From laerm Sent Wed, Jul 14th 1999, 02:02
From laerm Sent Wed, Jul 14th 1999, 02:02
with the recent talk, it is with regret i must forward...
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a disturbance in a system. ####
laerm. @voicenet.com ##:#
icq:5562209 the superfluous, a very necessary thing.
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>Haroon Shamsher 14 November 1965 - 8 July 1999
>
>It it with deep regret and shock that we have to announce that Haroon
>Shamsher of the soundsystem & band "Joi" died Thursday 8 July 1999 of a
>heart attack. He was 33.
>
>Although he had been ill for a week, his death was totally unexpected. Joi
>had just completed a very succesful first ever tour of the U.S. and have
>drawn praise from all quarters for their debut album "One And One Is One",
>which was released on Real World/Astralwerks in February. Haroon Shamsher
>was a pioneering figure in the U.K's Asian Underground scene, which
>launched the careers of artists such as Talvin Singh and Asian Dub
>Foundation. Together with his brother Farook Shamsher, Haroon developed the
>Joi Bangla Sound System as far back as 1983, playing festivals and youth
>clubs for London's Indian and Pakistani communities. His vibrant onstage
>persona and his deep love of both techno breakbeats and traditional Asian
>music gave Joi a unique, energetic edge.
>
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