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The Mix

Flipsyde

Return to

India for

Orange

Festival,

Dambuk

The American hip-hop/rock band’s MC The Piper aka Jinho Ferreira talks to
us about heading to Arunachal Pradesh

S FAR AS unexpected 12th and 15th, joining the likes email, “It takes forever to reach India shows who knew all the While that was on the
international artist of San Diego reggae band Big [Dambuk]. So, I’ll have a lot of lyrics. “So, I pulled him up on back of releasing the hugely
Aannouncements go, Mountain and Indonesian in- time to write on the way there stage and gave him the mic successful, breakout album We
Flipsyde’s forthcoming head- die-pop band Ping Pong Club. and back.” and he went crazy. Just started The People, Flipsyde went on
line set at the Orange Festival Flipsyde rapper The Piper It’s only relatively new terri- killing it. That kid is probably to sculpt their multicultural
of Adventure and Music in aka Jinho Ferreira – who tory for Flipsyde, considering a rap star in India right now. sound. This resulted in re-
Dambuk, Arunachal Pradesh is remains a constant alongside they were in India in 2006 My last memory of India was cruiting singer Chantelle Paige
probably high on the spectrum. guitarist Dave Lopez and for a three-city tour by event being at this outdoor market for 2009’s State of Survival,
The band behind mid-2000 vocalist-guitarist Steve Knight organizers DNA Networks. and people recognizing us. followed by EPs such as The
hits such as “Someday” and – says he’s looking forward Ferreira recalls it was “a pow- Next thing we knew we were Phoenix (2011) and Tower of
“Spun” from their album We to being closer to nature and erful experience” and specifi- taking a bunch of pictures Hollywood (2012). For those
The People will perform in even take on some white water cally talks about a young kid and signing autographs,” the who missed out on these
Dambuk between December rafting. Ferreira says over an in the front row at one of their rapper says. records, it’s safe to say that

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