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Old School Sunday – Heera “Boliyan”

Unlike the number of “producers” out there today, there were only a handful of them back in the 1980′s. Deepak Khazanchi was one of the best. Look into some of your favourite albums, and you will most likely see his name in the credits.

Bhangra Fever Vol. 1 (1987) was Deepak’s first attempt at remixing songs. Included in this cassette, were some new Heera “Boliyan.” Heera had just released Diamonds From Heera before the release of this cassette, so let’s just say their stock was hot at the time.

I had the chance of meeting Deepak Khazanchi at a concert after party here in Toronto a few years back. I made sure I bought my Bhangra Fever cassette with me for him to sign. When I showed him the cover, he was overly cheesed that I had it, and went around showing all his band mates (Jagjit Singh’s band) and friends, that someone still had it, before he eventually went on to sign it. I remember telling him back then that you need to produce an album for old times sake. He responded by saying that something was in the pipeline, but alas, nothing has come of that convo because we still haven’t seen or heard anything.

Heera “Boliyan”