By: Wanbli
the bollywood brass band is an indian 10-piece combo based in london. they play music from the bollywood films along some punjabi & weddings songs. their 2nd album "rahmania, the music of a.r. rahman" was released in 2002 and i selected 2 tunes off the album (2nd tune in comments) for your listening pleasure.
a.r. rahman wiki link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._R._Rahman the bollywood brass band site http://www.bollywoodbrassband.co.uk/
Posted on 11/09/2007
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On Saturdays, sometimes I have a free moment to enjoy Namaste on a local tv station in the Bay Area. It is an Indian video show full of beautiful women and hoards of men...usually the videos feature a male and female singer. There are multiple costume changes and changes in locations (one minute high atop the Materhorn in the Alps, the next they are aside a tropical river or in an oasis). This reminds me of that without the singing. Very fun...the second piece has a Kenny G feel to it.
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Amazing. The first one doesn't sound too Indian... or I had no idea how funky it can get there. The second one is just beautiful... like some 70s soundtracks. I think I need that second one. Having difficulties with the titles though.
(Is what sounds like a clarinet really a clarinet, or some Indian instrument? ;-)
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Wow, Ishq Bina is downloadable from their page. Getting the CD is prolly harder... shame they don't accept paypal.
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annie- i checked namaste on google, a yoga tv show with eastern music. sounds cool to me. did you say kenny g? you killed me there :-P
micki- i guess that is a clarinet but you have a better ear for that than i do
those are the best songs from the cd, the rest of the tracks must be great when they play them live but they are so-so. i can upload that 2nd tune to multiply, i am placing the mp3 in a folder now.
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No, I'm just confused... it's a-late over here in the East... and the drinks taste good
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oh hell yeah, this is tight.....
lovin it. The Music just keeps coming tonight. Wish we could make a playlist from all this stuff.
Nice call Danny!!!
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micki- i know the feeling, i drank a couple of "5-cereal riedenburger" beers myself.
nick- "ishq binah" is one track for the dancefloor... i wonder how the original a.r. rahman tune sounds. will you go out tonight, nick? i made a try-out but i rather stay home, i need to wake up early tomorrow. saturday will be the day.
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me go out? I wish bro, at least once in a while, nope, wife is sick, kids need puttin down, got some beers with my name on them, probably watch a movie or something. You seen planet terror/death proof movies? I might be in the mood for something along those lines....
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Dope tunes soulrockwestspy, i'm a gonna pull these jams down from the M when you put em up.
Around here we had our Friday Dance party..you'll see the vid on M along with my post music for today..now we're off to watch the wizard of oz..My kid will do anything to stay up.
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nick- i have still no responsability with kids and wife, but i am starting to feel the call. maybet if i restrain my breath it will pass ;-) (just kidding) what are planet terror/death proof movies? i sure can link you after i know.
cody- i will try to upload them tomorrow. heh thats cool, i know the feeling. i have a couple of hyper-active nephews and i really enjoy being uncle danny.
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the tarantino/rodriguez pair of movies that just were released on video recently.
I know you'll love them, right up your alley. You'll probably be able to find them through your channels. If not I'll try to get them to ya, cause I got them on my hard drive.
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alright, got you now. i liked the tarantino flick there, but i didnt care much for the rodriguez’ one. have you seen "hooked generation"?
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This almost makes me think its a New Orleans street jazz band covering Bollywood music.
Me likey.
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Bollywood time!!! la la la la My ears thank you, Danny!
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moovy- that is not a bad description. i have been following the indian scene in london for quite a few years, from drum and bass, to ragga, to the classics... lots of great recordings.
anna- the first tune always makes me feel like i want to jump on the table and raise my arm while i dance. i have been trying to upload more bollywood stuff but something is wrong with the codecs.. i will keep trying.
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Funny, moovyphreak, the exact same thought occurred to me.
This is choice stuff, Danny.
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Danny, this is my kind of find. totally feeling it. endless thanks.
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bill- i have spun "ishq bina ishq bina" twice and both times the crowd went ape... tiger style, heh.
poe- glad you enjoyed it. a lot of what comes out of the north of london (where most of the indian population resides) is worth a listen. they blend east and west the way it must be done.