| Various Artists / Rough Guide To Bhangra Dance |
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| Album: | Rough Guide To Bhangra Dance | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Various Artists | Added: | Feb 2006 | |
| Label: | World Music Network | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2006-02-19 | Pull Date: | 2006-04-23 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Apr 23 | Apr 16 | Apr 9 | Apr 2 | Mar 26 | Mar 19 | Mar 12 | Feb 26 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Nov 02, 2013: | Music Casserole Taweet | 4. | Oct 02, 2009: | No Cover, No Minimum Gal Sun | |
| 2. | Jan 04, 2011: | Fo at the Café Bohemian Gal Sun | 5. | Sep 16, 2009: | Waves Flow - Bday Bash Rail Gaddi, Rail Gaddi | |
| 3. | Feb 05, 2010: | Something Old, Something New, Something Blue Nain Preeto De, Akheer, Rail Gaddi | 6. | Jul 04, 2009: | Music Casserole Nain Preeto De |
| Album Review |
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| Sadie O. Reviewed 2006-02-07 | ||
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[coll]: Rough Guide to Bhangra Dance (World Music Network) Reviewed by Sadie O., 2/7/06 Drum-based dance music from the Punjab updated for the English/South Asian club scene, great beat and energy. Highly infectious music. I just learned from the liner notes that “bhangra” means hemp! Whoo whoo! South Asians don’t do FCCs. I like 8, 10, 13 best and hated 4 and 6, all others worth a listen. 1. *starts with street sounds, rave-y music starts almost 20 seconds. Proper bhangra starts around 50 seconds, very uptempo but with plenty of traditional bhangra touches and strong beat. 2. *About two-thirds bhangra, a quarter hip hop and a pinch of reggae (I think that adds up). Midtempo, somewhat banal English lyrics but an interesting mashup. 3. **Somewhat downtempo, close to traditional bhangra with bits of electronica, prominent dholak (bigass drum) and fun boops. 4. Cheesy intro, vocal duet with a bit of Spanish guitar, not much in the way of bhangra beat – forgettable. 5. **Uptempo and energetic duet with lots of drum and bhangra elements. 6. Downbeat; although it has a strong beat it also borrows heavily from the lamest female R&B – avoid. 7. **Downtempo but enthusiastic, classic bhangra by long-term top star. 8. ***downtempo bhangra/reggae dancehall a la Apache Indian. Fun! 9. *Downbeat combo bhangra and ghazal (Indian blues w/ harmonium) – for a laid-back mellow mood. Quite lovely, but not “dance”! 10. ***DEFINITELY “dance”. Electric guitars & flutes, aggressive beat (but very downtempo), this is very different stuff… 11. *Dholak, clapping and female call and response – VERY trad, roots of bhangra. From a scene in Monsoon Wedding. 12. **Midtempo with very trad instrumentation, great beat, strong vocals. 13. ***midtempo, great beat, classic vocals – the sort of track that made me love bhangra! 14. **urban dance bhangra, midtempo, lots of “club” elements along with bhangra. 15. *quite traditional sound from a major current hitmaker. | ||
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