Bally Sagoo
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Bally Sagoo is a British Asian
musician
and DJ
who was born in Ranjit Nagar, Delhi
, India
, but grew up in Birmingham
, England
, in a predominantly black
neighbourhood, influenced by disco
, rap and Motown music. In an interview "Re-mixing Identities: "Off" The Turn-Table," Bally said:
He gained success as a DJ in the club scene and broke into music by revamping old Bollywood
hits and fusing them with hip hop
. He is widely credited as one of the original pioneers of Bollywood, Bhangra and various India
n music, and for triggering the explosion of modern Bhangra pop music (although his music was and is more a fusion of Western dance and hip hop with existing Indian music). This is specifically seen in his 1994 album Bollywood Flashback,(The remix of Asha Bhosle's "Chura Liya" from the album is widely considered as an industry benchmark and the gold standard for Bollywood mixes) followed up with Rising From The East
in 1996. Bally Sagoo runs a production company named Ishq Records that responsible for many artist. He has been awarded numerous Platinum album sales and awards. He has also toured with Michael Jackson in India.
In 2003 he won an "Outstanding Achievement Award" at the UK Asian Music Awards
.
On an international scale, his most famous work features prominently in Gurinder Chadha
's film Bend It Like Beckham
and It's a Wonderful Afterlife
. He worked together with Amitabh Bachchan
for a musical rendition of Harivansh Rai Bachchan's poetry and produced Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's ground breaking album Magic Touch.
In 2007, he starred and composed the music in the Punjabi film
, Sajna ve Sajna.
British Asian
British Asian is a term used to describe British citizens who descended from mainly South Asia, also known as South Asians in the United Kingdom...
musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
and DJ
Disc jockey
A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...
who was born in Ranjit Nagar, Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, but grew up in Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, in a predominantly black
Black British
Black British is a term used to describe British people of Black African descent, especially those of Afro-Caribbean background. The term has been used from the 1950s to refer to Black people from former British colonies in the West Indies and Africa, who are residents of the United Kingdom and...
neighbourhood, influenced by disco
Disco
Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...
, rap and Motown music. In an interview "Re-mixing Identities: "Off" The Turn-Table," Bally said:
"Indian music was Indian music. So I just left that side of things and I moved into the Western side of things and I was getting into English and American music... I was a typical example of someone who didn't know what Asian people were about. I was too much into the Western society business. My friends were mainly black and I didn't have many Asian mates because of, talking fifteen years ago you know, we didn't have funky Asian music... Then all of a sudden things just changed. I just got so much into it and my mates were like 'my god Bally Sagoo's doing Indian music.'"
He gained success as a DJ in the club scene and broke into music by revamping old Bollywood
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
hits and fusing them with hip hop
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
. He is widely credited as one of the original pioneers of Bollywood, Bhangra and various India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n music, and for triggering the explosion of modern Bhangra pop music (although his music was and is more a fusion of Western dance and hip hop with existing Indian music). This is specifically seen in his 1994 album Bollywood Flashback,(The remix of Asha Bhosle's "Chura Liya" from the album is widely considered as an industry benchmark and the gold standard for Bollywood mixes) followed up with Rising From The East
Rising From The East
Rising From The East is an album by a UK based Indian DJ Bally Sagoo in 1996.-Track listing:# Tum Bin Jiya# Ban Mein Aati Thi# Nach Malanga# Dil CheezThiThi# Nach Malanga# Dil Cheez# Tere Nain# Jitna Humne# Aaja Ve Maahi# Teri Akhiyan# Laila...
in 1996. Bally Sagoo runs a production company named Ishq Records that responsible for many artist. He has been awarded numerous Platinum album sales and awards. He has also toured with Michael Jackson in India.
In 2003 he won an "Outstanding Achievement Award" at the UK Asian Music Awards
UK Asian Music Awards
The UK Asian Music Awards, also known by the abbreviation UK AMA, is an award show that is held annually in the United Kingdom since 2002. It is presented by B4U Music since 2008...
.
On an international scale, his most famous work features prominently in Gurinder Chadha
Gurinder Chadha
Gurinder Chadha , OBE, is a British film director of Indian origin. Most of her films explore the lives of Indians living in the United Kingdom. She is best known for the hit films Bhaji on the Beach , Bend It Like Beckham , Bride and Prejudice and Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging...
's film Bend It Like Beckham
Bend It Like Beckham
Bend It Like Beckham is a 2002 comedy-drama film starring Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Myers, Anupam Kher, Shaznay Lewis, and Archie Panjabi first released in the United Kingdom. The film was directed by Gurinder Chadha...
and It's a Wonderful Afterlife
It's a Wonderful Afterlife
It's a Wonderful Afterlife is a 2010 British comedy film directed by Gurinder Chadha. The screenplay centers on an Indian mother whose obsession with marrying off her daughter leads her into the realm of serial murder. It was filmed primarily in English, with some Hindi and Punjabi dialogue...
. He worked together with Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan is an Indian film actor. He first gained popularity in the early 1970s as the "angry young man" of Hindi cinema, and has since appeared in over 180 Indian films in a career spanning more than four decades...
for a musical rendition of Harivansh Rai Bachchan's poetry and produced Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's ground breaking album Magic Touch.
In 2007, he starred and composed the music in the Punjabi film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
, Sajna ve Sajna.