{"id":48,"date":"2008-08-23T11:41:12","date_gmt":"2008-08-23T15:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/handbagdujour.com\/?p=495"},"modified":"2008-10-20T12:04:09","modified_gmt":"2008-10-20T16:04:09","slug":"lokahs-the-ivy-ceiling-cd-launch-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/2008\/08\/lokahs-the-ivy-ceiling-cd-launch-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Lokah&#8217;s The Ivy Ceiling CD Launch Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/uma-nanda-saraswati-sting-trudie-styler-and-sri-michael-shlofmitz-attend-the-ivy-ceiling-album-launch-party-at-the-bruno-jamais-restaurant-club.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-496\" title=\"uma-nanda-saraswati-sting-trudie-styler-and-sri-michael-shlofmitz-attend-the-ivy-ceiling-album-launch-party-at-the-bruno-jamais-restaurant-club\" src=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/uma-nanda-saraswati-sting-trudie-styler-and-sri-michael-shlofmitz-attend-the-ivy-ceiling-album-launch-party-at-the-bruno-jamais-restaurant-club.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"264\" \/><\/a>Much of life in New York City is spent waiting. Waiting for the train, waiting for a table, or waiting in some sort of line. Last night was no different. Even though I was on the guest list for <strong>Lokah<\/strong>&#8216;s <em>The Ivy Ceiling<\/em> CD Launch Party, I had to wait. And wait. And wait! But once inside, it was well worth it.<\/p>\n<p>Held at the ultra-chic Bruno Jamais Restaurant Club, guests were treated to hors d&#8217;oeuvres and champagne, while mingling and listening to the laid-back sounds of Lokah. VIP&#8217;s included everyone from <strong>Russell Simmons<\/strong> and <strong>Sting<\/strong>, (and moi), and of course, the guests of honor. Lokah is the collective creation of two artists&#8211; Sri Michael Shlofmitz and Uma Nanda Saraswati. The duo&#8217;s debut release, <em>The Ivy Ceiling<\/em>, fuses Indian Kirtan with modern music, resulting in smooth yet heavily textured beats and sounds. The album features the vocals of Sting on the track, &#8220;Ma Durga&#8221;, and a spoken word introduction by Russell Simmons. Also on the album are Roderick and Anisa Romero of the Seattle based underground band, Sky Cries Mary, are featured on backing vocals.<\/p>\n<p>For sample tracks of <em>The Ivy Ceiling<\/em>, or to learn more about Lokah, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/ www.lokahmusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">LokahMusic.com<\/a> and to purchase The Ivy Ceiling click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Ivy-Ceiling\/dp\/B0019MKRMY\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Wireimage\/Mark Von Holden<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/uma-nanda-saraswati-and-sting.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-497\" title=\"uma-nanda-saraswati-and-sting\" src=\"http:\/\/handbagdujour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/uma-nanda-saraswati-and-sting-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/trudie-styler-and-sting.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-498\" title=\"trudie-styler-and-sting\" src=\"http:\/\/handbagdujour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/trudie-styler-and-sting-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/boxer-bj-flores.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-499\" title=\"boxer-bj-flores\" src=\"http:\/\/handbagdujour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/boxer-bj-flores-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/whatshaute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/sri-michael-shlofmitz.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-500\" title=\"sri-michael-shlofmitz\" src=\"http:\/\/handbagdujour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/sri-michael-shlofmitz-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Much of life in New York City is spent waiting. Waiting for the train, waiting for a table, or waiting in some sort of line. Last night was no different. Even though I was on the guest list for Lokah&#8216;s The Ivy Ceiling CD Launch Party, I had to wait. And wait. And wait! But [&hellip;]<a href=\"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/2008\/08\/lokahs-the-ivy-ceiling-cd-launch-party\/\" title=\" Read More \u00bb &laquo;Lokah's The Ivy Ceiling CD Launch Party&raquo;\" class=\"more-link\"> Read More \u00bb <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,356],"tags":[17565,17612],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85,"href":"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48\/revisions\/85"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/WhatsHaute.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}