What happens then, when four of Vancouver's best world-beat DJs team up with world-renowned musicians, singers, dancers and producers? When ancient musical traditions unite with modern electronica?

As Beats Without Borders, Nils, Lady Ra, Tarun and Adrian have been creating some of Vancouver's most magical nights downtown each month, and now it's time for the Beats Without Borders Jericho Mix. Get ready for a transcontinental journey from the ambience of a starry night in a desert caravan, to a street party in old Havana, to a wedding celebration in Delhi, and the party has only just begun.

Drawing together years of travel, study and performance, they're a fiery quartet with a passion for live music, dance and performance.

Nils, a music collector and event organizer is known for his signature Faeries & Fools Costume Carnival on the Sunshine Coast of BC. Attendance has grown exponentially over the years, as top international DJs and performers get together with a most receptive audience in a beautiful outdoor setting.

Lady Ra emerged via CFRU 93.3 fm, Guelph, Ontario, where her work in radio shows and local parties honed her skills and expanded her music selections to include a world of music. She's explored the traditional roots of music during her travels in Asia and she brings these roots to the collective, weaving old and new world sounds into tapestries reflecting all four corners of the earth.

Adrian began as a radio DJ in Washington State and he's now involved in Alchemy, Dojo and BLIST, projects drawing on his skills as a musician, producer and DJ. As a performer, he believes music has magical and healing qualities.

Tarun studies tabla with a master in India, and performs all over the world, experimenting with fusion and electronica, grounded in North Indian classical music.

Collectively, Beats Without Borders present us with a gorgeous palette of musical pleasures: funked-out afrobeats, sensual middle-eastern bellydancing and cherry-picked morsels from the Asian underground. As the groove moves, watch for some surprises as other artists join in. This jam will groove the party, anywhere, anytime.

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