Week of 07/12/2015
New York City-based DJ Rekha is a producer, DJ personality, curator, educator and activist. Rekha is among the first DJs to merge classic Bhangra and Bollywood sounds into the language of contemporary electronic dance music. Since establishing herself in the New York music scene with her inaugural event, the monthly Basement Bhangra in 1997, Rekha has produced some of the longest running and most successful parties in New York including Bollywood Disco, Mutiny, and Beat Bazaar. She is founder and resident of Basement Bhangra one NYC’s longest running dance parties which takes place the monthly at Le Poisson Rouge. Follow her work on www.djrekha.com
DJ Rekha Upcoming:
July 17 NYC-London Tribute State of Bengal at Baby’s All Right, Brooklyn, NY
July 31 Bollywood Disco at Drom NYC
Aug 06 Basement Bhangra at Le Poisson Rouge
Aug 21 Kominas, Bobby Friction at Baby’s All Right, Brooklyn, NY
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