Tagged: ajaymalghan

As any good waverider knows, we're open to any form of music here at the Ripple Effect, as long as it moves us. And this gorgeous, lovingly created project does just that. Multimedia artist Ajay Malghan culled on his experiences of traveling 35,000 miles in 3 months to create the photo book/soundtrack titled The Long Way Home . Faced with hip surgery upon the completion of his travels he did what any other unreasonable person would, he recorded an album in crutches. Ajay recorded and engineered the album himself with the limitations [...]

Nestled between Oakland and San Francisco is a small man made island built for the World's Fair in 1940. Being that there's less than 1,500 residents, it's the perfect site for a music festival since there's no one to disturb. With two stages, no overlapping sets and attendance of 10,000 it was a great setup for people that wanted to enjoy music without the big festival hassle. The highlights of the day was Antibalas ' high energy Fela like funk, Foals , Hot Chip and TV on the Radio . I [...]

The renowned Shoreline Ampitheatre in Mountain View, Ca. was the site of the Download Festival 2008 on July 19, 2008. 27 bands played on two stages with only five minutes separating the bands on the rotating main stage. The lineup may have been devoid of a heavy hitting headliner but if you had ears in the [...]