DJ HMD / DR. HMD
DJ HMD · Nasha 2000 · 2000
DJ HMD is Harman Dhillon, a Canadian DJ, music producer and multimedia artist based in Vancouver. His work moves between Punjabi music, hip-hop, electronic production and the culture of the remix.
Beginning in the late 1990s, HMD built a catalogue around the space between musical worlds. Punjabi voices met West Coast rhythms. Later projects moved into jazz, funk, trip-hop, house and psychedelic electronics.
Training in sound engineering and recording arts informed a practice that now spans music production, sound design, video, editing and visual media. The shift from DJ HMD to DR. HMD marks the next stage of that practice, with Nasha Overdose on the horizon.
Before mashups became algorithms,
they were made by hand.
The early DJ years. Learning the room, collecting sounds and finding a connection between Punjabi music and West Coast hip-hop.
Nasha and Totally Tulli arrive. The first chapters in a catalogue built around Punjabi voices, hip-hop production and the possibilities of the remix.
Explore this chapterTotally Tulli 2 carries the early energy forward, as the archive of remixes continues to grow.
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Mix This, Auditory Hallucination, WTF It’s Bollywood? move between jazz, funk, trance, house and Punjabi remix culture.
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Nasha Detox brings hip-hop and trip-hop into a more reflective chapter of the series.
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Jutt Cowboy opens a new chapter. DJ HMD evolves into DR. HMD, with Nasha Overdose on the horizon.
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