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Rough Guide to Bhangra Dance | 
| Artist: Various Artists
Label: World Music Network
List Price: $14.98
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Rating:  6 reviews
Format: Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 331154
UPC: 605633115420
EAN: 0605633115420
Release Date: February 17, 2006
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| Tracks:
| • | Rail Gaddi - The Four of a Kind | | • | Dil Tera - Soni Pabla | | • | Captain Bhangre Da - Ravi Bal, Daljit Mattu | | • | Dil Nai Lagda - Aman Hayer | | • | Gal Sun - Partners in Rhyme | | • | Sajna | | • | Chal Hun (Get Up Fix) - Malkit Singh | | • | Billo Raneeay | | • | Akheer | | • | Paisa | | • | Mehndi/Madhorama | | • | Lakh Hilda - Indy Sagu | | • | Taweet - Daljit Mattu | | • | Apna Sangeet | | • | Nain Preeto De |
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Album Description
From its humble beginnings as a folk dance in northwest India, the British-Asian phenomenon of bhangra has incorporated Western instruments, such as the electric guitar, bass and keyboards, and evolved into the energetic and highly popular club and dance music it is today. This album features some of the hottest bhangra beats and the funkiest names on the British-Asian scene.
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The follow up to 1999's Rough Guide To Bhangra, Rough Guide To Bhangra Dance focuses on recent mutations of this flexible music genre also known as "desi beats." Originally brought to England by North Indian Punjabi immigrants and their children, bhangra mutated in cities like London and Birmingham in the 80s to reflect the new surroundings of the artists and audience. The barrel-shaped dhol drum is still at the center of the clattering bhangra sound, but the 15 tracks here range from Four Of A Kind's boy-band leanings to Veronica's modern R&B-ish grooves to the traditional-minded Daljit Mattu & Ravi Bal. The music's party vibe works surprisingly well in conjunction with the strict aesthetics of hip-hop, dancehall and dance music, and has actually been incorporated by artists in those genres (Missy Elliott being a notable example). Nonetheless, this is an excellent line-up of artists coming out of the Indian tradition looking to Western forms in search of new fusions. --Tad Hendrickson
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 Fantastic dance music! June 21, 2009
Sean Maher (Worcester, MA)
An excellent CD. Good energy, fun songs, excellent production. The colorful sleeve design gives a hint of the fun inside. One of my favorites tracks is Juggy D's: Akheer. Who knew he was capable of such beautiful classic sound. His tough street persona belies this wonderful melodic performance and this is just one of many other introductions to the voices and sounds of Bhangra. Well worth the investment!
 Rough guide to Bhangra Dance July 5, 2008
G. R. Lester
The music was great. I used the last track for the children to dance to at school. I bought it thinking there would be some details to some bhangra steps but there wasn't.
Bhangra Lives. December 12, 2007
E in the World (USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I teach water aerobics at 6 am in the morning. My class consists of warmup and stretching exercises - intense cardio... and then as a treat some Bhangra music (followed by deep water exercises - cool-down and stretching exercises - ending with pranayama - breathing exercises). The women love Bhangra. We do some free style dancing to Bhangra - the greatest pick up at 630 AM. What a way to start your day. We dance to some selections from this CD... and women have listened to some of the songs on youtube. The favorites are Rail Gotti and Capt Bhangra - more bhangra, please.
Hi! Hi! HI! October 3, 2006
Joe Niemczura (Honolulu Hawaii)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
this is the music to accompany a dance craze that is going to the big urban centers in the USA right now after having been a euro- phenom. I first heard about it when I was doing a websearch on music of India, then ordered the CD. My daughter hwo lives in DC was surprised to hear that I had gotten this, and she had just been to a Bhangra event at a a club there. The tracks are danceable and really really fun. some of it has a hip hop beat but the harmonies and melodies are so wonderfully fresh that you will find yourself humming along after on ly a listen or two....
great intro to bhangra June 14, 2006
Smita (California)
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
being born in the states to bengali parents, there isnt as much popular music thats influenced by indian culture (bad rap looping aside). mostly, we (as in first generation americans) usually have to turn to british stuff for that crossover. bhangra is, for us, what rock en español or reggetón is for latinos.... its dancable and familiar. this cd, i think, has some awesome tracks on it... there is a whole spectrum of bhangra types- from the reggae-inspired to the more 'hip-hop' flavored stuff to the calm, religious 'akheer' (which is totally my favorite). you dont have to understand punjabi to enjoy it (i mean, i dont and nor do most of my indian friends... but we connect with it even though bhangra is a regional punjabi phenomenon... then again, reggetón is supposedly a puerto rican/caribeño thing and even argentinians and spaniards can dig it). anyway, the point is this cd has a good collection of songs that is very cool regardless of your background. neat songs, a lot of indian backgrounds (with traditional instruments like the veena and harmonuim) and pulsing dhol/syth rhythms. it makes you want to get up and dance, which is exactly what bhangra is for!
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