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bbc kills asian network. all of it.

admin — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:54:17 +0000

to the dismay of many and the delight of a few, the BBC has finally decided to axe the entire freaking Asian Network!

The Times article continuously cites striving for quality over quantity, thus cutting ALL the acts from a “list”… i’ve not made it secret that i feel that BBC-AN tends to err on the “desi” side, but aren’t they throwing the cute brown baby out with the bathwater?

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bbc asian net goes d.e.s.i.

admin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:19:13 +0000

So the BBC Asian Network has gone full-frontal D.E.S.I. (Don’t Even Say It) by canning Electro East with Nerm and Pathaan’s Musical Rickshaw… Good job BBC – because i need much more poorly-produced bedroom ghetto rhythm & bhangra in my life.

nerm’s much more polite about it:
“To give Electro East on the BBC Asian Network the send off it deserves, weâ€™ve got some very special stuff planned that started this weekend…”

We wish Pathaan & Nerm the best of luck with their respective projects Globetonica and Shiva Soundsystem

UPDATE:

as a fitting full circle, nerm just posted a 12 year old dj vinyl mix recorded to cassette tape: enjoy