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DJ REKHABasement BhangraWednesday, June 29 • 9 pm Cash bar with I.D. Free non-alcoholic drinks.Free dance lesson with your ticket...Show up at 8:30 pm!Click to download PROGRAM NOTES This is not your typical dance party. It's a bhangra blowout with “New York's Best DJ” (New York Magazine)! Bhangra's been around for hundreds of years, in the Punjab, Northern India that is. And bands in Britain have capitalized on this 4/4 beat dance music since the '70s. But Americans have only gotten hip to the sound since the '90s—largely due to DJ Rekha, a second generation Indian-American and “queen of bhangra and hip-hop fusion music” (Time Out New York). Her monthly “Basement Bhangra” at S.O.B.'s in New York—the “best known desi party in America” (India Abroad)—attracts a growing crowd of every color and background. Spinning classic bhangra with Bollywood, hip-hop, reggae and electronica, DJ Rekha is an activist in the evolution of urban music for complex cosmopolitan identities. This summer, get your groove on in the Bentley. Cosponsored by the Dartmouth Summer Arts Initiative. |
 “One of the hottest parties in Manhattan for nearly five years. That's a gold key achievement in club-land.”Newsday Click to play music sample #1: Click to play music sample #2: Click to listen to an interview with DJ Rekha, with lots of information about Bhangra from the people who attend her 'basement' parties in NYC. (MP3 file): Lecture/Demonstration:Bhangra Breakdown |
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