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November 22, 2008, 8:20 AM |
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Ride it out Monday 21st January |
| 21 Jan, 2008 |
After nearly a year after being leaked to the internet, "Ride it" has finally hit the streets with a full cd and digital release in the UK.
After the video getting will in excess of 1 million plays, the track has had fantastic support from bbc radio 1, capital, kiss, galaxy, choice, BBC 1xtra, bbc asian network, club asia plus various stations up and down the country. The video has also been battered on the Box, Kiss TV, MTV Base, Bubble Hits, Channel U, Fizz, Smash Hits tv plus more.
The single can be bought from HMV and all good record stores as well as itunes from now.
The video can also be downloaded from itunes also.
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Jay Sean is back |
| 28 Sep, 2007 |
Jay Sean is back. He co-presents the drive time show on BBC Asian Network with Adil Ray before embarking on his first UK mini tour for three years.
The show (broadcast Friday 28th Sept) will preview tracks from Jay’s latest album "My own way’ which is finally finished and ready to go.
A snippet of the video to Jay Sean’s new single "Ride it" can be seen on You Tube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y1kWxTqWXM). However, you can get the whole video on mobile by texting MV RIDE to 80160.
Keep up to date with all the Jay Sean activity check 2point9.com as well as jaysean.com ... also, check the 2point9 myspace and you tube sites .. and jay sean’s myspace site too ....
And you can pre-order the download of Jay Sean’s new single "Ride it" by texting RIDEIT to 78789 (UK and Eire only)
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Jay Sean shoots video |
| 27 Sep, 2007 |
Jay Sean shot his video for "Ride it" in Club Movida in London last month. Featuring West Ham striker Freddie Ljundberg’s girlfriend Anara Atanes as the leading lady, a raft of colourful characters, plus a troupe of Swedish dancers flown over from Stockholm, the video is the perfect follow up to where Jay left off with "Stolen" ....
A snippet of the video can be found on youtube. However, to get the video exclusively on mobile, text MV RIDEIT to 80160 (UK and Eire)
More pictures from the video shoot will be available on 2Point9.com ... 2Point9 myspace and jay sean myspace very soon.
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Jay Sean website back live ... |
| 27 Sep, 2007 |
Jay Sean’s website www.jaysean.com is set to go back live again Friday 28th Sept.
The website was taken down temporarily for updating .. and also because the forum was being abused by cyber spammers. As a result, all Jay’s web activity was channeled through his myspace.
The new website will initially go up in skeleton form .. launching fully in October 2007. We are looking to give away an exclusive track from Jay Sean in the forthcoming weeks to all people who sign up to the new website so check it out at www.jaysean.com
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RISHI RICH PROJECT HIT OZ |
| 18 May, 2006 |
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Rishi Rich, Juggy D, Jay Sean and Veronica hit the southern hemisphere for the first time when they embarked on a four-date tour of Australia and New Zealand in April. The tour kicked off in Auckland, where the crew played to a 1,000 strong crowd at the ASB Stadium, before heading to Perth, Sydney and Melbourne. Rishi Rich says: “It was a great opportunity for us to play to a brand new audience and they received us really well. The gigs were sold out and the crowds were lively and knew all our songs, which was a good feeling for all of us.” You can see what went down on the road in a photo gallery, plus watch exclusive behind-the-scenes video footage. For more information on 2Point9 tours and performances, visit our Live section. |
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ALL OUT FOR INDIA |
| 1 May, 2006 |
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Jay Sean is to feature in a two-part BBC documentary All Out For India to be screened on BBC1 on June 7th & 8th at 9Pm. The documentary, which was filmed in March, follows Jay and a host of other celebrities including Chris Evans, Phil Tufnel, Dermot O’Leary and Nick Hancock as they take part in a cricket tour to India as part of the BBC’s annual Sport Relief fundraising project. Jay was deeply moved by the experience: “Going to India as part of this charity project was one of the most eye opening and mind opening experiences I've been through yet. It was a mixture of tears and laughter - and that’s not just a description of my cricketing performance!” “Some of the things that will stick with me are the faces of the little kids as they lit up on our arrival and how, for just a few hours, they were removed from the harsh reality in which they live. It made me realise just what a difference we can make. If last year we raised £16 million, this year I hope we raise even more so that those kids we visited can benefit from money which could change their lives forever and not just a day.” Jay admits his cricket skills are lacking: “The trip taught me something very unexpected Not that I’m crap at cricket because I knew that already! But I gained something a lot more valuable. To take pity on those who we may see as under-privelged is patronising but I saw passion and immense courage in these kids and thought that we could learn a thing or two from their strength and character.” Jay is looking forward to watching the documentary when it airs and says: “I was honoured to be a part of it. I'll be running the Sainsbury’s mile for Sport Relief and you guys should too!” |
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Rishi Rich on MTV |
| 12 Apr, 2006 |
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Rishi Rich is set to appear on MTV's Brand Spanking New Show. The show is set to broadcast on May 8th at 7pm on MTV base as part of the Spanking New Music Week. The performance, recorded live in Dublin last month, features Rishi Rich, Jay Sean, Juggy D and JD. The tracks performed include the new single Push it Up (Aaja Kurieh), Stomp and Flipmode taken from the forthcoming Rishi Rich album "The Project". The show also featured Sway (pictured with Rishi and Jay), Fun D Mental andMpho Skeef. More details of the show can be found on the MTV Brand Spanking New website.
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Jay Sean goes to India to play cricket |
| 11 Apr, 2006 |
Jay Sean recently flew to India with a bunch of celebrities to take part in sport relief’s ’balls for india’ campaign. Travelling with him werethe likes of Chris Evans, Harry Judd from Mc Fly, cricketer Phil Tufnell, Patrick Kieltey, Nick Hankock (from question of sport) and former west indian cricket legend Alvin Kalicharan. The crew went South of Chennai to the area worst hit by the Tsunami to give help to the victims down there before heading up to Mumbai to play a celebrity cricket match versus a Bollywood XI which included Suniel Shetty, Arbaaz Khan, Ashmit Patel, Mahesh Manjerkar, Ritiesh Deshmukh, Aftab Shivdasani, Rahul Dev and Upen Patel. The bollywood team scored 221 runs whereas the sport relief team was all ourt for 116 runs. The programme can be seen as two one-hour BBC1 documentaries due to be shown on Saturday 27th May and Monday 29th May (tbc). The exat dates and times of broadcast will be updated on this site in due course. More information can be found on the Sport Relief Website.
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2point9 crew visits Puerto Rico |
| 10 Apr, 2006 |
Things seem to have been a bit quiet on the 2Point9 front as of late. Not true at all. The whole crew have been mad busy working on new stuff which is due to drop real soon. Rishi Rich is puting the finishing touches to his forthcoming album due in late June. He recently shot a video in Puerto Rico with Jay Sean, Juggy D and a load of puerto rican party people. Jay Sean and Juggy D are also working on new stuff. Plus the whole crew are woking on a join project with the kings of reggaeton Luny Tunes in Puerto Rico (photo - rishi and luny tunes in the studio) which will see the 2Point9 crew feature with a load of reggaeton producers and artists and producers in the maddest of mash up albums called "bhangraton - the best of both worlds" due for release in the USA and the UK in late Summer. Check the mas flow website for more details. 
At the same time, all our websites are due for a major overhaul. The 2Point9 site is due to relaunch in early May. This will contain l oads of video clips pix of live dates (miami trip, australian tour, jakarta, Juggy D and Veronica's US tour), video shoot in puerto rico, blogs from the whole crew so you can catch them on a day to day vibe, podcasts, a jukebox with all the lastest 2Point9 sounds plus more tracks from albums we are feeling at the moment plus loads more. So watch this space. And to ensure that you receive information first hand from the new website (competitions, exclusive video clips and music etc), make sure you register here.
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The 2Point9 Digital Download shop is finally open |
| 21 Dec, 2005 |
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Finally you can get all your 2Point9 music on-line at the 2Point9 digital download shop. Stocked with all the album releases to date, 2006 will see the shop expand to give you one-off singles, exclusive tracks plus you will also be able to download the latest videos as well as exclusive never seen before video clips from the crew and their jaunts across the globe. Check the MP3 and video store here.
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Mentor Kolektiv album hits Number 1 |
| 16 Dec, 2005 |
The Mentor Kolektiv album has hit Xmas Number 1 in the official BBC Asian Network album Chart. The album "Broke" which was released in November is a hat trick for 2Point9 albums in the asian network chart top spot with Juggy D hitting the peak in September 2004 and Veronica hitting the top spot in May. The hilarious video for "Broke" has just been added to the MTV base playlist and will soon be be added to Channel U. The track was No 1 on the asian network chart a couple of weeks before but was knocked off the top spot for a week before regaining the peak position for Christmas.
You can also vote for 2Point9 artists in the BBC Asian network top 100 tracks of the year. Juggy D "Kohl aaja (come closer)", Veronica "Dil Lageya" , "Sajna" and "Hey Ya" and Mentor Kolektiv "Broke", "Pasand" and "Any Girl" are up for the chart. You can vote for your favourite track here. |
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2Point9 boss in MTV Documentry |
| 4 Apr, 2005 |
2Point9 boss Billy Grant is to appear in the MTV Documentary “Get Real” which airs in the UK w/c Monday 4th April and will be repeated throughout the month of April. The programme goes into a school in Stoke Newington and shows various music industry execs showing how traditional subjects such as maths etc can be applied in the music industry. In Billy’s class he becomes the maths teacher, turning the maths class into a record label and working together with the kids on putting out an imaginary record ... Keeping everything within budget.
The programme concludes with a performance from UK Hip Hop artist Kano. For more information on Get Real
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Racists disrupt Veronica shoot |
| 18 Mar, 2005 |
Veronica’s video shoot for her forthcoming album Theen was disrupted as racist yobs hurled abuse at the crew
The Eastern Eye reported how the crew suffered abuse on the set in Bermondsey.
The video features THREE Veronica tracks (Dil Lageya, Sajana and Hey Ya). The album tracks have already started to get heat from Bobby & Nihal at Radio 1, Panjabi Hit Squad at 1xtra, Rishi Rich Project on Kiss, Club Asia and BBC Asian Network .. Plus more.
The video is set to drop 1st April and Veronica will be artist of the month of B4U for the whole of April.
For more information on Veronica's album click here
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Juggy D and Jin hit the airwaves with Kohl Aja (Come Closer) |
| 16 Mar, 2005 |
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Straight off the back of Akheer, Juggy D is back with another smash. Teaming up with Ruff Ryder’s Chinese rapper Jin, Kohl Aaja is a reworking of the club smash Dil Di Rani. Already picked up by Bobby n Nihal on Radio 1, Panjabi Hit Squad on 1xtra, Rishi Rich Project on Kiss, Club Asia and BBC Asian network, Kohl Aaja is set to blow. The track which will be made available in April on Juggy D’s repackaged album. |
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