Thursday, August 16, 2007

Kalyanji Anandji gettin' down and funky

Take electric sitars and add them to a pulsating, 1970s TV theme tune such as "S.W.A.T.," and you have a close approximation of the Bollywood soundtrack music created by the Gujarati brothers Kalyanji Virji Shah and Anandji Virji Shah.
Then bring in San Francisco's ace producer Dan "The Automator" Nakamura to mix the album, and you have "BOMBAY THE HARD WAY: GUNS, CARS & SITARS."
Nakamura basically adds hip-hop beats to the already kitschy and catchy sounds of the Shah brothers, who were collectively known as "Kalyanji Anandji."
I have been listening to this great album this morning, shrugging off sleep and preparing for my work day. "Punjabis, Pimps and Players" is the current track. It's so F-U-N-K-Y.

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