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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Traveler
"Scottish brothers, Tigerstyle, take a break from adding flavor to Bollywood tracks to drop a proper Punjabi tune. The songs from the farmer uprising keep coming, plus Brooklyn based Krithi Rao drops another album with tracks melding Carnatic elements and electronic beats in the beyond segment. Gulabi Rang - Nimrat Khaira Zor - Delhi Sultanate, Ahmer 00:00 - Intro 01:31 - Gulabi Rang - Nimrat Khaira 04:30 - Phulkari - Baani Sandhu 07:15 - Chithiyaan - Karan Aujla 10:32 - Bell Bottom - Baani Sandhu feat. Gur Sidhu, Mankirt Aulakh 14:25 - 25 Ghante - Dilpreet Dhillon 17:49 - Dmnd Gabru - Tigerstyle, Srbjt Ldh 21:49 - Retro Rarri - Bambi Bains 25:04 - Vekhi Vekhi - JSL Singh, Kaur B 28:32 - Ik Jindree (Remix) - Bikram Singh, Ismeet Narula 33:14 - Haq - Harbajan Mann 36:12 - Kisaan Sun De - G. Sidhu 38:42 - Delhi Tere Haarne Di - Gurj Sidhu 41:52 - Mic Break 44:15 - Zor - Delhi Sultanate, Ahmer 47:36 - Frontline - Asian Dub Foundation, Ana Tijoux 51:13 - Solace - Krithi Rao 56:26 - Raahi - Ritviz 59:18 - Outro 59:31 - Finish "