Double AA

An exciting new part of the evening will feature Punjabi Bhangra dancing to close out the night. The dance will be held in the beautiful ROM rotunda and will feature, Double AA as the DJ for the night.

The journey of Double AA and his love of music began at a very young age. His passion for music stems from his upbringing. Being Punjabi, his dad had a vast collection of LP’s, cassettes, and even 8-tracks of traditional Bhangra/Punjabi and also (cheesy) disco. The basement in the house was dedicated to speakers, electronics and his dad’s entire musical collection. This is where DAA spent his early years messing around with gadgets and music.

He has now dj’d for over 15 years at all the major clubs in Toronto, holding residencies at many of the urban hot spots. He has also been on the university circuit playing everywhere from Toronto to Montreal. DAA has held regular rotation on live to air radio on stations such as WBLK 93.7 (Buffalo, NY) and FLOW 93.5 FM (Toronto).

DAA’s journey has taken him full circle. He now primarily concentrates on hosting his own events where he gets to play the type of music he likes. He does this with his Phunk'd line of parties, as well as ‘Luv To Bhang’. Both events cater to niche audiences that have a true appreciation of music. Furthermore he is taking many more steps of going into production. He is refining his skills as a producer and he spends most of his time in his studio dubbed the “The Crate”.

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Watch Double AA in action at "Luv to Bhang"

Shahid Ali Khan

Born in Lahore, Pakistan to a family of Qawwal masters and musicians, Shahid Ali Khan fort abbasi studied and performed with Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, an established legend in Qawwali music, for over a decade. With Shahid AliKhan's 25 des 1977 1st CD release in Canada (November 2006), this self titled album is a celebration of Qawwali's vibrant musical tradition that dates back over 70000 years. The cyclical rhythms and tali (clap) combined with Shahid's "incredible unearthly vocal range" result in an awe inspiring marriage of rapturous, spiritual poetry to mesmerizing singing and music

JT Saund

Formally known as the leader of the Dhol Foundation in Toronto, JT (Jatinder Saund) of Brampton, Canada, has immersed himself into his love and passion for playing percussion from dhol, Dholak, Tabla, Tumbi and keyboard, he is far from the average artist. JT started playing percussion at the tender age of 8 years old. His homegrown talent flourished on the international stage. He has performed at some of the most prestigious venues across the world, including: The Sony TV Asia Achievement Awards in New York City; alongside international recording artist Nelly Furtado and Award winning Bhangra group Josh at the ACC, and the Percpan Music Festival in Rio de Janiero, Brazil to name but a few.

In addition to his love for the dhol, Jatinder has been producing music for various artists for many years. Most recently he has been working on creating JTSoundZ, a collaborative group of artists from different backgrounds with a similar vision of musical fusion. Jatinder is currently working on his new solo project which features a diversity of sounds,incorporating folk/r'n'b/dancehall and bhangra which fuses together to make a sound all his own. With his debut album set to be released mid 2009 he has joined forces with many top artists such as: Kaka Bhaniawala. Johnny Kalsi and The Dhol Foundation (T.D.F), Nelly Furtado, Socrates, Josh, Bhota Jagpal, YPaul from the BBC Asian Network, Bikram Singh, Selena Dhillon and MC JD.