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Old School Sunday – Kala Preet “Gidhay Wich Nach Di Dey”

This weeks Old School Sunday is a song that brings back many memories for me. It was one of the first songs I remember dancing to at house parties.

It’s also about the same time I got acquainted with the work of Deepak Khazanchi.

1986 was around the time Deepak Khazanchi founded the Arishma music label, and Kala Preet’s “Shava Shava” was the third album released. Deepak played a vital role in the production, as he played the Guitar, Keyboard and the Santoor for the album, as well as providing the engineering behind it.

I had the chance to meet Deepak Khazanchi a few years ago, and I made sure I took my Bhangra Fever Vol. 1 cassette along for him to autograph. Deepak was touring with Jagjit Singh at the time, and for some reason when I asked for a picture with Deepak, Jagjit Singh thought it would be more appropriate that he include himself in the photograph. I had to put Jags in his place though, when I told him I only wanted a picture with the great Deepak Khazanchi.

Lyrics for the song are sung by Nirmal Kumar Nirmal, who didn’t stick with the band for too long and went on to ironically start a band named Shava Shava.