DJ Rekha is DJ, curator, educator, and activist. Named ambassador of bhangra by the New York Times, she has been instrumental in placing bhangra on the map in North America. Rooted in bhangra and hip-hop her DJ sets range from Brazilian Baile Funk to Balkan Beats and everything in between. She is founder and resident of Basement Bhangra one NYC’s longest running dance parties.
00:00 Intro
01:04 Dagga (feat. Nirmal Sidhu)- DJ Dubz
05:59 Bachaa-Diljit Dosanjh
09:09 Kan Kar Gal Sun (feat. Balwinder Matewaria & Sudesh Kumari)- Cloud 9 Music
15:12 Risk-DJ Sanj & Nachhatar Gill
19:08 Koi Mor-DJ H & DJ Rags feat. Billa Bakshi
25:08 Dosti (feat. Jaswinder Daghamia)- Notorious Jatt
29:38 Aaja Ni Aaja-Kam Dhillion
22:51 Ik Gal Remix (feat. Surinder Rattan, Roach Killa, Sudesh Kumari)- Garry Sandhu
38:01 Mic Break–
41:30 Modern Dayz Slavery SUBATOMIC SOUND SYSTEM remix-Word Sound Power
45:30 Akkad Bakkad-Nucleya
49:22 Birds and the Bees-Apache Indian
53:16 Pisicodelia (Nego Mozambique Remix)- Zuzuka Poderosa & Kush Arora
58:10 Basement Bhangra Anthem(Johnny Quest Remix)-DJ Rekha, Sunil Sehgal, Bikram Singh, Wycef
59:14 Outro–
60:03 End–
DJ Rekha
1/5/12-DJ Rekha and Panjabi MC at Black Cat DC
1/13/12- The Rusty Knot JD Samson and DJ Rekha
2/1/12-Studio Museum of Harlem
2/7/12-Basement Bhangra at Le Poisson Rouge- DJ Rekha and Guests
Bikram Singh
Garry sandu
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