Babla & Kanchan - Kings & Queens of Chutney Music #1

Very first post (in a sery of ?) dedicated to Chutney Music !
Most of you familiar with Trintad & Tobago but especially Guyana music may have noticed for fast paced "Bollywood influenced songs" mixed with Carribean carnival vibe, the whole sung in Hindi.
Well that's the way i got in touch first and fall in love with Chutney...



> For further infos, better check the Wiki page which is pretty complete.

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Babla & Kanchan - Kuch Gadbad Hai

Kanchan started her career singing with Music Directors Kalyanji - Anandji (elder brothers of Babla) in the early 1970's and recorded many hit songs.
At that time Babla was working as a music assistant and backing musician too for his brothers duet.
I believe Babla & Kanchan met on the Qurbani movie on which to which they both participated.

Kanchan’s love for Live shows resulted in her teaming up with Babla (whith whome she'll married). Due to the band's huge success and continuous tours, they kept away from the Hindi film industry a long time to focuse on the Orchestra.
The duo devised the now famous "Disco Dandiya" genre and became real superstars in the West Indies but not also and gained popularity too in the Netherlands, England, US & India too.

Their records are defintely emblematic for chutney's third wave artists, to follow precursors such as Sundar Popo and older ones (a post to come for S.P. next).
Emancipating from religious & family themes lyrics but also introducing modern music elements especially thanks to the like of fascinating and versatile composer Babbla.




Babla & Kanchan - Kuchh Kuchh Baby





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Babla & His Orchestra - Title Music

Extra joint from Babla (solo), this time more on the disco side. Opening track taken from the amazing "Disco Sensation" LP covering Hindi film hits in a Dandiya way but also containing personnal compositions ( there is a bootleg rerelease going around). MUST BUY !!

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Appart from having collaborated with both his elder brothers, Babla has also been composing a large amount of obscure music scores and sung in many of them too. But obviously i'm not owning any of them.



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BONUS
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Artical Dan & Peaches - Benji Darling

Modern guyana artists pay tribute. This one's totally murder !!



Rocky Rock - Shatabdi Express

To end properly the post comes at last a dreamy & Larry Levan'esque music collage based on Babla's Disco Dandia's records, from friend & Hindi music freak Rocky Rock.



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R.I.P. Kanchan (1950 -2004)
"She would enter and the studios will suddenly light up" - Rohit Jagessar

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