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May 24/2009
On May 23 Joy Basu performed @ THE PLAYBOY MANSION. Attending the event was Hugh Heffner himself as well as other celebrities like Ron Jeremy.
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May 01 /2009
On April 30 Joy Basu headlined @ Enclave in Chicago, IL. The event was hosted by Mindy from VH1's Rock of Love. Click here to watch VIDEO from the show.
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April 28/2009
On April 24 Joy Basu headlined @ Plush in Dallas, TX. Plush is known as the #1 club in Dallas bringing in world renowned DJs Robbi Rivera, Richard Vission and many others. On April 17th and 18th Joy Basu performed @ Push Ultra Lounge in St. Petersburg, FL.
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April 08/2009
On April 4 Joy Basu performed his solo sets @ B4 12 in Palo Alto, CA. On April 2 Joy Basu performed @ Zee Bar's 3 year anniversary party in Philadelphia, PA. Joy Basu's new music has been licensed and used on TLC's Ashley Paige Bikini or Bust, Oxygen Network's Bad Girls Club, NBC's Access Hollywood, Style Network's Celeb Homes and Married Away.
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March 28/2009
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On March 26 Joy Basu performed his solo sets and was part of the @ The Ed Hardy, Paul Mitchel fashion show held in OC, CA.
On March 21 Joy Basu performed @ Lure St.Louis.
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March 16/2009
On March 14 Joy Basu performed his solo sets @ iLounge OC, CA. The show was hosted by the girls of Deal Or No Deal Click here to check out pics from the show. Click here to watch live footage from the show. On Feb 14 Joy Basu performed @ the grand opening of The Rave 18+ in Maywood, CA.
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Jan 25/2009
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On Jan 16 Joy Basu performed @ The Heaven Party held at the Vault in San Jose, CA. Click here to check out pics from the show.
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Dec 28/2008
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On Dec 20 DJ Crime and Joy Basu performed at the Pearl Ultralounge in Salt Lake City, UT.
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Dec 17/2008
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On Dec 13 DJ Crime and Joy Basu debuted their new show of video remixes and mashups with LIVE GUITARS. The event was held at Rookees in Ventura, CA
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Dec 01/2008
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On Nov 21 Joy Basu performed his unique set of mashups and remixes with LIVE GUITARS @ Lure nightclub in St. Louis, MO. Pic on right: Model/Dancer Lana and Joy Basu introducing custom Joy Basu dog tags made by MyTagz. |
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Nov 18 /2008
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On Nov 15 Joy Basu performed @ Axis-Radius in Scottsdale, AZ. Axis Radius is one of the most high profile clubs in Scottsdale AZ. It was recently used on the TV show "The Pickup Artist". |
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Oct 26/2008
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On Oct 18 Joy Basu performed @ Club Aura in Pleasanton, CA Pic on left: Ms. CA 2008 Patty Z and Joy Basu @ Aura. Pic on right: Joy Basu rockin club Aura. |
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Oct 04/2008
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On Sept 19 Joy Basu performed @ Villa Sorriso in Pasadena, CA. Joy Basu's Remix of Mami Kawada's song, Radiance, has been releases by Geneon Records on the CD, Full Circle Groove. The CD also features remixes by Ben Watkins from JUNO REACTOR, Eric Mouquet from Deep Forest and many other talented artists. |
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Sept 12/2008
On Sept 6 Joy Basu performed @ Circle Lounge in SLC, UT. Click here for pics from the show. On Sept 05 Joy Basu performed at the grand opening of Club Heaven @ Sky Bar in SLC, UT. Pic on right. |
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Aug 26/2008
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NBC has licensed four of Joy's new songs to be used on several episodes Access Hollywood. The E! Channel is using Joy's new music for E! News live along with several other shows. For a full list of Joy Basu's music in media check Joy's Myspace Profile. |
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Aug 05/2008
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On Aug 3 Joy Basu performed @ Mid Summer Day Dream held at Bixby park in Long Beach CA. The event raised food and clothing for the Long Beach Rescue Mission. The all day electronic music event had many performers including the oganizer of the show, DJ Steve Chase. On July 25 Joy Basu performed Social Fridays held @ Villa Sorrisos in Pasadena, CA. Pic on right. |
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July 18/2008
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On July 12 Joy Basu performed @ The Rise Dance Music Festival in Salt Lake City, Utah. Also performing: Starkillers, Scooter n Lavelle, DJ K, DJ Vibe, |
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July 03/2008
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On July 1st Joy Basu performed @ The Electricladyland fashion show held @ Ditry Pretty in Scottsdale, AZ. |
July 01/2008
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Joy Basu's
June performances include: |
May 27/2008
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Joy Basu's
recent performances in San Diego,CA: |
May 15/2008
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On May 9 Joy Basu performed at Social Fridays held at Villa Sorriso in Pasadena, CA. Pics from the show coming soon. |
May 04/2008
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Joy Basu's
recent performances in San Francisco,CA: |
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April
01/2008
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On March 29 Joy Basu performed at The Rockstars and Pornstars Mayhem Event held at Faces in San Diego, CA. The party was hosted by porn sensation Rachel Solari. |
March
28 /2008
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On March 22 Joy Basu performed at Aubergine's 8 Year White Out Anniversary Party hosted by Christine Dolce (aka Forbidden) in San Diego, CA. Pic on
right Christine Dolce and Joy Basu. More
Pics from the show |
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March.
21/2008
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On March 20 Joy Basu performed at Vengance in West Covina, CA. Pic on left - Joy Basu with dancers Cat Alfonzo and Nicole Kristine. |
March.
19/2008
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On March 15 Joy Basu performed at the grand opening of Rockstar Saturdays at Cinespace, Hollywood, CA. The event was sponsored by Rockstar Energy Drinks and Guitar Center. Also on the bill was DJ Jeff Bomb and Shifty from Crazytown. |
March
04 /2008
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On March
1 Joy Basu performed at Faces nightclub in San Diego, CA. |
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Feb. 28/2008
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On Feb
26 Joy Basu performed at In2DeepRadio.com's 1 year anniversary party
in Alhambra, CA. Pictures
from the show. On Feb
22 Joy Basu was interviewed and his mixes with live guitars aired on
In2DeepRadio.com |
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Jan. 22/2008
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On Jan
19 Joy Basu performed at Sin nightclub in San Diego, CA. Also on the
bill was DJ Rue.
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Jan. 10/2008
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Joy Basu's
original music has been licensed and used by: |
Dec. 29/2007
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On Dec
19 Joy Basu performed at The Supperclub in San Francisco, CA. Also on
the bill was DJ Eddy Santana from Energy 92.7, DJ Atimatik, Travis T
and many others.
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Nov. 19/2007
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On Nov.
16 Joy Basu performed at Party Like a Rockstar held at Wasabi Ultralounge
in Long Beach, CA.
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Oct. 15/2007
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On Oct.
13 Joy Basu opened for DJ BAM BAM, Angerfist, and Superstar DJ Keoki
at Murder The Dancefloor. The festival was held at NOS Event Center
in San Bernardino, CA.
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Oct 9/2007
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E Entertainment is using Joy Basu's music on several new episodes of 101 Favorite Stars, Blunders, 101 Incredible Celebrity Slimdowns, My Celebrity Homes, and Access Hollywood. Adding to the list of networks, the History channel is now using Joy's original music for Modern Marvels.
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Sept 30/2007
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On Sept 22 Joy Basu performed at Epic in Los Angeles, CA. |
Sept 20/2007
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On Sept 14 Joy Basu performed a solo set at Thin N Onyx in San Diego, CA. |
July 17/2007
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E! Channel has licensed and used Joy's original music for the show 101 celebrity slimdowns.
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July 03/2007
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On June 30 Joy Basu and DJ Brian Scott performed at Vanguard in Hollywood, CA. Click here to check out pictures from the show.
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June 15/2007
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Joy Basu's
music has been licensed and used by MyNetwork TV for the shows Fashion
House and Desire. On June 9 Joy Basu performed and did a clinic at George Lynch's Guitar Dojo weekend. The event was held at the Four Points Sheraton, LAX.
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May 30/2007
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On May 25 Joy Basu and DJ Steve Chase performed a Hard Electro set at The Naughty School Girl party in Anaheim, CA. . Click here to check out pictures from the show.
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May 02/2007
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On April 28 Joy Basu performed at 149 Ultra Lounge in Long Beach, CA. The set consisted of Mashups, Remixes and Joy's originals. Click here to check out pictures from the show.
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April
16/2007
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Once again Joy Basu's music has been used for several new episodes of Access Hollywood. Adding to the list of TV shows using Joy's music are UPN's Get This Party Started and MTV's Tiara Girls.
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April
06 /2007
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"Premonition", has been released on ILONA EUROPA Live Forever Maxi Single titled "LIVE FOREVER" by Sabre Entertainment Records. Vocals by ILONA EUROPA, written by ILONA EUROPA, Joy Basu and Dan Solovitz. Arranged by Joy Basu and Dan Solovitz. Produced by Dan Solovitz and Jonathan Todd.
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March
17/2007
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Basu n David Alexander performed an Electro/House set at Sachi in Long Beach,
CA for the Pure Evolution fashion show. Also on the bill was DJ Miss Dust.
Check out the photos from
the show. Pic on the left: Club Exotic promoter Ashley Piel and Joy Basu.
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March
01/2007
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Basu performed his solo set at the Dragonfly in Hollywood,CA on Feb 28.
Also on the bill was Project Steiger. Check
out the photos from the show. Intervue records on myspace does an interview with Jeff Berlin, Michael Elsner and Joy Basu. Click here to read the interviews.
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Jan 21/2007
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Bratz
board games lisenced Joy Basu's music for promotional use. Once again, India's leading newspaper The Statesman, does a write up on Joy Basu. Click here to read the article. Pictures from NAMM 2007 have been posted in the photo gallery.
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Dec 21/2006
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Joy
Basu's music has been lisenced and used by The Bravo Network for several
episodes of Workout, by Direct TV for several episodes of Championship Gaming
Invitational, and by Versus network for several episodes of Holy
@#*!.
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Dec 15/2006
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On Dec 14th Joy Basu performed his solo set at Heat Nightclub in San Diego, CA.
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Dec 02/2006
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On
Dec 1st Joy Basu performed with Pop Electronica artist Kotoko at Yokohama
Arena in Japan. The 3 1/2 hr live concert will soon be available on DVD.
On Nov 17 Joy Basu performed a solo set at Sevilla nightclub in Riverside, CA. Pic on left. Joy's original music has recently aired on German radio and Japanese television.
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Nov 06/2006
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On Nov. 4 Joy Basu performed his solo set at The So Cal Bhangra Bash 3. The set consisted of his originals, Mashups of high energy House, Rock, Hip-Hop, top 40 and Bhangra Remixes. Pic on left:
Joy Basu at So Cal Bhangra Bash 3. For
more pictures click here. |
Nov 01/2006
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On Oct. 26 Joy Basu performed with live electronica act Icon Underground at the Cabana Club in Hollywood Ca. Pic on right:Abstract
and Joy Basu before hitting the stage at the Cabana Club. Check
out the photos from the show.
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Oct 17/2006
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Access Hollywood has licensed and used one of Joy's Indian influenced electronica trax for several episodes. |
Oct 12/2006
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Joy Basu's tack, Underworld, is on Beta Records Electronica Compilation Vol 2. Other artists on the CD include Icon Underground, DJ Aaron Michael, Leonti and more. |
Sep 18/2006
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On
Sep 14, Joy Basu performed with live electronica act, Icon Underground,
at The Knitting Factory in Hollywood, CA. Pic on left: Joy Basu and David Alexander. |
Sep 03/2006
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On
Aug 31, Joy Basu performed his solo electronica mashup set at the Mountain
Bar in Los Angeles, CA. Pic on left: Dancer Jewel n Joy rockin' out!! For more pics click here. |
Aug 22/2006
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Two
of Joy Basu's Electronic Rock tracks have been licensed by TLC/Discovery
Channel and used for several episodes of Beyond the Bull. |
Aug 17/2006
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Online guitar resource guitarjam.net kicks off their first issue with Joy Basu as guitarist of the month. Click here to read the interview with Joy. |
Aug 13/2006
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On
Aug 4, DJ Attila and Joy Basu did an Electronica set at The 310 Lounge in
Santa Monica, CA. On Aug 9 they performed a similar set at Blowfish in West
Hollywood, CA. Pic on left: DJ Attila, Joy Basu and Claudine ROCKIN' out The 310 Lounge. For more pics click here. |
July 17/2006
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Entertainment presents Joy Basu's music on the show Kill Reality. Artists for Charity CD is now available. Over 18 international artists come together to help raise awareness of underprivileged kids in need! ALL net proceeds are donated to World Vision and their causes. Joy does a guest solo on the 1st track, Guitarists 4 The Kids.
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Artists
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June 22/2006
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India's
leading newspaper, The Statesman, published a 1/2 page artice on Joy on
May 26. Click
here to read the article. Joy Basu appears on VH1's "Behind the Music" with Nick Lachey.
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May 16/2006
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One
of Joy Basu's trax was licensed and used by the The E! Channel for the show
Taradise, starring Tara Reid. One of Joy's trax is on rotation on The Best Damn Sports Period Show. Joy Basu co-wrote, and produced the song Rush on Mimi Rossi's CD, Listen to the Music. Joy does a guest solo on the Rogosonic CD, created by Stephen Ross and Ron Cannella. Other guest players on the CD include Rusty Cooley and Toshi Iseda.
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Mimi Rossi - Listen to the Music  Rogosonic CD |
April
10/2006
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Warner Bros.
recently licensed one of Joy Basu's songs for their blockbuster film,
Poseidon, directed by Wolfgang Petersen, starring Josh Lucas and Kurt
Russell. The movie is scheduled to hit the theaters across USA May 12/06. The Bravo Network has licensed and used one of Joy Basu's trax for the show Blow Out.
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Feb 14/2006
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On Feb 11 Joy Basu performed 2 sets at the Passage in Hollywood, CA. The 1st set was a solo set of live elecetronica remixes/mashups with shreddin' guitars. The 2nd set was a Top 40 Dance Remix Live set with the Basher (Speak No Evil, Malcolm in the Middle) on Drums. |
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Dec 13/2005
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On Dec 10 Joy Basu performed with international super star DJ CB Shaw and live remixer Jesus D Homewrecker in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Joy Basu co-wrote, performed and produced the track Rock This on Jeff Bowder's double bass drumming instructional DVD. Jeff's credits include Paul Gilbert, David Lee Roth, T.J. Helmerich, Memento, Michael Angelo, and Joy Basu. Get your copy here.
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Oct 16/2005
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On Oct 15, Joy Basu performed his electronica set on the runway during The Fuse Fashion Show in Los Angeles, CA. On left Joy
Basu and fashion model Auria
Herrera. |
Oct 10/2005
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Four of Joy's songs have been licensed by the TV Guide Channel and used on four episodes of Seeing Stars. The Sci-fi Channel licensed one of Joy's tracks for four episodes of Master Blasters. |
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Sept 13/2005
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On Sep 10 Joy Basu performed an electronica set at the Slam Jam Party in Hollywood,CA. The Real Desi, a new website all about Desi issues, news, fashion etc. has a streaming audio interview with Joy. Click here to check it out. Joy's song
Deadline originally released on Shrapnel Records in 1991 has recently
been used on Japanese television.
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July 10/2005
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On July 9 Joy Basu did a clinic/performance at Tom Lee Music in Vancouver, Canada. On July 2, Joy Basu performed with Geneon artist Kotoko at the Amine convention in Anaheim CA. |
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June 26/2005
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On June 23,
Joy Basu did a clinic on music business and performed a 25 min electronica
set at Dekarr Music in Pasadena, CA. The set consisted of Joy's latest
original trax along with Joy's remixes and mega mixes of Crystal Method,
Hybrid, Brooklyn Bounce, Whitesnake, Bon Jovi, Ozzy, Van Halen and more. |
May 04/2005
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Recent online
interviews and columns: Joy has been in the studio creating new tracks. The soundbytes page has been updated, now consisting of over 50 trax. Here are a few samples: Clubotics
- Mp3 All music
copyrighted to Basu Music. |
Feb 04/2005
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Joy Basu
does a guest solo on guitarist Greg
Marra's Collective Disorder CD. The tastefull melodic shred instrumental
CD features amazing guitar work by Greg and Glen Sobel on drums. A must
for all guitar fanatics. Joy's music from has recently aired on Australian radio program Fret Net. Joy Basu appears in the 30th anniversary ESP guitar catalog. |
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Jan 25/2005
 Lizzy, Joy and Marten at NAMM. |
Mississippi's
newspaper, Sun Herald, has an interview/story with Joy Basu. Click
here to read.
Photos from
the NAMM show 2005 have been added to the photo gallery. |
Jan 04/2005
 Kotoko |
Joy Basu recently performed the following dates in Japan with Geneon electronic rock artist, Kotoko: 12/19/04
- Sapporo The Tokyo
shows will air on Japanese TV and soon be available on DVD. |
September
04/2004
 Jennifer Hennacy and Joy Basu got married on July 24. Highly acclaimed Indian newspaper, Hindustan Times, did a story on Joy Basu. Click here to read the interview/story.
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June
06/2004
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Joy
Basu's recent TV dates with Tamyra Gray have been: |
May
29/2004
 Joy Basu with Tamyra Gray on The Jay Leno Show |
On
May 28 Joy Basu performed
with 19 Recodings artist, Tamyra Gray, on The Tonight Show. On May 25 Joy performed with Tamyra Gray, on The Ryan Seacrest Show. |
April
19/2004
 Joy Basu with Jessica Simpson on The Apprenctice |
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April 15 Joy Basu was on Donanld Trump's realitly show, The Apprenctice. Joy Basu's Indian trance music has recently aired on Stanford University's WKZU 90.1 FM. Guitars101.com forum posted a recent interview with Joy Basu. Read the interview. Music Connection, LA #1 music trade magazine, interviewed Joy and several other musicians about becoming a side man. |
March
16/2004
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Joy
Basu scored,produced, and performed music for a documentary on making
of Master and Commander starring Russell Crowe. Listen to the
intro: Maximum
Command. Joy was a behind the scenes guitar coach for VH1's new reality show You Rock With... Desiclub.com publishes an interview with Joy. Check out the interview along with other Desi related entertainment. On Feb.5 Indian newspaper, Tehelka, released a story on Joy Basu. Read the interview. |
January
22/2004
 Picture used by ESP for their catalog and wall at the NAMM booth. |
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January
06/2004
 Joy Basu 
Back to the Future Vol. 2 |
Joy Basu's
guitar work can be heard on Carbon Addict's breakbeat remake of New
Years Day, originally by U2. The track is available as a single and
on the compilation CD, Back to the Future 80's Vol. 2, released by
Topaz Records. Other artists on the compilation CD include Charles
Feelgood, DJ Irene and more. |
December
23/2003
 Joy Basu with Jessica Simpson on The Tonight Show |
On
December 19 Joy Basu performed with Jessica Simpson on the Tonight Show.
Vid caps from the show have been added to the Photo
Gallery and a mpg on the Videos
page. Joy
Basu speaks openly with Guitarhoo! about his early years, tour experiences,
latest release "SinErgy" and more. The Guitarhoo! web site also has links
to, and information about many pro and upcoming guitarists. Read
the interview on Guitarhoo! by Slang. |
December
09/2003
 Joy Basu on Desi USA TV |
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December 6 Joy Basu was a featured artist on the show Desi USA TV. The 10
min segment on Joy included live footage and an interview. |
October
28 /2003
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On
Oct 25 Joy Basu performed with Jessica Simpson at The The Taj Mahal
Casino in Atlantic City.
Picture on left: Joy Basu and Joe Abbatantuono with Jessica Simpson at The Xanadu in The Taj Mahal. More pictures from the show in the Photo Gallery. Thanx to Colleen0810 for providing the live Atlantic City photos. |
October
12 /2003
 Joy Basu and Ashlie Brillault From The Lizzie McGuire Show. |
On
Oct 11 Joy Basu performed with Jessica Simpson at The Too-Palooza festival
in San Diego CA. The bill consisted of teen star Aaron Carter, Mandy
Moore and more. The event was hosted by Aaron Carter, Ashlee Simpson
and Ashlie Brillault from The Lizzie McGuire show.
Footage from Joy's recent shows have been added to the videos page. |
September
29 /2003
 Jessica Simpson |
On
Sept 27 Joy Basu performed with Jessica Simpson in Louisville, KY.
On Sept 24 Joy performed with Jessica Simpson at The Operation Smile Benefit Party. The event was held in Beverly Hills CA. Also performing was Barry Manilow. |
September
22 /2003
 Joy Basu and Xavier Marshall with Jessica Simspon at The Taste of Boston. |
On
Sept 21 Joy Basu performed with Jessica Simpson at The Taste of Boston
in Boston, MA. Also performing was The Sugar Hill Gang, DJ Sammy and
more.
On Sept 20 Joy performed with Jessica Simpson at The Athletes and Entertainers For Kids Benefit Party. The event was hosted by Shaquille O'Neal took place in Santa Monica, CA. |
September
13 /2003
 Jessica Simpson |
On
Sept 12 Joy Basu performed with Jessica Simpson on The Last Call with
Carson Daly Show.
Electronic artist, Carbon Addict, recently used Joy's pre-recorded guitar trax for live performances in Romania and California. |
September
09/2003
Joy
Basu's instrumental "Thrillseeker" has been liscensed
and is on rotation on FOX sports' "The Best Damn Sports Show
Period."