23
Nov
2009
Purchase “Unity (Asi Haan Punjabi)”
Last week I posted about the charity project all of the old school UK Bhangra artists were getting together to do.
Well here is the link to purchase from iTunes.
Purchase “Asi Haan Punjabi” Here.
15
Nov
2009
Old School Sunday – Unity “Asi Haan Punjabi” (Behind the Scenes)
This week’s Old School Sunday video is from two weeks ago. Yep, two weeks ago.
Every year, the BBC in the UK, host a charity event “Children in Need.” They do the whole Telethon bit, and this year, it’ll have an old school UK Bhangra flavour.
“Unity,” a whole bunch of old school artists, have got together and produced a song for the benefit, and as you can see below, a video is in the works.
Going by the number of artists associated with the song, I figured today would be as good as time as any for this video. Check out my favourite band growing up – Apna Sangeet – steal the spotlight.
I heard the song on BBC Radio this past week, and it’s not exactly a dance floor filler, but it is a great track, and I can tell you that Shin (DCS) ripped it.
The “Unity” performance on Television takes place on November 20, 2009. As I get more details, I’ll keep you all updated.
18
Oct
2009
Old School Sunday – Kala Preet “Us Pardes Ki”
You know Kala Preet from one of my favourite songs I posted about right here
Well here is a video made for a 1989 documentary by Gurinder Chadha titled “I’m British But…” The song was originally recorded on the 1986 “Shava Shava” album, but this video was made later for the above documentary.
The group shot the video on Southall Broadway, a la Beatles style (on top of a store roof.) Nirmal Kumar Nirmal was the original singer of this song on the 1986 album, but he later left the group to form his own band.
This version of the song in this video, was resung by Moni, as he is featured in the video.
28
Sep
2008
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.
