{"id":2418,"date":"2012-02-22T14:51:39","date_gmt":"2012-02-22T22:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=2418"},"modified":"2012-02-22T14:51:39","modified_gmt":"2012-02-22T22:51:39","slug":"delhi-2-dublin-bring-india-and-ireland-to-victoria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2012\/02\/22\/delhi-2-dublin-bring-india-and-ireland-to-victoria\/","title":{"rendered":"Delhi 2 Dublin bring India and Ireland to Victoria"},"content":{"rendered":"

Delhi 2 Dublin formed for a one-off show in 2006, not even realizing that this performance would lead to others. Cut to six years later, and the band is fully realized and are certainly more than just a one-off party band.<\/p>\n

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Delhi 2 Dublin, who are bringing their multifaceted sound to town, started off by playing a one-off gig (photo provided).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Doug Simpson, the director of Vancouver Folk Fest, was in charge of putting together a Celtic Fest in Vancouver and got in touch with Tarun Nayar, who was a DJ at the time.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause there wasn\u2019t much Celtic electronic music out there, Simpson suggested that I create some and blend it with Indian music,\u201d explains Nayar. \u201cI thought it sounded fun, so I got in touch with people I knew of through the music industry and we put together a 20-minute set.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nayar claims their first live show was terrible, but people were into it and there was a great energy. Shortly after that performance, Delhi 2 Dublin were asked to play other shows and ended up becoming a band.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur main ingredient to our success has been hard work,\u201d says Nayar. \u201cWe perform 150-200 shows per year, which means lots of travel, sleepless nights, and time in the studio.\u201d<\/p>\n

When Delhi 2 Dublin are on the road they listen to a huge variety of music, because they are all into different styles. Some of the regulars that circulate their sound systems are Lana Del Rey, Fat Boy Slim, Manu Chao, Asian Dub Foundation, and lots of \u201980s classics.<\/p>\n

Their travels have taken them to place like Brunei, Bali, Ireland, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Germany. Delhi 2 Dublin have made it to every continent except Africa and Antarctica.<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore every show we get together, like in a football huddle, and dedicate the show to an inspirational musician,\u201d says Nayar. \u201cEach time it\u2019s someone different, so I have no idea who we\u2019ll dedicate our next show to, but our last show was in Quebec City so we dedicated our show to Roch Voisine.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nayar says in the band\u2019s six years together they are getting better at expressing themselves, their synergy has increased, and audience response has helped them shape a more bass-heavy sound.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven though Vancouver is grey for a large percentage of the year, we try to keep our music vibrant with shades of melancholy,\u201d he says. \u201cWith the way the world is at the moment, our next album will be voicing more opinions because during these crazy times. It\u2019s hard to not say something.\u201d<\/p>\n

Delhi 2 Dublin<\/strong>
\nThursday, March 1
\nClub 9ONE9, $19.50
\ndelhi2dublin.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Delhi 2 Dublin formed for a one-off show in 2006, not even realizing that this performance would lead to others. Cut to six years later, and the band is fully realized and are certainly more than just a one-off party band. Doug Simpson, the director of Vancouver Folk Fest, was in charge of putting together […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2421,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-february-22-2012"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t