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Rough Guide to Bhangra Dance
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0605633115420
Format: Enhanced
Label: World Music Network
Manufacturer: World Music Network
MPN: 331154
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: World Music Network
Release Date: February 17, 2006
Studio: World Music Network
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Editorial Review:
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
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.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Rough guide to Bhangra Dance
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.
Rating: - Bhangra Lives.
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 ... Read More
Rating:  - Hi! Hi! HI!
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 ... Read More
Rating: - great intro to bhangra
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 ... Read More
Rating: - Complex, lively music for listening or dancing
I stumbled across this CD on a display rack at Borders and listened to a few minutes and then bought it. I fell in love with the complexity and liveliness of the music. Most of the tracks have complex percussion of standard 4/4 count dance music but with lots of other percussion rhythms thrown in with various instruments. I can't identify many of the instruments but I certainly enjoyed them. The singing was also excellent and sometimes quite intricate.
This music is good for driving or anytime ... Read More
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