blueFROG Mumbai has won the award for ‘Best Bar In India’ at the NDTV Good Times Food Awards, 2011.
The NDTV Good Times Food Awards began in 2010 and has quickly become one of the definitive guides to the best in the industry. It boasts an expert panel that is unbiased and uncompromising.
Electronic Dance Music (EDM) is still restricted to certain dance floors in the country’s metros. And clubs around the country, more so in Mumbai, have actively been promoting the genre by offering local artistes as much exposure as they can possibly provide. The latest initiative sees one of Mumbai’s premier music venues – Blue Frog – sending Indian talents Jalebee Cartel, Ankytrixx, Ma Faiza, Dual Drive and DJ Janux (along with European DJs Isis, James Harcourt and Oliver Moldan) to this year’s Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE).
“When blueFROG opens in Delhi this November, the live music venue will bring to the capital a short but powerful legacy : giving local musicians a stable platform, bringing fantastic international acts to the country and always, always putting the music first. With it’s iridescent seating pods and the city’s best sound system, the snazzy Lower Parel club has been such a game changer for Mumbai that its modern music scene could be divided into two distinct periods : Before Blue Frog and after Blue Frog.”
Jet Airways is featuring a daily quiz with interesting music trivia questions for you to sink your teeth into and learn more about blueFROG featured artists on their in-flight channel. So get those brain cells flowing with the musical juices, go to http://www.facebook.com/jetairways and get started! There will be a new question everyday so come on in and test your knowledge!
Some of you may not know this but, blueFROG is serving up a tasty sampler of the burgeoning INDIE MUSIC scene on the Jet Airways in-flight channel. Featuring tracks, such as ‘Splitsvilla 4 Theme Song’ by Agnee, ‘Conscious’ by Dhruv, ‘Fly’ by Indus Creed and ‘Control’ by Jalebee Cartel to name a few; whilst Ashu, Ankur Tewari, Louiz Banks and Bandish Projekt round off this stellar compilation. A special treat for music lovers! The growing popularity of live music has lead to these bands becoming household names.
blueFROG is undertaking a project to study Frog habitats, being blueFROG after all…but 
more importantly the Frog, because it breathes through its skin, is actually a very accurate barometer of climate change. When Frogs start dying out, we know that their immediate habitat has become contaminated. We want to learn hands-on what pollution and indiscriminate destruction of natural habitats can do to the planet’s climate and to what detriment, as species continue to die out, forests shrink and natural disasters abound.
So on Monday July 25th, 2011, a grey, drizzly day, 30 enthusiastic blueFROGGIES trekked through the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, a well-known Frog habitat and one of the water catchment areas feeding Bombay. Not only did we learn about and see Frogs, we saw exotic varieties of crabs, spiders (including a pregnant female tarantula who was not happy to see us!), butterflies, caterpillars and numerous species of plants, ferns and exotic flowers. We handled abandoned spider homes, smelled wild turmeric leaves and stood ankle deep in a stream while being educated on the importance of preserving habitats and the ecological impact of the legal and illegal trade in Frogs’ legs. Though our jeans were damp when we left, our spirits certainly weren’t! And we’re determined to spread the word about habitat and Frog preservation!
We’re going to be holding a series of these walks that will be informative and educational, yet fun! Watch this space!
Dharavi Rocks is a joint project between Acorn Foundation and blueFROG, Mumbai, connecting the educational and ‘fun’ aspects of music to important environmental issues. Call it ‘Education through Recreation’. blueFROG has, over the last year, been conducting workshops called ‘Dharavi Rocks’ with the children from ACORN (children from the rag picker community in Dharavi), other NGOs and local and International schools; and various artists from all over the world who perform at blueFROG. The workshops comprise vocal exercises and creating musical instruments from scrap material, culminating in the kids and artists performing together.
The MISSION is to give kids a voice by initiating them into music, bringing positive creative experiences into their lives and creating a bond between communities (we bring together kids from marginalised and affluent communities to gain an understanding of each other).
We believe that music makes a difference. It educates, improves learning skills, self-discipline, self-confidence, encourages teamwork, improves social skills, temperament and community life.
The next Dharavi Rocks is with super fun Colombian band Banda la Republica who will be teaching Latin grooves to the kids.
blueFROG serves up a tasty sampler of the burgeoning INDIE MUSIC scene on Jet Airways inflight audio channel.
The channel is called blueFROG On-Air : the best of Indie music in the skies.
The growing popularity of live music has lead to these bands becoming household names. Featuring tracks, such as ‘Splitsvilla 4 Theme Song’ by Agnee, ‘Conscious’ by Dhruv, ‘Fly’ by Indus Creed and ‘Control’ by Jalebee Cartel to name a few; whilst Ashu, Ankur Tewari, Louiz Banks and Bandish Projekt round off this stellar compilation.
A special treat for music lovers!”
blueFROG has launched Titi Robin’s new album “Laal Asmaan” in India (recorded, mixed and mastered in the blueFROG studios).
“Laal Asmaan” is part of Titi’s Triptych project spread over India, Morocco and Turkey. He’s worked with local musicians in each with the end result being 3 CDs, specific to each country. This package will ultimately be released by French label Naïve as a 3 CD Box.
A FREE track is available here
The full album is available for download here
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