Wake me up!

Kaki's old/new song! 

This song was actually recorded 4 years ago so I think it's actually Kaki's second song ever as far as I can remember. That's from the times when she still wore pink hair.

I used the photo where I pose with the awesome DELTAS from Kyushu, we played a gig together last summer in Fukuoka.

Anyway, enjoy the song, it's silly, as usual :)

Christmas style

Just a week before going to India, I'll be doing another night of Bollywod music in Jalla Jalla. Sounds like a good pre-christmas in India-party :) Come to dance!

BOLLYWOOD NIGHT

12.december 2013 

at 22.00

Jalla Jalla, AKC Metelkova

Ljubljana

Shanti Priya vas bo na to decembrsko noč popeljala v čarobni svet indijskega popa. Potovali bomo prek zgodovine Bollywooda od najlepših zimzelenih melodij pa vse do super hitov sodobnega časa. Indijska filmska glasba je namreč od svojega rojstva s prvim indijskim zvočnim filmom leta 1931 doživela že nešteto preobrazb. Od klasične glasbe sitarjev do funka in r'n’b-ja, od pobožnih bhajanov do elektronskih štanc, od ghazalov do hip-hopa in od najbolj mastnih punjabi beatov do srce parajočih balad.

Mind Business - Kaki Business

Last summer's work: filming a music PV for N'toko with Matt Schley, who already directed a PV for the song Superhuman a year before. However, this was Kaki's first video role. Her character was a mysterious sinister woman ripping off Meiko Kaji's famous 'Female Convict Scorpion' outfit (well, the hat and the black), being tied up in the middle of Tokyo streets at one point and at the other stalking the lead male character of the story. With lots of random cats who could be her as well, so at the end, who is chasing who? Who is the villain and who is the victim? Who knows... Enjoy the video :)

Here is another video done by Matt Schley. It's a second version of Superhuman (check the first version here ) and it's trying to imitate the VHS-'82 camera effect. I think It's really cool.

Let's dance!

ZANA & NINABELLE

Techno✔ House✔ Fuck winter✔

https://soundcloud.com/zanacaroline

https://soundcloud.com/ninabelle

5th October 2013

at 22.00

Jalla Jalla / Metelkova

See you!

Safari vol.18 with Florence Foster Fanclub

We're starting with the new season of Safari events in Gromka. Our first guests will be an excellent electro duo from Croatia known as Florence Foster Fanclub and everybody's favorite Nubis from ZZZ.
After this long summer break it's gonna feel good to gather again with Safari kru and everyone in Gromka, hope to see you around :)

SAFARI vol.18

 Saturday, 28. september 2013

Klub Gromka

(Metelkova)

23.00.-4.00.

3 euros

Safari se vrača! Pred nami je nova sezona elektronsko eklektičnih dogodkov v Gromki, začenjamo pa jo s prekaljenima gostoma iz Hrvaške, ki slišita na ime Florence Foster Fanclub. Duo, ki je nastal iz producentskih projektov Le Chocolat Noir in Zarkoff obuja zelo old school elektro prijeme, oziroma če smo bolj natančni, body-pop. NJune temačne sint odisejade z zasanjanimi vokali nam v misli prikličejo vse od Kraftwerkov do Throbbing Gristle, postindustrijski zvok pa v novem kontekstu deluje ponovno aktualen. Dogodek bo dodatno popestril eden našin najljubših ljubljanskih dj-jev, ZZZ-jevec Nubis, ki prvič prihaja na dafari in bo sezono otvoril, kot zna le on. Tudi to jesen v line-upu ne bodo manjkali rezidenti N'toko, PlankTon in Zana, niti vizualec Koala™. Se vidimo!

Live:

FLORENCE FOSTER FANCLUB

DJs:

Nubis

PlankTon

N'toko

Zana

VJ:

Koala™

Facebook event

Lighthouse

Two DJ gigs coming up this weekend, the first one will be with Ninabelle in a lesbian club Monokel in Metelkova and the second one in Kamnik at Kavarnica Svetilnik. Hope to see you around :)

Zana & Ninabelle

in

MONOKEL

(Metelkova)

VJ: Dr Ek

Friday/ 23rd August 2013

23.00- 5.00

3euros before midnight/with flyer

5 euros after midnight/without flyer

facebook

HENGANJE NA TERASI #3 (FILTHIEST PEOPLE ALIVE)

Kavarnica Svetilnik

Kamnik

Saturday/ 24th August

15.00-22.00

DJs:

Moof & VJ Pixel (zavodKru)

Adam (Illusion Art)

Zana (Safari Kru)

facebook

The summer of Shanti Priya

This summer seems to be quite Bollywood oriented for me. After several dance workshops and my event Om Shanti Om in Gromka, I played at kids' workshop on one Saturday morning in the center of Ljubljana, which was quite fun. I was also in-charge for 'Indian make-up' - girls got bindis on their foreheads and kajal around their eyes :) 

There are two upcoming events in August, one will be in Jalla Jalla (August 10th, see the info below) and one at various locations around Ljubljana on August 30th. Shanti Priya hopes to see you around!

But that's not it! My favorite Slovenian Bollywood dancer Sylvia Valentine is organizing a workshop with Subhash Viman Gorania, an amazing choreographer and dancer from India. Everybody most welcome to see his performance or, if you're into dancing, to attend his lessons. 

Bollywood night in Jalla Jalla

DJ: Shanti Priya

August 10th at 22.00

Jalla Jalla, AKC Metelkova

Ljubljana

Bollywood je skovanka iz besed Bombay in Hollywood in označuje eno največjih filmskih industrij na svetu. Najmočnejša aduta filmov, nastalih na indijski podcelini, sta glasba in ples, ki ne manjkata v nobeni zgodbi. Bollywood glasba je od svojega rojstva s prvim indijskim zvočnim filmom leta 1931 doživela nešteto preobrazb. Od klasične glasbe sitarjev do funka in r'n'b-ja, od pobožnih bhajanov do elektronskih štanc, od ghazalov do hiphopa in od najbolj mastnih punjabi beatov do srce parajočih balad. Vsemu temu bomo lahko prisluhnili na glasbenem potovanju v Indijo, kamor nas bo iz Jalla Jalle popeljala Shanti Priya.

Lepšega kraja nej

Around my home...

 

(the first two photos are from Šentjernej, the third one from Kostanjevica, the fourth one from around Volčkova vas, the last one from Mihovica)

Safari & BeatMyth at Lent

Here are some photos from Safari's trip to Maribor. We played at Lent's Mladinin oder on Saturday, 29th of June. PlankTon and N'toko performed as BeatMyth along with Karmakoma from Krško and then all three of us deejayed at the after party. Lately every trip to Maribor has been fun, but this one was the best so far . Everybody was so wonderful and we had the crowd dancing and smiling until the morning. Thanks to the organizers and thanks to everyone who showed up and made this night so amazing, hope to see you again soon :)

I took the photos from Creative Underground's facebook page. They were taken by Nejc Ketiš, you can check his work at his Shine Photography website.

Government Funding

A new song by Kaki!

Wut it is? Wut is up? Wut is wut?

Here are some photos from the amazing show Le1f had in Kino Šiška last Friday. He is such a charismatic performer and his next level music led the audience into ecstasy. It was so much fun, dancing with him and everybody on the stage and singing along to Wut- definitely a gig I will never forget :)

Big thanks to Kino Šiška for making this Safari's special edition come true!

And thanks to Aleš Rosa for these photos.

If you want to see more photos, you can check David Lotrič' flicker, he made some amazing snaps:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dzaver/sets/72157634133867402/

And PlankTon recorded this short clip from the gig. Enjoy!

Info of the gig:

Safari's special edition:

LE1F & N'toko

Kino Šiška/ 14th June 2013

Live act: Le1f (NY), N'toko

DJ's: Mess Kid (NY), Mr. Gucci (zzz), PlankTon (Safari), Zana (Safari)

ŽEN

 A week after Le1f in Kino Šiška, Safari kru is organizing one more event, this time it will be just a concert and not an all night party.
 Žen is a Croatian feminist activist band from Zagreb and they will perform in Gromka on the 20th June. You can expect  some wonderful melodies, post-rock guitars and strong lyrics. 
See you one more time before the summer :)

Četrtek, 20.junij ob 22.00, Klub Gromka, vstop prost!

ŽEN je trio iz Zagreba, ki je nekoč slišal na ime Ž/BUKA. Evo, Saro in Ivono smo si zapomnili kot aktivistke, feministke in pomembne akterke zagrebške DIY alternativne scene, predvsem pa po njihovem izjemno melodičnem post-rocku z močnimi besedili. Pod novim imenom ŽEN (triu glasbenic se je pridružila še vizualna umetnica Tanja Minarik)so za dunajsko založbo Unrecords ravno izdale album "I onda je sve počelo". Ta je poln pop inovativnosti in tenkočutnih vokalnih linij, na trenutke skoraj plesne ritme pa vseskozi pretresajo mogočni post-rockovski kitarskimi izbruhi. ŽEN so izjemen primer benda, ki svoj aktivizem živi tako v "real life-u" kot tudi v svoji glasbi.

Pred in po koncertu bo za glasbeno vzdušje skrbela dj ekipa Safarija.

http://xzen.bandcamp.com/ 
https://www.facebook.com/pages/%C5%BDen/355045627500 

Safari special edition: LE1F & N'toko

Special edition of Safari! In collaboration with Kino Šiška we're proud to present the one and only Le1f! 
Le1f is a producer and a rapper from New York and a representative of the city's music scene,  heavily influenced by the 80's underground gay scene and ballroom culture. 
If you don't know him yet, just check his music, check his videos and you'll fall in love for sure. 
That's why for me DJ-ing before his gig is a big honor :)
See you at Kino Šiška!

 

SAFARI v KINU ŠIŠKA:

LE1F & N'TOKO

14. junij 2013

21.00 - 3.00

8/10 eur

Live: 

LE1F- (New York hiphop, electronic)

http://le1f.com/


N'toko (Ljubljana hiphop, electronic)
http://www.ntoko.si/ 

Mr.Gucci (ZZZ): https://soundcloud.com/mr_gucci 
Zana (Safari): https://soundcloud.com/zanacaroline 
PlankTon (Safari): https://soundcloud.com/djplankton
 

Nova elektro-hiphop ekstravaganca iz NYC – prvič v živo v tem delu Evrope!

N’toko premierno z novim materialom, ki bo v kratkem izdan na albumu za japonsko založbo.

Khalif Diouf aka Le1f je svoj specifični miks napredne elektronske produkcije in inovatinega provokativnega rapa dal na plano lansko leto v obliki mixtape albuma “Dark York”, kjer sedem producentov dopolnjuje njegove lastne beate z eklektičnim naborom vsega svežega v sodobni elektronski produkciji - od prvin juke-a, mejne digitalne psihedelije, počasnih basovskih potresov in rahlo bizarne plesne elektronike. S hit singloma “Wut” in “Soda” je osvojil youtube sfero in v sodelovanju s producentom Boody-jem izdal še EP in letos album “Fly Zone”. 

N'toko, ki je pred izidom novega, angleško-jezičnega albuma za japonsko založbo Call And Response, bo izkoristil priložnost da preveri nove komade v živo. Pričakujete lahko torej hiphopersko-elektronski live act, poln novega materiala, improvizacije, hrupa in predvsem plesa.

Safari: https://www.facebook.com/SafariKru

Time Out 3

And here comes the last month of this Time Out season. If you don't know, Time Out evenings are events in Joga Studio Sadhana, aimed at promoting yoga culture in a wider sense. That means we're trying to expand people's knowledge on yoga beyond body postures and give them a brief insight into yoga's philosophy, psychology, therapy and more. Some topics go even broader than that: Indian dance, music and literature, since India is the motherland of yoga and since great artists of Indian culture were always considered great yogis as well.

So, the last two events before summer break are relaxation with the sound of gongs (performed by Špela Cvetko) and my lecture on Yoga Psychology. I've been fascinated by this topic ever since I read my first yoga book and I have a feeling that this is something I keep explaining to my students anyway. Piece by piece. Now I'm going to give this topic the form of a proper lecture. You'll hear about koshas, chakras, gunas, swara, yamas, niyamas, karma yoga and much more...

Everybody welcome :)

Četrtkov Time Out: Jogijska psihologija

13.junij 2013 ob 20.00

Joga Studio Sadhana

več

Četrtkov Time Out: Zvočna Gong Kopel

6.junij 2013 ob 20.00

Joga Studio Sadhana

več

Yoga workshop with Shiva Shankar

I met Shiva Shankar many years ago at the Prashanti Kutiram ashram near Bangalore. He was a very interesting person, a brahmin brought up into yoga since his young age. Ever since then I've been thinking of inviting him to Slovenia for a workshop but somehow I was never in Europe when he was here for his yoga tour. This year it somehow worked out so I'm proud to present Shiva Shankar, an Indian yoga teacher faithful to the tradition, who will give us insight to mantras, asanas, pranayamas, mudras, bandhas, pholosophy and meditation, as based on ancient yogic texts. He will be giving his teachings at Yoga studio Sadhana between 6th and 10th July.

Joga v sodobnem svetu velikokrat predstavlja zgolj metodo za lajšanje stresa ali način, kako do vitkega telesa. Izvzeta iz svojega prvotnega konteksta je torej postavljena v službo fizioterapije, psihoterapije in lepotne industrije. Vse preveč radi pozabljamo na njeno več tisočletno zgodovino, v kateri se je oblikovala kot ena najbolj dovršenih in kompleksnih duhovnih disciplin na svetu. Velikokrat zato jogijski iskalci po izkušnjo pristnosti zahajamo v Indijo, domovino joge. To poletje pa bo Indija prišla k nam. Ljubljano bo obiskal spoštovani učitelj Shiva Shankar in nam jogo predstavil v skladu s starodavno jogijsko tradicijo. Spoznajte se z mantrami, asanami, pranajamami, mudrami, bandhami in filozofijo, kot jih podaja klasično jogijsko izročilo.

Shiva Shankar (z rojstnim imenom Durgaprasad Upadhyaya) se je v hindujsko brahminsko družino rodil leta 1974 v Jagannathpuriju v Orissi. Že od majhnih nog se je šolal znotraj tradicionalnih jogijskih gurukulov, kjer je osvojil sanskrt, veščino manter in poznavanje starodavnih indijskih tekstov. Po zaključenem šolanju se je odločil stopiti po poti Himalajskih mojstrov in svoje življenje posvetiti jogi.

Jogijska znanja je tekom let nabiral v različnih cenjenih institucijah, kot je recimo Iyengar Yoga Institute, Bihar School of Yoga, SVYASA, Yogada Satsang Society, itd… Ko je spoznal cenjenega mojstra meditacije Swamija Vedo Bharatija, ga je le ta iniciiral v Himalajsko tradicijo. Himalajska tradicija velja za eno najstarejših meditativnih izročil na svetu, naslanja pa se na nauke Jogijskih suter, Vedante in Tantre. Po navodilu učitelja se je nato odpravil še v Kailash Ashram v Rishikeshu in se posvetil študiju klasičnih indijskih filozofij in sanskrtskih tekstov Vedske tradicije.

Shiva že več kot deset let poučuje jogo po celem svetu. Tako v Indiji kot tudi v Evropi, na Japonskem, Tajskem in drugje vodi učiteljske tečaje, jogijske seminarje in vikend delavnice, organizira pa tudi odprave na Himalajo. Njegov kurikulum vsebuje hatha jogo, raja jogo, mantra jogo in laya jogo.

OPIS DELAVNICE:

Uvod v prakso:

Meditacija z mantro OM
Molitev Shivi in Sri Patanjaliju (v sanskrtu, razlaga v angleščini).
Vedske shanti mantre oz. mantre miru (v sanskrtu, razlaga v angleščini).
Vodena sončna meditacija z Gayatri mantro.
Pranajame, kot jih poznamo iz klasičnih tekstov

Bandhe:
učenje bandh (energijske tehnike, ki jih uporabljamo v pranajamah): moola bandha, uddhiyan andha, jalandhar bandha.

Asane:
Pozdrav soncu z dvanajstimi sončnimi matrami
Sklop asan, kot jih poučuje Himalajska tradicija, z dodano razlago na podlagi sodobnih znanstvenih raziskav. Povdarek bo na osebnem pristopu in prilagoditvah ter iskanju lahkotnosti in stabilnosti znotraj položajev.

Teorija:
Predavanje o jogijski filozofiji (pregled del, kot so Shiva Samhita, Jogijske sutre, itd), o jogijskem načinu življenja, prehrani, osebni evoluciji, itd…

Terapevtski pristop:
Asane, pranajame in mantre za lajšanje/zdravljenje različnih obolenj, težav…

Yoga nidra:
zavestno spanje, vodeno sproščanje

Zaključek:
petje manter

Delavnica bo potekala v soboto in nedeljo, 6. in 7. julija, od 9.00- 18.00, med 12.00 in 13.00 bo odmor za kosilo.

MASTERCLASSI:

ponedeljek, 8. julij ob 17.30-19.30

torek, 9. julij ob 17.30-19.30

sreda, 10. julij ob 17.30-19.30

Opis masterclassov:

Praksa se bo pričela z mantro OM in molitvijo Shivi in Patanjaliju. Sledile bodo asane; poudarek bo na osebnem pristopu in prilagoditvah, na sinhronizaciji z ritmom diha in iskanjem stabilnosti. Znotraj pozdrava soncu bomo spoznali 12 sončnih manter. Po praksi asan bodo sledile pranajame in spoznavanje muder in bandh. Praksa se zaključi s sproščanjem ali joga nidro ter shanti matrami oziroma mantrami miru ter zdravilnimi vedskimi in tantričnimi mantrami za doseganje harmonije in povezanosti z božanskim.

CENA:

- celoten paket vsega (delavnica, 3x masterclass): 199,00 EUR

- vikend delavnica 150,00 EUR (6. in 7. julij)

- posamezen masterclass 25,00 EUR (potekajo 8., 9. in 10. julija)

- 3 x masterclass: 60,00 EUR (namesto 75,00 EUR)

Informacije, rezervacija in plačilo:
Joga Studio Sadhana
040 90 91 92

http://www.sadhana.si/ 
https://www.facebook.com/events/262662943871827/?ref=ts&fref=ts 

Om Shanti Om

It's been a while since I last deejayed Bollywood music so I'm super excited about my next event: an all night marathon of Indian pop in Gromka. For this occasion I'm bringing out one of my alter egos, Shanti Priya, who will play the finest tunes of Bollywood, and my girls from Ljubljana's Bollywood dance group will hit the dance floor and transform the club into an Indian movie fairytale. Or a wedding party:)

Anyway, I'm declaring this May to be my Bollywood month. On the 1st of May I joined the shooting of a Bollywood movie as an extra. Yes, in Slovenia :)  On the 23rd of May I'm organizing a Bollywood dance workshop in Yoga Studio Sadhana. On the 30th of May; Om Shanti Om in Gromka and I'm also going to London with Kaname K from Trinitron (let's not go into details, but it's a bit Bollywood-ish, me and Kaname together).

 So, my heart feels like dancing :)

"woh banda hi kya hain, jho naache na gaaye

aa haaton mein tu hath thaam le 

oi dance pe chance marle, oh soniya dance pe chance marle"

 

what kind of person is that, who doesn't dance and sing

come hold my hand in your hand

  take a chance on dance, o sweetie take a chance on dance.

♥

OM SHANTI OM

Klub Gromka

Metelkova

May 30th 2013

23.00.-4.00

Na ta večer se bo v Gromko naselil košček Indije. Indijski pop v najbolj žlahtnem pomenu besede. Glasba, ki živi na filmskih platnih, glasba ki živi na ulicah. Glasba, ki vsebuje prah razbeljenih indijskih cest in vonj soparnih azijskih noči. Potovali bomo prek zgodovine Bollywooda od najlepših zimzelenih melodij pa vse do superhitov sobodnega časa.

Posebno opozorilo: Vstop na lastno odgovornost! Če se bojiš zaplesati, se Gromki raje izogni v ogromnem loku, kajti tveganje za izgubo nadzora nad telesom je preveliko.

Za vzpodbudo tistim pogumnejšim pa se nam bodo pridružile tudi bollywood plesalke, ki bodo večer popestrile s čudovitimi koreografijami iz indijskih filmov, za nameček pa še s kako orientalsko.

Za glasbo bo poskrbela Shanti Priya.

opp: Bollywood je skovanka iz besed Bombay in Hollywood in označuje eno največjih filmskih industrij na svetu. Najmočnejša aduta filmov, nastalih na Indijski podcelini sta ravno glasba in ples, ki ne manjkata v nobeni zgodbi. V koreografijah se vrhunski plesalci gibljejo prek indijskih klasičnih stilov, dvornih plesov kurtizan, ljudskih rajanj indijskega bogatega folklornega izročila pa vse do hiphopa in njegovih MTVjevskih derivatov. Tudi bollywood glasba je od svojega rojstva s prvim indijskim zvočnim filmom leta 1931 doživela že nešteto preobrazb. Od klasične glasbe sitarjev do funka in r'nb ja, od pobožnih bhajanov do elektronskih štanc, od ghazalov do hip-hopa in od najbolj mastnih punjabi beatov do srce parajočih balad.

***

I also want to post some songs that I keep listening to again and again and can't get enough of them for months. 

The first one is Kuchi Kuchi and Kumar Sanu's voice is just too sexy to handle, somehow:)

The second song is Khaike Paan Banaraswala, it's a party song. Why? Because the hero gets high on paan and bhang he gets while hanging out with the crowd from Varanasi.
"Eating paan from Banaras  opens up the locks on your brain."

The third song is a romantic one. I fell in love with Aamir Khan when I heard this song and since then I can't stop watching his movies.
"Sleep doesn't come to me. I don't have any peace. My situation is uncontrollable, nobody know what ail I suffer from. I don't know where I lost my heart..."

The fourth song  is a big hit from 2011/12. Why this kolaveri di. Performed by Dhanush, the cutest actor in the world. Well, I have to admit I watched only 20 minutes of one of his movies. But it was enough to make this statement :)
"Why this Killer rage?" 

 
The fifth song is Mhare Hiwda Mein Naache Mor. We did this choreography at Bollywood dance lessons with an amazing teacher Sylvia Valentine. It was a really precious time for me, attending these classes, so this song will always stay in my heart.

And the last one for now, Pardesi Pardesi. It broke my heart just recently. A 90's classic.
"I won't tell you not to love some traveler, but don't trust one... Foreigner my friend, keep your promise. Remember me, don't forget somehow..."

Byebye!
  ♥