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

Stream/Download

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

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)

Party starter & dancehall connoisseur Lil C live in session.

https://www.nts.live/shows/lil-c/episodes/lil-c-30th-june-2023

Pum Pum Power Hour w/ Lil C & Arthi 300623

Party starter & dancehall connoisseur Lil C live in session.

https://www.nts.live/shows/lil-c/episodes/lil-c-14th-july-2023

Pum Pum Hour w/ Lil C & Half Queen 140723

Parallel is thrilled to introduce CHALÉ, one of the 5 artists starting their residencies and Terra club nights this autumn. 

With regular appearances at Parallel and other clubs across city, CHALÉ has become a household name in the Amsterdam nightlife scene. Dexterously experimenting with rhythmic pulses, percussion, and mutant transitions, CHALÉ is always digging for the freshest selections along the spectrum of UK Bass to diasporic and hip-hop influenced club music.

CHALÉ: https://soundcloud.com/yung-chale

Terra│CHALÉ

Joyful global club sounds with NYC via London party starter The Large 
https://www.nts.live/shows/the-large/episodes/the-large-8th-september-2023

The Large 080923

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)

Guestmix by Noa (Collectif Taxiphone)

In singing and DJing, Ohjeelo aims at erasing the concept of limits from her artistique process. Guided by various influences gathered throughout years of traveling and digging for music, her mixes and tracks are a constantly mutating patchwork of sounds.

Ohjeelo every 1st & 3rd Friday of the month, from 17h to 18h [CET] on rinse.fr

Rinse France Podcast

Bougé Cho : Ohjeelo invite Noa - 06 Octobre 2023

Another one? Counting down to #100!

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Pa Salieu - Block Boy (Nora Zion Edit)
Kevin Kofii - Shifting Directions
Karen Nyame KG - P.L.L.
Riddla - Accusations
Mxshi Mo - Saviour
NKC - Make Nice
Pangaea - Router (Kaval Oceanic Edit)
Tales From The Southside - Bandit Country (Kode9 Remix)
Menzi - Not For Kids ft. Desong M & TEEk 2
Wrack - Explosion
Endless Mow - Spawning Pool
Lil Loaded - 6locc 6a6y (C-Notes Edit)
GREG - Dembow Tronico
Hockeysmith - Je Ne Serais Pas La (SHE Spells Doom Remix)
Surusinghe - Bop
Maurice Alexander - Skin U Kno

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AIRED ON RŠ 89.3 FM:
https://radiostudent.si/glasba/dvs-mp3-player/vol-93-shipwreckmp3

DVS MP3 PLAYER 093 | 30.09.23

'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)

PHOENIX RISING - AFRO TECH

Lamare - Re-Vibe aka DJ Vaggelis

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Polvo estelar (ᴀᴄɪᴏɴᴇꜱ ʟᴏꜱ ᴅᴏᴍɪɴɢᴏꜱ)

Musician / DJ / Facilitator

Co-founder @SEEN_universe / @SwingTing 

Bookings/enquiries: balraj.samrai@gmail.com

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

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