Classic Pioneering Bhangra Concert, featuring Amarjit Sidhu, plus Kamaljit Neeru and star musicians.
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A BHANGRA BEAT REVISITED SPECIAL.
Featuring Amarjit Sidhu and Special Guest Kamaljit Neeru In Concert.
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On this occasion we take a detour from our usual progression through the vaults of the original Bhangra Beat TV series and present to you....
The one with.... a straight hour of classic Bhangra featuring performer and impresario Amarjit Sidhu, together with his special guest the Punjabi singer and dancer Kamaljit Neeru.
The line up is further enhanced by eminent musicians and a ‘Dhol King’, Gurcharan Mall, firmly centre stage. Indeed we are delighted to feature the famed dholi in an exciting triplicate of stills on our current TH-cam banner, check it out.
Amarjit was part of the great Punjabi band Chirag Pehchan and has played a uniquely influential role in the development of UK Bhangra.
The organiser of many sold out and well remembered concerts, (the Dome, Birmingham 1991, is featured on this channel, programmes 1 and 2), Amarjit played his part in Asian Live Aid and the Asian Pop Awards.
Amarjit also managed Apna Sangeet, some of whom lend him support for this show.
''Bhangra music is the fusion of centuries old Punjabi rhythms with modern electronic sounds,'' Amarjit Sidhu.
THE MUSIC
WHEN IT HAPPENED
BY THE PEOPLE WHO MADE IT
Some context:
Amarjit, as forward thinking as ever, organised this concert video for VHS and Betamax distribution in 1989 and has generously allowed our channel to feature it.
This copy has been retrieved from the original U-matic master tapes.
Interface Video Productions were commissioned to film the show. The connection, as I recall, were the music adverts that Interface were producing at the time, for the record label Multitone Savera.
That, in turn, helped to provide the Interface team with the confidence, connections, and material to produce the original ‘Bhangra Beat’ pilot, which was broadcast by the BBC circa 1990.
This led to 50 episodes of the ITV Nighttime show and, of course, this channel.
So a journey from VHS tape, to Nighttime TV and now the internet and still sounding great.
Thanks Amarjit.
A sublime group of performers were assembled to put on a memorable concert and we are very pleased to be able to present it.
Let me hear your views and memories, in the comments, or email me;
Raagshify@bhangrabeat.biz
Thanks to:
Keyboards/
Sampling.........................Nicky Patel
Keyboards...............Surinder Bhogal
Lead Guitar......................Lisa Cooke
Bass Guitar.....................Ruby Dogra
Dholak/
Percussion..................Arjinder Kang
Tabla.............................Pritam Singh
Drums...........................Hardip Sidhu
Trumpet......................Louise O'Brien
Saxophone........................Sue Wood
Backing Vocals......Anthea Hamilton
Dhol...........................Gurcharan Mall
A great concert featuring a Dhol, centre stage.
You can catch an excellent Dhol demo given by Gurcharan (Apna Sangeet) himself, with Winnie (Geet The Mega Band) on Bhangra Beat Revisited 3, here th-cam.com/video/Lx-NY6p27V0/w-d-xo.html.
Thanks for watching.
Been looking for this album for years. So happy to hear mela album again after so many years. Beautiful memories ❤
Golden moments ✨️
really great concert. really underrated. Amarjit had a great voice
his dancing though..
lol
I also loved Amarjit Sidhu's medley - Pind Mitra De aye/Giddhe vich dior naal. It was eventually recorded on the 1988 album "Mela".
sang by ks kooner way before lol
Wow! this is PURE GOLD!! I had a cassette with the whole of this concert
Glad it brings back memories darshanbharj5615.
Hey just discovered this channel. Wow this is so cool. Big fan of amarjit sidhu. I love old school uk Bhangra music. Keep it up 👍🏽
Thanks Dan,
Your comment is really appreciated.
I’ve been a bit slow at putting more clips up lately but I’ll get started again soon.
Bhangra Beat.
Legendary collection
Yep.
It helps to post details like date and event too. According to the info on the inlay of the album "Mela" this was a "World Music" festival at Milk Weg Stadium, Amsterdam (1988 or earlier).
I’m working on it.
Banger concert 😍 it
Yep.
@@BhangraBeatRevisited add more concerts bro
Boy Dhillon
Hi there and thanks for your comments. Really appreciated.
I think the Amarjit concert is a bit of a one off, in its length and production. Unfortunately I don’t believe the Bhangra Beat Vaults hold anything else quite like it, and that’s down to Amarjit organising things at the time.
But we do have plenty more concert, studio and video clips to come featuring Bhangra luminaries, which I hope you will enjoy, such as Anaamika, Safari Boys, Intermix, Alaap, Azaad, Pardesi, Heera, Ashoka, Sahotas, Malkit Singh, Holle Holle, Anaki, Akash, Sabras and Ajnabi.
We take a look at plenty of other genres too, like ghazals, qawwali, Hindi Film and Indi-jazz fusion.
Hope you continue to enjoy the uploads.
Regards,
Raagshify.
@@BhangraBeatRevisited yes will like it 😍 uk bhangra
Boy Dhillon, that’s great.
Borat sang ???
Thanks for posting this! It has been posted on TH-cam before, but a very poor quality copy.
No problem.
I think the track "Kali Teri Gutt", the Mastana cover, has been left out. Shame I like that.
Sorry about that.