14.5.2008
by Alex Newman
Sri
Lankan born singer Alston Koch acclaimed by Glenn. A Baker
(International & Australasian Rock Historian ) as
the purveyor of 'Disco &
Soul' music in Australia leaves this weekend for concerts
throughout India.
6 Bollywood trained Indian dancers will accompany Alston
through Mumbai,
Delhi and Bangalore in a 'live' theatrical musical production
event.
Alston
will also re-release his BMG/Crescendo album 'Alston Inc'
during this
period and will be a special guest on the world famous
'Bollywood' circuit
with support from MTV (India)
Having
signed to CREATIVE VIBES records in Australasia(A.R.I.A
winner & the
most innovative 'online' & distribution recording
label in these times) and
Powerush in Europe a special music-video will also be
commissioned during
this tour for release later in the year in India which
is fast becoming a
major market for almost anything these days.
Alston
first toured India in 1970 with the Sri Lankan based group
'The
Jetliners' and later performed there for the Taj Mahal
Hotel circuit with
his band DARK TAN in 1980 & 1983 and then as a solo
artiste in 1992 and
later in 1994 & 1999 when he released his second album
in India called 'Move
to the Rhythm' on BMG/Crescendo.
The
Australian Cricket Team were special guests when Steve
Waugh & Shane
Warne helped launch this album via satellite to the world
from Alston's
theme restaurant 'The Rock Café' in 1999 at Colombo
via MTV Asia before his
last promotional tour of India and the World. Alston took
a 'sabbatical' of
almost a decade immediately after, although having ignored
live performances
from 1994 to 2007.
This
launch can be seen on Alston's website: www.alstonkoch.com
check
'album launch' in 'VIDEO' section of website.
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