solo tracks and collaborations with Okzharp, Ruf Dug, Brackles, Fox & Murlo for Keysound, UTTU, Niche N Bump & Swing Ting

Releases

Farah Ahmad Khan & I present a collaborative work commissioned by Manchester Museum & Season for Change "Planet-People-Power" explores Black, Indigenous & South Asian diaspora experiences in relation to climate change, touching on intersectional environmentalism, environmental inequality and the ecological interconnectedness between Manchester and the Global South. The work features a plethora of international collaborators from artists, activists and musicians to poets, producers and curators.

https://fanlink.to/planetpeoplepower

Credits: 
Balraj Singh Samrai - Creator, Music Composition & Production, Vocals, Research
Farah Ahmad Khan - Creator, Writer, Poetry, Urdu Poetry, Vocals, Research 
Vikaash Sankadecha - Tabla
Rakhi Singh - Violin
Gavsborg - Poetry 
Pandit G - Spoken Interview Excerpt
Keisha Thompson - Spoken Interview Excerpt
Shanique Marie - Spoken Interview Excerpt
Pooja - Spoken Interview Excerpt
Alexandra Alberda - Spoken Interview Excerpt
Hope Jenkins, Sohrab Chaudhry, Aleeza Khan - Child Artists
Nikhil Sinha - Mastering

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Planet-People-Power (Season for Change/Mcr Museum Commission)

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Watch Video/Support here: https://fanlink.to/PlanetPeoplePowerRemix

Balraj Singh Samrai & Farah Ahmad Khan connect once more exploring Climate Justice enlisting British-Tamil artist @goldtooth_dj & Mancunian-Malawaian @rootz0161 for a hard-hitting number fit for the club or classroom backed by a futurist visual from Sophie Ying-Wang Billington. This releases follows acclaimed works by Balraj & Farah for Opera North & MIF Sounds with performances at Bluedot & Manchester International Festival as well as support from BBC 6 Music (Mary Anne Hobbs/Jamz Supernova), Mr Scruff, Mixmag, DJ Mag, FACT Mag & Bandcamp Weekly. 

Originally a collaborative work commissioned by Manchester Museum & Season for Change, Planet-People-Power explored Pan-Africian, Caribbean, Indigenous & South Asian diaspora experiences in relation to climate change. The work featured a plethora of international collaborators from artists, activists & musicians to poets, producers & curators. 

Fresh from his BBC Asian Network residency South-London’s GoldTooth flips Planet-People-Power’s original track eleven minutes into a digestible three & half minutes expertly incorporating Rakhi Singh’s warm strings, Vikaash Sankadecha’s irresistible tabla rhythms as well as glowing pads, skittering drums & 808 bass glides even adding his own vocal lines to the haunting hook. Rising star of the Manchester underground Rootz raps a poignant verse putting forward the realities of the current situation whilst yearning for a brighter tomorrow. 

The Remix is interspersed with profound interview excerpts from Climate Activist/Researcher Pooja Kishinani, Curator of Indigenous Perspectives Alexandra P. Alberda & Manchester-based Writer, Performance Artist & Producer Keisha Thompson. Jamaican Artist Gavsborg of Kingston’s prestigious Equiknoxx collective delivers a stark poem as well as Asian Dub Foundation’s Pandit G offering a moving example of the role green spaces provide for the most marginalised as well as the industrial threats that loom.

Balraj Singh Samrai & Farah Ahmad Khan - Planet People Power(GoldTooth Remix) featuring Rootz

My first solo release under the name "Samrai" since 2016 linking up with amazing talents LINTD and Raheel Khan on the new imprint - Sangha Industries. 
 
This single digs into the pressures of being turned into blood, sweat and grease for profit as well as exploring the triumph over such petty deaths. 

Sonically its minimal yet maximal with synths, sublow bass, drum machines and staccato tabla tones (from Vikaash), giving space for LINTD's evocative vocals.

https://fanlink.to/Oil_Money

Oil Money

Support

Samrai, LINTD & Raheel Khan - Oil Money (SANGHA001)

Presenting 'Help Me' - From the album 'Work & Roti' (coinciding with a Video release shot by Alice-Kanako starring LINTD & Vinthya)

https://fanlink.to/helpmesingle

Myself & Shanique first connected in 2016 have collaborated, performed and feasted (!) together on numerous occasions in our respective hometowns of Manchester, UK and Kingston, JA. This track is a special and personal collaboration for us both exploring heritage, displacement and cultural identity.

The stunning visual from Alice-Kanako stars Vinthya and LINTD who also feature on 'Work & Roti'. 

These extended versions feature additional tabla rhythms on the intro and outro with the Dub mix going to work on the vocal delay, fx and reverb. For the DJ crew!

Help Me

Samrai, Shanique Marie - Help Me (Extended Dub Mix)

'Bhangbow’ combines Bhangra, Dancehall and Dembow elements, deploying dhol, percussive drum fills, a catchy flute line and deep sub bass for a tune suitable for all kinds of festivities. Dropped just in time for harvest festivals Bandi Chhor Divas, Deepavali and Diwali, this riddim has had worldwide support from DJs Arthi, Asmara, Chandé, Florentino, Lil C and beyond with spins from Yerevan to London, Birmingham to Bengaluru.

https://fanlink.tv/bhangbow

Samrai - Bhangbow (SANGHA004)

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my Foundation FM mix as part of Disco Monde's takeover ~ featuring voices and rhythms from Japan, Samoa/Polynesia, Ivory Coast, St. Lucia, India, Angola, Brasil, South Africa, Morocco, The Congo, São Toméa, Benin, Phillipines and their diasporas ~

Full set with Blackmagicwoman, Zoe and Inda Flo is on Foundation FM's website: https://foundation.fm/episode/friday-takeover-disco-monde-with-disco-monde-okami-zone-and-inda-flo/5257

Foundation FM takeover w/ Disco Monde

Freetown Collective - Take Me Home (Jel Guitar Edit)
Kes The Band - Cocoa Tea (MUV Edit)
Kes The Band - No Sweetness
Machel Montano - The Truth
Full Blown - Good Spirits
Yung Bredda - The Greatest Bend Over
GBM Nutron x Tano - One Piece (MUV Edit)
DJ Private Ryan, Jadel - Bubbling Champion
Problem Child - A Little Jam (Whole Night)
Preedy - Vibes Team
Sedale - Wet Me Down
Patrice Roberts - Cyah Hear Yuh
GBM Nutron - I Like That (ALT Intro)
Farmer Nappy - Dutty Meh Finger
Bunji Garlin - Tired Tell Dem
Trinidad Killa - Down In De Jouvert
Lyrikal - Hush And Bend
Mical Teja - Tabanca (Ninja Edit)
Machel Montano - Bet Meh
Anika Berry - Saddle
Lyrikal - Dotish
Yung Bredda - Kettle Pot
Voice - Retro
Machel Montano - Nice Time
Machel Montano - Whole Day
Farmer Nappy - Choose One
GBM Nutron - D Soca Band
Kris Kennedy - No Way
Kerwin Du Bois x Nadia Batson - For Your Ears
DJ Private Ryan, Keshav - Moves (Go Dung Dey)
Melick - Down Dey
Kerwin Du Bois - You Owe Me (Jel Intro)
Imani Ray- Own It 
Patrice Roberts - Is Mas
Problem Child - In A Mess
Shal Marshall - Feting Family
Lyrikal, Travis World - Soca ALIVE 
Erphaan Alves - Mas Go Play
Voice - Too Own Way
Farmer Nappy - Thankful (Can't Singh Mix)
Preedy - Blaze Fire 
Blaka Dan - Blessing
V'ghn - Heart of Carnival (Intro)
Collegeboy Jesse x All Stars - Addicted
Mical Teja - Energy (MUV Edit)
Lyrikal - Strange Things
Nailah Blackman - Wave 
Waddicks x Travis World - Drinking Partner 
Viking Ding Dong - Throwback (MUV Edit)
Fay Ann Lyons - Wet & Wild
GEO - Slip In
Suhrawh & Rawsheid - Eating Cat 
Patrice Roberts - Kitty Cat
Mela Caribe, Yung Bredda - Ben Ova Miss
Sekon Sta x DJ Private Ryan - Loose
Yung Bredda X Added Rankin - Bamcie
Voice - Higher
Patrice Roberts - Leh We Play
Bunji Garlin - Carry It
Bunji Garlin - Thousand (MUV Edit)
Bronxx & Mata ft. Ricky T - Better Than Them
Lyrikal - Mash Pit 
Ricky T - Look Something To Talk About
Skinny Fabulous - Find Out 
Skinny Fabulous x Machel Montano - Fallen Fetters
Mical Teja - Higher Power (Intro)
Shal Marshall - Behaviour Nothing
Problem Child - Like Never Before
Fay Ann Lyons - Bend In Time (Smartiez Intro)
Problem Child - Must Bend
Nailah Blackman - No Soft Banana
Bunji Garlin - Bumpa Love (Jel Intro)
Bunji, Travis World - Touch D Road
Lyrikal - Hotspot
Lavaman - Not From Here
Jab King - Addicted
V'ghn - Explore
AkaiiUsweet x Tobap - Wicked 
Quan x Trilla G x Little Boy - Someone Else
Trilla G, Nailah Blackman - Try Me
Trinidad Killa - Terrance
Sackie - Terrance
Pndrn - West Gyul
Machel Montano x Pumpa - Her Mudda
Trinidad Killa x Jadel - Fitness
Konshens - Rum Bus
Lyrikal - Hardest Jam
Khalifah - Road Revenge
Voice, Skinny Fabulous - Owe Me Nothing
Mad Skull x Wetty beatz - Sound Check
Bunji Garlin - Fete I Like
Hey Choppi - Titanic
Shurwayne Winchester - One Wine
Sucre - Hold On Darlin'
Hey Choppi x Chalmer John - Aye Gyal
47Ronzy - Come Here
Lyrikal - Carnival Meeting
Rupee - My Kinda Gyal
Patrice Roberts - Tun Up
Machel Montano - Wah We Doin
V'ghn x Tano - Bacchanal Lady
Th3rd - Night and Day
Aaron Duncan - Step Out
Farmer Nappy - Would You
Nadia Batson - Best In A While
College Boy Jesse x Dj Spider - Push Back Dat
Saddis x Jus Jay King - BYE x 2
GBM Nutron - Bless Me
Salty - Sweet Man
Juby - More Gyal For Me
Terri Lyons x Private Ryan - Forward
GBM Nutron - Hot Gyal Performance
Shal Marshall - Best Friend
Patrice Roberts - Dash dem away
Patrice Roberts - User Friendly
Skinny Fabulous - Do Yuh Thing
Nadia Batson - Coffee
Mela Caribe x Private Ryan - Sweet & Rude
Private Ryan x Wadicks - We Love Party
Private Ryan, MX Prime, Jus Now - Fetting Champion
Bunji Garlin, Banx & Ranx - Celebration

Apple Podcasts

2025 SOCA SWITCH "Soca 2025 Mix" | DJ JEL

SOUNG-U KIM: FLUTE ( RECORDED BY ANNA DE MUTIIS)
ANNA DE MUTIIS: BASS

MASTERED AT PEACH STUDIOS BY KY ACAB
ARTWORK BY HOLLY PILOT

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a mix for the girlies and the gays or whateverrrrr

hi im kyami! im a music producer, songwriter, textile artist and creative based in manchester, uk. i feel like i had to do the intro?? cuz no one knows me like that frfr so yeah i guess we out here now. anyway, i've been meaning to get back into djing since i havent done it for a while and all my friends tell me i should give it a crack so im doing the thing. we need more female djs too okay! i love this mix and i feel like a mix should take you on a journey through different genres, different dynamics and different tempos. i love so many genres, it's hard for me to just put out a strictly rnb, strictly garage, srictly house etc, mix so im just doing ones that i would wanna hear! i feel like this one is for the summer garden parties, chillin in the sun with your mates, drinking some beers, a bbq with your besties, you know the vibes. 


garden party, energetic bbq vibes mix! 110-140bpm uk funky, house, garage, rnb

SEEN UNIVERSE set at Sounds From The Other City

Samrai & Nuradin Abdi - CROP Radio - 07/07/2025

🌐 Refuge Worldwide is a radio station and community space based in Berlin-Neukölln.
➡️ More info, more music: www.refugeworldwide.com

Help us stay on air by donating to our fundraiser: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-refuge-worldwide-community-radio

Resisting Digital Policing - Zara Manoehoetoe, Laurence Meyer & KOP - 30 Jul 2025

Musician / DJ / Facilitator

Co-founder @SEEN_universe / @SwingTing 

Bookings/enquiries: balraj.samrai@gmail.com

Problematic Riddim

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