I finally got the new Panjabi MC disk! The single, Mundian To Bach Ke, has been out in Kiev for ages, but no one had the full disk. I've only had two listens, but my initial impressions are very good. I was surprised to see that Jay-Z is actually featured in a couple of the tracks. Although initially leery about this, I have to say it works.
For anyone whose impression of Indian music is Ravi Shankar or else some tinny Hindi film musical, check out Panjabi. His sound is a cool fusion of traditional Indian music with modern electronica. Here's the homepage. To listen to some samples, try here.
Few of the other cuts rise to the level of "Mundian", but almost all of them are solid, with a couple of exceptions that sound like something from a Bollywood romance. (Yes, I know Fire was a good film. But everything else Bollywood makes is horrid.)
As Ferris Bueller might say, "If you have the means, I highly recommend picking one up."
Posted by Discoshaman at juin 25, 2003 06:20 AM | TrackBack
The only Bhangra pop with which I have any experience is from Daler Mehndi. I put a link to his masterful video instead of my homepage, since it does not appear that your comment system allows anchor tags.
Posted by: Nathanael at juin 25, 2003 02:08 PMHey man, I'll have to check him out. Thanks for the lead...
I /think/ little Tomas has worked out the HTML problem for my comments section, if you'd like to try reposting the link.
Posted by: Discoshaman at juin 25, 2003 04:58 PM