5. Malkit Singh – Billo Rani

4. Surjit Khan – Headliner

3. U Music – The Intro

2. Sounds of Punjab – Twin Beats

1. Incisive – Dark MC Feat. Angel

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Download Now : Jeet – Zara Bachke

The Family will run until the 25th December 2009 all the way till the wedding

Signed to Sound Pipe Records, Jeet’s first single is titled “Zara Bachke (Just Watch Out)” and it takes on Bhangra sounds and urban vibes.

Produced by fellow Sound Pipe artist Taj-E.

Disclaimer: Blog is not intended to hurt anyone, no subtle racism conveyed, writing  for the sake of fun. Whichever singh is reading this, please dont sue me for few reasons:  By suing you are actually giving lot of importance to this blog, 2. If at all I want to be sued, I would prefer a rape or some kind of sexual offense on some hot Punjabi Kudi..rather than being sued for insulting Daler Mehandi, 3. Even toll free number for my credit card does not authorize my information, when I call up to enquire something the sweet sexy computer voice says ” I know you are calling this number because its toll free”  aka I am bankrupt

As I was depressed ( for the past month or so) and finding ways to cool myself down, I hit upon this new fitness+fun+dance aka Masala Bhangra (http://www.masaladance.com/) , an innovative dance style founded by Sarina Jain.  The moment I saw some thing about Bhangra, reminded of the fun times during grad school where me and my friends make it a point to cause as much nuisance as possible by participating in northie style dances…Dandiya, Bhangra etc. The most decent thing I imagine doing during these dance hang outs was actually snatching  a dining table from some Gaboors** and standing on top of it along with few friends and kept a bottle in center and did a round dappnkuthu as you find in our Tam movies, the location was picture perfect, downtown Hilton Chicago ball room.If you assume 2$ per pair of dandiya sticks, our gang would have broken a considerable amount of Gaboor Kuchis. The funny part was, we paid 15$ as cover but ended up causing damages significantly more. The food was simply awesome and too spice it up you had wonderful GinbajakGilmaaz*** for birdie hunting.   This would be one of the important places where my economics was very sound, return on investment was very high and the risk was also minimal.

The word Bhangra just reminds me of turban clad military men having ladies kerchief (pink, yello, green, blue) in their hand and shooing away mosquitos sitting on heroines` nose ( reminding of Guru Sishyan Rajinikanth comedy)and they would be accompanied by percussionists who would have drums bigger than theri size and the words drrrrrrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaa….shavvaa shavvaaa…ballee ballee would be the main lyrics of the song.

Sample this :

Recipe for Bhangra, from Chennai:

Lungi , (should look very cheap, so cheap even a beggar would not use it to sneeze) : 20 meters for non Daler mehandi fans, 2 kms for Daler Mehandi Fans esp Tunuk Tunuk Tun

Beard: So thick and dense that you can even stuff your morning meal inside: 20 kgs, no options have to check with Pazani temple authorities, they alone can cater to “bulk” [hair] orders

Kerchief, This is the most important prop of Bhangra, best place to source it would be during any darn LGBT pride parade, there alone you can find miles of silky Pink clothes: 1 km, all cut and toned into 5×5 square pattern, bordered with some silver lining

People: All kinds of people, drunken people on the verge of puking would be the best fitting persons for Bhangra recipe

Music: Daler Mehandi !!!! he is the epitome of Bhangra,even when he farts or sneezes one could hear the words Durrrrrrrra, Shava shava, balleee!!

Putting these together, you have a tasty Bhangra recipe…Now this Sarina jain has gone a step forward and found Masala Bhangra,wherein Bhangra dance is used to reduce calories/weight etc I was first laughing my ass out when I imagined the sight of Bhangra being used to shed weight…I thought this is a joke, i later Youtubed and found some videos where Sarina is instructing about Masala Bhangra..At first I thought another Desi rip off..but as I browsed more videos, I kind of liked the idea of dance+fitness..for some real funky bhangra remixes..She is even nick named Jane Fonda, desi version OMG!

“By combining influences from her own Indian heritage with 14 years in the U.S. fitness industry she has created an exotic new kind of “calorie-burning” cultural dance experience. As seen on national and international media, fitness personality and creator, Sarina Jain of Masala Dance & Fitness Inc. is back with her Bollywood inspired Masala Bhangra Workout™ Volume 3. With years of experience in the world of fitness, Sarina has developed three workout volumes that are calorie-burning, fun and easy to follow. The Masala Bhangra Workout™ has been quoted as “a lively and modern, vigorous and effective workout utilizing moves from traditional Indian folk dance.”"

Sounds a trial! Would probably try this work out once and post my experience..

P.S

Gaboor: Most disgraceful encomium you can use to refer to a ek gaon mein ek kissan…similar analogies Madarasiwala for Madrasis, Goltu/Community for Andhra (Err…Does it still exisit in full? ) Gaboor is for Gaboor people..The etymology has its root from 2 different words, Gay and Kapoor..
Kapoor: The first family of bollywood, the only roles/characters the Kapoors did not manage to play would be tree, sand and dung

Gay: Not the gay meaning happiness gay, this refers to gays who are happy being gays aka Sarrrug Ghan,Karan Johar etc

Gay + Kapoor= Gaboor, this adjective would encompass all the sense/nonsense Shit that is constantly fed by the ek gaon mein ek kisaaan people

Gaboor Kuchis: Kuchis aka sticks used by Gaboors aka Dandiyas

GinBajakGilmaas: Items, Pigars, Bippa, Bifpa, Jil and Jungs

Perfect soundtrack to my continuing obsession with India. Someday I will get there!

TrackList

1. Boom Boom Pow (DjMoit’s – HD Electronix Mix)
2. Right Round (DjMoit’s Electro Club Mix)
3. Tera Hone Laga Hoon (DjMoit’s Dreamy Soulsided Mix)
4. Gupt (Beecheniya Beetabiyan)(DjMoit’s Concentrated Club Mix)
5. Dil Bole Boom Boom (DjMoit’s 80’s Electra Mix)

Download

1. Dj Mani B – Naina Di Goli Re-Fix
2. Ricky Johl – Nachna Onda Nei
3. Dj Dhol-E – Akhiyan Billian
4. Desi PLaYa – Ki Hogiya
5. Dj PsG – Malwe Da Jatt
6. Dj Harpz – Kangna
7. Dj Man Up – Pyar Hogeya
8. Slambassador – Amplifier
9. Dj Sunny – Daru
10. Dj Mani B – Romantic Jatt
11. Ricky Johl – Return of Akh
12. Dj Dhol-E – Putt Jattan De
13. Desi PLaYa- Sohni Lagdi
14. Dj PsG – Jeth Da Duphera
15. Dj Harpz – Jaa Ni
16. Dj Man Up – Pat Liyah
17. Slambassador – Bewafa
18. Dj Sunny – Desi Daru
19. Dj Man Up – Surrey’s Most Wanted Promo

Download Album Now: The Underground Collaboration [Dec´09] DesiSound

01. Sophie – Manjave
02. Sophie – Pump It Up!
03. Sophie – Soni Soni
04. Sophie – Mohabbat
05. Sophie – If I Can’t Have You
06. Sophie – Daddy Cool (Mundiyan Toh Bachke Rehna)
07. Sophie – Tu Nahin
08. Sophie – Mohabbat (Remix)
09. Sophie – Manjave (Radio Edit)

Download Now : Sophie – Sound Of Sophie 2009

Download Here : Navin Kundra Ft. Jay Sean – Fade Away (Prod. by Rishi Rich)

The Eugene Bhangra Youth Group is always a highlight of which ever day they dance.

Sheer joy fills the whole place, along with incredible energy, swirling colors, and nothing is as cute as a three year old in a Shalwar Kameez bouncing up and down on the stage.

And that amazing Indian pop dance music. The girls kept telling me to “turn it up, turn it up!”

Jenny D’Anger’s follow-up article on the Bhangra street party (see Bhangra bust-up, Herald Review, Dec 1) claims that teens engaged in illegal street-drinking, and that young children were allowed to walk around unsupervised at the Fremantle Festival. These allegations are the opinion of an unnamed crowd controller of the event, who anonymously tipped-off the Herald after reading last week’s front-page story.

The flow of the article is littered with informal information from this alleged source, giving it a quality reminiscent of a playground squabble, as the “crowd controller” throws in his last-ditch bid to have his opinion on the matter considered. Jenny sets the tone for this article firstly vilifying teenagers at the event, claiming that “drunken behaviour escalated into violence”, and security was not able to confiscate alcohol quickly enough due to the density of the crowd. This is a much different approach to the one angled by Bhangra bust-up, where D’Angermouse swiftly coaxes the reader to side with the young “victims”, and then outrage as she describes bad behaviour on part of the authorities.

This article is positioned in close proximity to similar articles on the event, both central to the aftermath of the ugly incident at the Fremantle Festival. CCC probe into arrests inform of action taken by police during an inquest of the Corruption and Crime Commission of the incident surrounding the arrest of five John Curtin College of the Arts students. Call for teen Taser ban highlights the concerns held by Fremantle Greens MP Adele Carles on the matter of taser use for crowd-control. Both articles concentrate on the alleged police brutality central to the issue, with CCC probe into arrests airing police criticism of Ms Carles’ opinion on the event, and concerns for the well-being of children within the construct of new stop-and-search laws, and mandatory sentencing laws, allowing the police alot more power than people of WA are comfortable with. Police minister Rob Johnson is quoted in parliament this week informing Ms Carles that “Tasers are used for compliance purposes, not to intimidate of traumatise people”.

D’Angermouse has done quite a clever job over the last three weeks with this issue. Within each aforementioned article contained by the Herald, the reader is prompted to take a side, each piece strung together with information and quotes of varying degrees of reliability. Something as controversial as police brutality and teen misdemeanour deserves to have multifaceted information in the media, so the public can form it’s own opinion. However, considering public response, in contrast with D’Anger’s articles begs the question: how much information can we really trust?

Pramo from New Age Production looking forward to working with Richad Mahee of Stars Confidential on a digital distribution partnership to bring together both east and west, bringing east indian music to the west and vise versa

This is House music featuring Bollywood  and Bhangra! Must download!

DOWNLOAD HERE or HERE

Next year’s Bhangra street party is under review after alleged sexual harassment, violence, and police brutality at last Sunday’s close to the Fremantle Festival. Five John Curtin students were arrested during what the Herald describes as a ‘pandemonium’, of mis-communication. According to the Herald, the students attempting to defend female friends targeted by sexual harassment were then assaulted and threatened by police officers, arrested and at one point, tasared. Parents of the children had lodged complaints with the Fremantle Police Department after being insulted by officers when attempting contact, and were told to “fuck off, and don’t come back”. In light of these events, Maya Indian Restaurant owner and sponsor of the Bhangra party Gurps, is hesitant to sponsor the event again next year.

Actual news in the Herald this week! Jenny D’Anger’s front-page article Bhangra bust-up is full of controversy, setting the tone for the entire edition of this week’s paper. The article, sectioned under two sub-titles; Kids say cops got it wrong, and groped, outline the perspectives of the victims, and the marriage between the three full-colour photographs of the event and the text lends itself to a sense of foreboding. The article is written in true “D’Angermouse” style, a bedside-story style narrative carries the text, with a sprinkling of colloquial language to reach out to those of us readers with short attention spans.

It is well known amongst Herald readers that Jenny D’Anger is one of many Herald journalists vying for the front-page spread, this fact reflects in this article- in news, only one of four things ever make it to the front page; violence, sex, gossip or heartwarming stories- this article has it all.

An article of this calibre really does invite a public response, so forums are open for discussion below.