Mohinder Kaur Bhamra

𝙐𝙣𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙙𝙞𝙜𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙨, 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝘽𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝘼𝙨𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙘 𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙗𝙪𝙢 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙘.

A chance find of the original multitrack masters during the Covid lockdown led to ‘Punjabi Disco’ being rediscovered. Lovingly mixed down and remastered from these very studio recordings, the reissue also 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙭𝙚𝙨 𝙗𝙮 𝙋𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙇𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨, 𝘽𝙖𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙞, 𝙈𝙮𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙅𝙪𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙚, 𝙋𝙨𝙮𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙠, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘿𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝘽𝙤𝙮𝙨, as well as a cover by Say She She’s Piya Malik and Turbotito & Ragz and a previously unreleased track.

Wedding music was traditionally a tame, segregated affair: men and women seated and separated on opposite sides of the room. ‘Punjabi Disco’ was born out of a desire to create an unsegregated dancefloor and inspired by the sounds of disco from the era.

A tapestry of electric drum rhythm, warbling bass, and psychedelic siren-like Roland synth melodies provide a vehicle for Mohinder’s powerful voice. Part disco, part funk, part acid house, and infused with Punjabi folk melodies, the sound of ‘Punjabi Disco’ is as mesmerising as it is undefinable.