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RAINBOW DISCO CLUB at 晴海客船ターミナル
Sun, 02 May 2010
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Darshan Jesrani’s recording project “Metro Area” (together with partner Morgan Geist) on the Environ label has left an indelible mark on the dance music landscape. Known for its freestyle recombination of influences which revolve around (but aren’t limited to) older production styles and the songwriting focus of disco, new-wave/synth-pop and R&B, Metro Area has injected much needed doses of funk and sensuality, mood and space back into the loop-based and seldom-subtle world of underground dance.
Their 2002 debut album elicited superlative responses from The New York Times to The Onion, from web-logs to the Wire. Metro Area won a place among Rolling Stone’s “Top 50 Albums of 2002”, a rock and rap-dominated list for which most club/dance projects are not even considered. Further accolades include BBC/Radio 1’s “Dance Album of the Year” and a “Best New Artist” prize at the 2003 DanceStar/American Dance Awards.
Most recently, Darshan caught the collective ear with his extended “Parks Dept. Dub” remix of the underground hit “Starlight” (July 2006), the first offering from the acclaimed, talented and hungry New York disco up... More Biography
www.myspace.com/darshanjesrani
Darshan Jesrani’s recording project “Metro Area” (together with partner Morgan Geist) on the Environ label has left an indelible mark on the dance music landscape. Known for its freestyle recombination of influences which revolve around (but aren’t limited to) older production styles and the songwriting focus of disco, new-wave/synth-pop and R&B, Metro Area has injected much needed doses of funk and sensuality, mood and space back into the loop-based and seldom-subtle world of underground dance.
Their 2002 debut album elicited superlative responses from The New York Times to The Onion, from web-logs to the Wire. Metro Area won a place among Rolling Stone’s “Top 50 Albums of 2002”, a rock and rap-dominated list for which most club/dance projects are not even considered. Further accolades include BBC/Radio 1’s “Dance Album of the Year” and a “Best New Artist” prize at the 2003 DanceStar/American Dance Awards.
Most recently, Darshan caught the collective ear with his extended “Parks Dept. Dub” remix of the underground hit “Starlight” (July 2006), the first offering from the acclaimed, talented and hungry New York disco up... More Biography
