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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
| Namename = The Dhol Foundation
| Imgimage =Johnny Kalsi 2.jpg
| Img_captcaption = TDF founder [[Johnny Kalsi]]
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| Landscape background = group_or_band
| Backgroundalias = group_or_band
| Birth_nameorigin = [[London]], [[Birmingham]], [[England]]
| Alias instrument =
| Born genre = [[Bhangra (music)|Bhangra]], [[Ambient Music]]
| Died occupation =
| years_active = 1989–present
| Origin = [[London]], [[Birmingham]], [[England]]<br/>[[Toronto]], [[Canada]]
| Instrumentlabel = Shakti Records
| Voice_type associated_acts =
| Genrewebsite = [[Bhangra]], [[Ambient= Music]]
| Occupation current_members =
| URL past_members = ▼
| Years_active = [[1989 in music|1989]]&ndash;present
| Label = Shakti Records
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'''The Dhol Foundation''' is both a dhol drum institute in [[London]] and a musical group playing [[bhangra]] music. The [[dhol]] school was founded in 1989 by former [[Alaap (band)|Alaap]] member [[Johnny Kalsi]] when several musicians asked him to be their teacher, and a first album was released by Kalsi and his students in 2001 .
 
Dhol drums are a traditional percussion instrument from the [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]] province in the north of [[India]], from which Kalsi originates. In London he experimented with dance beats and electronic music, which he mixes with the traditional bhangra style in his albums.
 
TheyTheir havemusic hadhas theirbeen musicfeatured in Hollywood films such as ''[[Gangs of New York]]'' and ''[[The Incredible Hulk (film)|The Incredible Hulk]]'', alsoand have done work on soundtracksworked with ''[[Peter Gabriel]]'' on filmsthe suchsoundtrack asto the film ''[[Rabbit-Proof Fence (film)|Rabbit-Proof Fence]]'' and ''[[The Last Temptation of Christ]]''. They opened the [[Commonwealth Games]] in Melbourne in 2006.
 
TDF have performed at [[World of Music, Arts and Dance|WOMAD]] many times.
TDF have a connection to [[Womad]], as they own the copyright to all of their songs, and they have also performed at Womad many times of the past few years. In fact, in the past two years, they have played at [[Womad Reading]] twice, despite not being scheduled to appear either time.
Although officially released in 2005, 200 pre-release 'festival edition' copies of the album ''Drum-Believable'' were available forto those who attended [[Womad Reading]] in 2004 as a festival edition. These are now a rarity.▼
 
▲Although officially released in 2005, 200 pre-release 'festival edition' copies the album ''Drum-Believable'' were available for those who attended [[Womad Reading]] in 2004 as a festival edition. These are now a rarity.
 
==Discography==
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*2007: ''[[Drums 'n' Roses]]''
*2010: ''[[Drum Struck]]''
*2017: ''Basant''
 
==See also==
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*[[Transglobal Underground]]
*[[Peter Gabriel]]
*[[The Imagined Village]]
 
==External links==
*[http://www.dholfoundation.com/index.htm The Dhol Foundation]
*[{{AllmusicAllMusic|class=artist|id=p472661|pure_url=yes}} TDF on allmusic.com]
 
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