DJ Rekha is a producer, curator, and educator based in New York City. She is founder of Basement Bhangra™ and Bollywood Disco nights and co-founder of Mutiny Club night. She was named "Ambassador of Bhangra" by the New York Times. Rekha and her frequent collaborator, Dave Sharma, performed their compositions at Chicago Symphony Hall for the Sinfonetta in 2015. Rekha was the sound designer for the TONY award-winning Broadway Show, Bridge and Tunnel, received a Drama Desk Award nomination for her work on the play Rafta Rafta, and is associate producer for the NPR Radio Documentary, A Feet in Two Worlds. Her debut album, DJ Rekha presents Basement Bhangra, was released in 2007 and, in 2009, she was inducted into the NYC People's Hall of Fame. Her record label, Beat Bazaar Music, issued its debut single release, Pyar Baile, worldwide in November 2011. She has curated events for Celebrate Brooklyn, Central Park Summerstage, was a Grand Marshall of the 9th Annual NYC Dance Parade in 2015, and has performed internationally. DJ Rekha performs live the first Thursday of every month at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City and hosts a weekly podcast, Bhangra & Beyond, on BTR.
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Bhangra Before Bollywood
This week DJ Rekha infuses her bhangra inflected set with Kulwinder Billa, Miss Pooja, and a new one from Nimrat Khaira. Plus a Hans Raj Hans throwback recently repurposed for a Bollywood soundtrack and classic Dr. Zeus track that could worthy of the same treatment Brobar Boli - Nimrat Khaira Pasand - Miss Pooja, DJ Dips 00:00 - Intro 01:54 - Khayal - Mankirt Aulakh 05:34 - Kache Pakke Yaar (with Desi Crew) - Parmish Verma 08:36 - Sat Sri Kal - G. Sidhu 11:17 - Pasand - Miss Pooja, DJ Dips 14:24 - Palazzo - Aman Hayer, Kulwinder Billa & Shivjot 17:27 - Peg Di Waashna (feat. DJ Flow) - Amrit Maan 20:52 - Brobar Boli - Nimrat Khaira 24:36 - Desi Jatt - Miss Pooja, Harjit Heera 29:02 - Dil Chori - Hans Raj Hans 33:56 - Mele Vich Jatt - Dr. Zeus 38:52 - Mic Break 40:58 - Ghostly Fading - Hollie Cook 44:53 - Kia Lumingo (Uproot Andy & Geko Jones Remix) - Urbano De Castro 49:42 - The Mountain (feat. Pegasus Warning, DJ Mujava, DJ Spoko & Machepis) - Spoek Mathambo 55:22 - Alarma - MPeach 58:09 - Outro 58:55 - Finish