FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Artist/Producer, Nabin Laskar, announces the release of the remix EP for Brooklyn Shanti's "Sobriety" via label Someplace Called Brooklyn, available for pre-save currently and download/streaming on all DSPs September 9, 2022 courtesy of Soulspazm Digital Distribution.

"Sobriety" is a duet between Laskar and Someplace Called Brooklyn label-mate, Circe Muse. It first appeared on the 2020 Brooklyn Shanti release, Yoga Trap, (Someplace Called Brooklyn) which was scheduled to coincide with the festival release of feature length documentary film Nasima: The Most Fearless, Directed and Produced by filmmaker / photographer Heather Kessinger for PhotoSF / FIreglory, in Spring 2020. Although Yoga Trap was commercially released, the Nasima film’s festival launch was delayed until early 2022 due to pandemic festival cancellations. Since its world premiere in late 2021, the film has won awards at festivals reaching across India, the Middle East, throughout Europe and Canada, even being awarded “Best Documentary” at Atlanta Docufest this year.

While Laskar’s journey embodies the story of being the first Bengali in hip hop culture to rise to international acclaim as a rapper/producer and DJ both with the renowned DJ/Producer Sean Dinsmore’s Dum Dum Project and as the creative force behind Brooklyn Shanti; Nasima Akter, Kessinger's subject in the documentary named after her, shares a familiarity: She is the first female Bengali Surfer. Following in suit, Kessinger is the first Director and Producer tracking both of their journeys, and has brought the two young Bengali trend-setters and social icons together, working with them under her The Most Fearless banner.

"The song is aspirational, it’s about the dreams in the real life stories of the people in Heather's film," comments Laskar, "my dreams are Bengali-American driven, but in the song I’m discussing the sobriety of entering into an agreement with yourself where you allow those dreams to come to you at all in the first place, a moment of clarity - that’s where we’re all adjoined in our overarching Bengali, and beyond that, human experiences - I’m trying to talk to all of us from my own personal perspective of sober self-empowerment."

Nasima: The Most Fearless was created from a succinctly feminest perspective. In the studio, co-writer and vocalist, Circe Muse, led the process by first laying down the outline of the song’s foundations in sparsely sung lyrical passages, which in turn created the melody at any given moment. Says Laskar, “First Circe would feel out what part of the song we’re at and then paint in lyrics to create the narrative structure - an emotional underpinning aligned with the film’s story,” he continues, “then she would ask me to fill in the gaps, allowing me the space for me to speak from my heart and experience while she held the reigns of the narrative patterns and chapters of the story, she would cut back in with her voice and shift the moods into the direction she felt necessary.”

"Sobriety" makes its appearance in Kessinger's film at a pinnacle moment on the narrative journey of the characters in her documentary. "Heather's film raises discussion points around things people outside of Bengali culture, specifically in Bangladesh, do not cast a glance towards in most cases," adds Laskar while commenting around his production approach, "I’m mixing what I learned in producing and writing trap music for other artists in Atlanta, so I mixed that approach with the sounds and spiritual underpinnings from South Asian Indian culture with a focus on me defining what Yoga Trap is as a musical genre.”

As the film continues through 2022 on the festival circuit, Laskar and Kessinger have teamed up to create a mixtape series entitled Fearless. A first installment entitled Fearless Volume 01: The Nasima Mixtape is currently in production, featuring an east-meets-west fusion which sees Bollywood, Bengali, and American stars collaborating in a way which has helped define the Brooklyn Shanti sound over the last decade. Fearless Volume 01 is scheduled for release at the beginning of 2023 via PhotoSF and Someplace Called Brooklyn.

About Nasima: The Most Fearless
‘Heroes break down barriers. Nasima is a hero worth following in Heather Kessinger's seminal work about this young woman with a dream. "Nasima: The Most Fearless" is a multiple grant award winner including from the American Documentary Film Fund. Share in Nasima's joy, ride on her gentle breeze as she glides along the surf achieving her dream.’ - Teddy Grouya (American Documentary Film Festival)

About Brooklyn Shanti
Brooklyn Shanti is a multi-disciplinary music and art project led by Nabin Laskar (Shanti), aka The One Shanti (the1shanti). Shanti is a Bengali-American artist/producer best known for his work in pioneering South Asian hip-hop between the late 90’s to present day as well as his contributions to the evolution of Tropical and Global Bass. He is a vocalist and DJ on stage, and a producer/director/cinematographer/songwriter and composer/visual artist off the stage. As the only consistent "member" of Brooklyn Shanti, Laskar incorporates the efforts of collaborators in order to form the "band" alongside him, which varies from release to release. Laskar is a multi-instrumentalist which often results in solo "one man band" work under the moniker as well. More information at www.brooklynshanti.com

About Heather Kessinger
Award winning Director, Producer and Filmmaker, Heather Kessinger, is working on a series of films that tell the untold stories of women, their place within their religion and culture, and their otherwise unknown impact on society and the world. Nasima: The Most Fearless is her current feature length film. More information at www.nasimafilm.com

About Someplace Called Brooklyn
> Founded & managed by Nathan Nabin Laskar, Someplace Called Brooklyn is a Brooklyn-based boutique art curation, media production, music licensing and event management firm. The firm enlists cultural curators and media producers from across the globe in an effort to create collaborative environments between artists, brands, and distributors which make sense. More information at www.someplacecalledbrooklyn.com Critical Praise: “…totally addictive – the rhythms and harmonies just sound amazing, and the sum of the parts is: you donʼt want it to end. Ever.” - Bollyspice.com

“…we need a new word to describe Shantiʼs music…Shanti aims to make music that people will fall in love with...” – India Currents

“…he isn't concerned with whether his music will make top 10 lists. He's more concerned with whether or not it will last forever.” - NPR