20
Jun
2011
Bhangra Hot Clicks
Happenings in Bhangra outside the realm of Bhangraw.
Jati Cheed smashes it with the Les Paul Google Doodle [YouTube]
Diamond of Swami talks and gives an insight about his vocal recording methods [Record, Mix & Master]
B-Boys in India. Need I say more? [YouTube via Slumgods]
Blast from the past. Bally Sagoo’s Star Crazy 2 [T-Minus]
VIP Records has a new website, and it’s actually functional! [VIP Records]
Bhangra Empire do their thing during halftime of a Warriors game [Bhangra Empire]
19
Oct
2008
Old School Sunday – Bally Sagoo
I’ve been sitting here for over an hour thinking of which of these three Bally Sagoo tunes I should put up. All three are from the same time period, but are from different Bally albums.
I narrowed the selection down from eight to these three; Kali Teri Gut, Hargunga and Lut Ke Lae Gaye.
Truth be told, I think I spent most of the hour reminiscing about my days in Burlington when these albums were released. Thanking God that my sister passed her driver’s test so we could drive to Malton to get the latest cassettes once a month.
Summer trips to Brampton to spend at my cousins, who for some reason always had a handful of weddings to host, and the resulting basement parties which had it’s fair share of drama because drunk Uncles would get vexed when we wanted to dance to “Mera Laung Gwacha.”
I digress.
Bally Sagoo is one of the most important figures in modern day Bhangra. He helped shape what it is today with his remixes, and during the early nineties, the market was dominated by him.
Checkout his releases during that time period, in what I think are the golden days of Bally;
Wham Bam (1990)
Star Crazy (1991)
Essential Ragga (1992)
Wham Bam 2 (1993)
Bollywood Flashback (1994)
I also got to thank him for introducing us to Cheshire Cat. Probably Cheshire’s best work is in these albums. He was a baaaad man.
I couldn’t decide which one track of his to play, so you get a double dose this week.
Both reggae infused and featuring Cheshire Cat. “Kali Teri Gut” was featured on “Essential Ragga.” The vocalist is Rama.
“Lut Ke Lae Gaye” is sung by one of the original Dons A.S. Kang, and was featured on “Wham Bam 2.” Notice how well the samples played in well with the song.
Kali Teri Gut
Lut Ke Lae Gaye
