who dunno, #patiofriday is a weekly meetup of folks in the technology/media/advertising sector that was initiated last year.

So, finish up the week of work and then head over to come join us for special live sundowner DJ sets and beats into the night.

Friday 28 May, 2010
Upstairs @ Tequila Bookworm
512 Queen St West (Toronto, Canada)

5PM - Close  |  No Cover

with resident djs: Abdul Smooth & Nathan Lee

RSVP:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/event.php?eid=124100607610312

I created this animated graphic to play looped behind the performers at 2009's Indian Electronica Festival held at Rolly's garage in Toronto, Canada.

http://indianelectronica.com/festival

Yam's Harvest - Abdul Smooth by indianelectronica

(A track I put together in 2008 and never released till now)

A few weeks back I dropped some impromptu beats with my co-conspirator from People Downtown, a one mr Nathan Lee, at a fund-raiser organised solely through the interwebs for the Toronto Daily Bread Food Bank called #hohoto- it ws a smashing success and raised near $50,000 in one single night!

Cheers to Hyfen for the shot!

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I'm terribly excited to spend some time this winter working on some new AV performances that feature fully-synced audio and video clips (got some groovy live film remix concepts I'm working on) using both Ableton Live and Resolume 3x at the same time!

Here's the new track I did with DJ Spooky, which is out on his new album the Secret Song:

Salt Satyagraha by DJ Spooky & Abdul Smooth by indianelectronica

DJ Spooky's new album and DVD, the Secret Song, is now available for purchase in stores and online.  Its an amazing listening experience that brings together diverse artists such as myself (check Salt Satyagraha, which I co-produced with Spooky - track 16), Vijey Iyer, Thurston Moore (of the Sonic Youth), the Jungle Brothers, Rob Swift, Sussan Deyhim and many more.

LINKS:  read more »

• Purchase @ iTunes
• Album review - All Music
• Album Review - All About Jazz
• HIPHOPDX REVIEW
• WALL STREET JOURNAL: SPOOKY ECONOMICS
• iPhone App

Download this new 90 minute mix here:

http://peopledowntown.com/blog/091119/podcast-002-abdul-smooth-mix-live-...

You can grab a new mix of mine hot off the decks; its the 20th Indian Electronica podcast and features some new cuts from Kailash Kher, Anuj Rastogi, Balkan Beat Box (remixed by NYC's Nickodemus) and more...

Check it out on indianelectronica.com