Nittewa

(Update)
I had for download 2 MIA songs...Pull Up The People and U.R.A.Q.T., but as you can see they are not linked anymore because my Geocities stash was giving me problems and there was some Anon bugger who made a fuss about me sharing her music. He did have a point though, so check later posts to download samples.

I don't think it's entirely legal offering her music for download like this but no one I know in Sri Lanka has heard her and I thought it would be good to share a few songs. A friend of mine coming in from New York soon is trying to pick up a copy of her CD Arular for me. If I do get it I will hopefully grab and upload.

MIA at Amoeba Records in San Fran
(sometimes the image might not show because of the same problem with Geocities)

The image was sent to me by my cousin in SF who was there at the show.

For those of you who do not know, MIA is a artist of Sri Lankan origin who's been making quite a stir in the US.

Her name's Mathangi 'Maya' Arulapragasam and she's the daughter of former EROS member Arul Pragasam a.k.a. Arular. Here's a link to a page on tamilnation.org that has some excerpts from Narayan Swami's book 'Tigers of Lanka: From Boys to Guerillas' which has a few lines about Arular. Yes, just in case you're wondering why some music is on Nittewa, this is why. It's just a matter of time before she becomes a much-talked-about-person in Colombo. Some people claim that her music is pro-LTTE and pro-terrorism and all kinds of shit like that. But from I have heard she seems perfectly alright. But then, people are bigots anyway. I think some funky pro-LTTE hip hop would be bloody good :)

Here's MIA's official site.

I assure you there will be more posts on this in the future.

If you want a lot more info and debate on her you can check out SepiaMutiny which has been following her all over the place.

posted by Morquendi @  9:22 PM   || 6 opinion/s ||