Red Baraat is a pioneering band from Brooklyn, New York. Conceived by dhol player Sunny Jain, the group has drawn worldwide praise for its singular sound, a merging of hard driving North Indian bhangra with elements of hip-hop, jazz and raw punk energy. Created with no less a purposeful agenda than manifesting joy and unity in all people, Red Baraat’s spirit is worn brightly on its sweaty and hard-worked sleeve. 
“Their infectious rhythms roll over the audience like a hurricane and let the audience breathe only in a short ballad pause.”
— RHEIN MAIN PRESS (GERMANY)
Red Baraat’s June 2018 album release, “Sound The People”, hit the top 10 on the World Music Charts Europe and was heralded in the US as the anthem soundtrack for the South Asian diaspora by US hipster, indie-rock magazine.
“The album is full of moments that hit with the force of a spiritual awakening…The funk, ska-punk, and other American forms that make their way into the music are layered intricately within the same threadwork as the ragas on which these songs are pulled from. Each piece is a gesture of cultural harmony, rendering not only genre irrelevant, but the geographic placement of those sounds.”
— STEREOGUM
2018 also saw the band touring Kazakhstan, Abu Dabhi, US, Canada and Europe. They headlined the renowned WOMAD Festival in Cáceres, Spain in front of 10,000 people, performed the Vienna Konzerthaus (Philharmonie) in Austria and had the crowd jumping at Rudolstadt Festival in Germany. The release of Red Baraat’s 2nd album in 2013, Shruggy Ji, debuted at #1 on the Billboard World Music charts in USA and propelled the band on a world tour that has yet to stop. They’ve performed at Bonnaroo, Austin City Limits, WOMAD, globalFEST, Lincoln Center, New Orleans Jazz Fest, along with clubs, theatres, and arts centers. Along the way they sold out rooms as diverse as the Luxembourg Philharmonic and the New York City’s legendary rock club Bowery Ballroom, and performed at the request of The White House (Obama), TED and Olympic Games.  
“This year’s ‘discovery’ [WOMAD UK Festival], though, was Red Baraat, a cacophonous bhangra funk band from Brooklyn. Think Punjabi weddings, Delhi street brass bands, modern jazz and rock.”
— THE TELEGRAPH (UK)
But even as it’s clear that Red Baraat has built a startling history of performances in iconic settings, the band’s bread and butter remains the sweaty clubs, festivals, packed performing arts centers, and college auditoriums that keeps the band on the road all over the world the last several years. It’s here where Red Baraat does what it does best - communing with their audience in a joyful, near hedonistic celebration of music and dance, which tellingly, draws a crowd even more diverse than the players on stage. The universality of what Red Baraat does is undeniable. And this is no happy accident. It is the product of intention and design. Says Jain, “The band…our songs…are addressing the multiplicity of viewpoints,” says Jain. “There’s ‘Zindabad,’ which means ‘Long Live’ in Hindi. In that song, we’re saying that we celebrate life, we celebrate devotion — but we also celebrate agitation and revolution. If we can unite people of all backgrounds and ethnicities to partake in the exuberance of life through the universal language of music, then life is that much sweeter.”

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Hopestreet Recordings is an artist-run record label based in Brunswick since 2009. From the humblest of DIY beginnings, this community of musicians, producers and writers has carved out a global niche for their old-school inspired crusty analogue creations. Hopestreet represents the diversity, quality of musicianship and originality of Melbourne’s inner Northern music community, and keeps developing their distinct sound, production approach year to year, and audiences all over are responding.

Ras Sparrow, born Eloy Carrero in Caracas, Venezuela and raised in Miami, is a reggae and dub musician, singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. Known for his spiritually charged lyrics, analog-rich dub soundscapes, and global grassroots presence, Ras Sparrow has carved out a distinct place in the international reggae scene—guided by Rastafari and powered by self-reliance and artistic vision.

From early on, Ras immersed himself in music, recording on a 4-track tape deck and learning guitar, bass, drums, keys, and percussion by ear. Though he grew up surrounded by blues, psychedelic rock, Latin, and hip-hop, it was reggae that claimed his heart in his early twenties—ushered in by what he describes as a spiritual awakening.

"I didn’t choose reggae music—reggae music chose me. It was given to me as a guiding light during a time of confusion. The uplifting message, the prophetic words, the rhythm… it became medicine for my soul."

With this conviction, Ras Sparrow committed to using his music as a force for healing, upliftment, and peaceful resistance. His unique sound blends deep roots reggae and dub traditions with his diverse musical upbringing, resulting in a style that feels both classic and timeless.

Now based in Santiago de Chile, Ras continues to produce from his home studio under his independent label, Ras Sparrow Records. Alongside his wife and musical partner La Makeda, the duo has toured internationally—most notably two highly successful tours of Brazil in 2015. Since then, Ras has assembled a full band featuring top musicians to deliver his signature sound live.

Ras Sparrow Live Dub Mixing

In recent years, Ras Sparrow has expanded his artistry into Live Dub Mixing, a performance style that brings the studio to the stage. Using a blend of analog-style effects, hands-on controllers, real-time automation, and his signature sonic textures, Ras transforms each show into a unique, spontaneous, and deeply immersive dub experience.

Unlike a traditional concert, his Live Dub sets present Ras not only as a musician but as a sound sculptor—deconstructing and rebuilding his tracks on the spot with delays, filters, reverbs, dropouts, bass transformations, sirens, and rhythmic reshaping. Each performance becomes an improvised journey through roots, steppers, and heavyweight dub, driven by instinct, spirituality, and pure energy.

This new format has quickly become a defining element of his artistic identity, captivating audiences from Argentina to Chile and resonating strongly with the global dub community. Ras Sparrow’s Live Dub sets bridge old-school King Tubby–style spontaneity with modern digital precision, showcasing his evolution as a producer and performer.

His catalog spans pioneering DIY efforts and genre-pushing releases:

Sovereign People (2007), recorded entirely off-grid in Hawai’i using solar power

12 in Digital Dub Mixes (2013), produced using just a smartphone in Caracas

Dub in Stone (2022), a tribute to dub recorded in analog/digital hybrid format in Santiago

Ras Sparrow is also the creator of the international reggae anthem "Zion Town", released in 2010 as part of the short-lived duo Ras & Queen Sparrow—garnering over 30 million views on YouTube alone. In 2024, he went viral again with the one-take Live Looper version of "Seek Jah First", reaching a new generation of reggae lovers across platforms.

Over the years, he has shared the stage with reggae legends including Israel Vibration, Alpha Blondy, Midnite, Groundation, Kymani Marley, Anthony B, Winston Jarrett, Dezarie, Don Carlos, and The Wailers, among others.

Ras Sparrow continues his mission to spread conscious music worldwide—carrying the torch of roots reggae and dub with purpose, passion, and deep spiritual conviction, now both through his traditional performances and through the powerful new dimension of Live Dub Mixing.

Assimilations: MTV IGGY "Top 20 Debut Albums of 2011"

A Rascal Experience é uma banda Indie-Alternative independente de Florianópolis - SC.

A pretensão inicial do Casablanca era ir pro estúdio, produzir nossas músicas e divulgá-las na internet. O que nos interessava era a experiência do registro e do processo de gravação. Mais do que qualquer outra coisa.
O fato é que quando você grava uma música passa a querer também a experiência de tocá-la ao vivo, de ver a reação das pessoas, enfim... 
Decidimos então preparar um disco novo, pensado pra funcionar ao vivo e tocado por duas pessoas. E é isso que estamos fazendo.

Enquanto isso ouçam e baixem nossas músicas do EP Casablanca, lançado em 2012.

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