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#PopCast 8: Funk Diis Synthsters (Post Disco)
From Michael Jackson to Justin Timberlake, how drums and synth changed the tune of R&B; and hip hop
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Movie Review: A Silent Way (Ko: Yad)
Filmmaker Manju Borah attempts to showcase the everyday lives of Assam's Mishing tribe in the film
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Movie Review: The World of Goopi and Bagha (Goopy Gawaiya Bagha Bajaiya)
The adapted children's feature is besot with oversimplification and passably produced folk music, but scores on vibrant animation techniques
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Movie Review: Powerless (Katiyabaaz)
This Reality TV style docu feature attempts to humanize the power crisis in Kanpur, representative of small-town India
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Movie Review: Qissa: The Tale Of A Lonely Ghost
Set during partition, the film focuses on the age-old social issues of patriarchy and gender politics
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#PopCast 7: Funk Diis Synthsters (Electro III)
Find out how "The Terminator" and "Super Mario" have influenced electronic music
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#PopCast 6: Funk Diis Synthsters (Funk)
Discover the journey of that funky sound in works by veterans like Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock to contemporaries like Red Hot Chili Peppers and Soundgarden
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#PopCast 5: Funk Diis Synthsters (Electro II)
Lend your ears to the earliest form of cheaply produced EDM, Italo disco, heard in original works by artists as diverse at Ladytron and Charanjit Singh
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#PopCast 4: Funk Diis Synthsters (Psychedelic Soul I)
Grab a brotha and sway to the soul music of Sly and the Family Stone, early Stevie Wonder and more
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#PopCast 3: Funk Diis Synsthsters (Electro I)
Open your ears to experimental synthpop/electro funk employed by artists like Goldfrapp, Groove Armada, Ford and more
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