Tag: Bhangra

Panjabi MC was the first Asian artist to take Bhangra to the next level, thus gaining him an award at the World Music Festival in Monte Carlo. The success of Mundian To Bach Ke was taken to another level when Jay Z featured on the record and rapped two verses. This led to a white label craze and artists such as BabySham, Twista and Beanie Man all wanted to be a part of the Bhangra sound.

Musical innovator Panjabi MC is back with another classic single, Snake Charmer on May 4th through PMC Records. Taken from his new album, Indian Timing out this summer, Snake Charmer brings Panjabi MC’s addictive blend of bhangra, hip hop and dance back to the UK with serious intent to blow up the club scene once again, as he did in 2003 with his award winning hit Mundiyan To Bach Ke.

Sometimes we just need to dance. And to do so, we need solid beats, entrancing vocals and some incredible cultural soul within the heart of the track to refresh our bodies and minds. Within some areas of British culture, the media and the government; there are constant divides with in-groups and out-groups.

Not content with retaining the status quo, Shaanti look set to push musical boundaries further a-field. Birmingham, prepare yourself for an onslaught of sound unlike any other as Invasion including Asian Dub Foundation’s Spek, DJ/MC Vader feat. Rocky on drums, and Radio 1s Bobby Friction, unleash chaos in a unique spectacle of musical and visual mayhem at The Factory (The Medicine Bar) on Friday 24th November.