Shaanti will be joining flamboyant Diva Roisin Murphy, Hot Chip and cult British acid house band Alabama 3 in Eastnor 1st - 3rd August.

The award winning Shaanti will host The Big Chill's Club Tent on Sunday 3rd August featuring multi instrumentals Nitin Sawhney (DJ Set), British alternative electronica band Asian Dub Foundation Soundsystem, junglist and rapper UK Apache and desi-futurist pioneers The Kalyan feat.

Gubsy (on Dhol and electric Tabla) and Steve (Guitar) and Anila (Samplers & Mix) live. They'll be also joined by Shaanti's front man Manga and resident DJ MSC who be representing Champion Sound' - the underground illegitimate club-child of Shaanti.

Manga, Founder of Shaanti says: "It's a honour to be invited to host the first ever Global Asian Club tent at The Big Chill Festival.

"Not only are we the first club brand to represent Asian broken and fusion beats to the masses but we'll also the first to host a club tent in a daytime setting, as a main music feature, alongside the rest of the programming for this festival," he says.

"I just want to host events what feels right at the moment without thinking about genres, thankfully The Big Chill motions that same notion."

12:06pm Thursday 15th May 2008

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