UntoldLondon celebrates 15 years of Asian underground music at Museum in Docklands on Thursday 3 April The 1990s saw the explosion of Asian underground music in East London.

It's now been fifteen years since East London rappers, Asian Dub Foundation, first formed. This is a night of live performance, DJs and chat in celebration of the conscious clubbing scene'.

Sonia Kumari Mehta, manager of ADFED (the education wing of ADF) and an outstanding hindi vocalist in her own right, will perform an acoustic set accompanied by a tabla player.

Then hear classic 1990s tunes courtesy of DJ Tabula Rasa. Performers will be joined by Julie Begum (of Bengali community group - Swadhinata Trust) and Ash Sharma (cultural critic and author of Disorientating Rhythms) for a conversation with the editor of UntoldLondon about the highs and lows of the Asian underground.

Alongside taking a look at the past we'll also be looking at the future of local music.

The City Gateway music programme at Limehouse Youth Club reaches out to young people throughout Tower Hamlets, providing them with music training and mentoring, from DJing to MCing.

They will be showcasing their own music for the first time at Museum in Docklands.

The Museum will be staying open late from 6pm to 9pm; entry to the Museum is FREE from 4.30pm on Thursday 3 April.

For more information visit see the link or call 0870 444 3855. For more information on Time Out First Thursdays visit www.firstthursdays.co.uk.

7:55pm Wednesday 19th March 2008

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