An extended 90s bhangra club mix from Maximum NRG, resident Dj's at the legendary bombay Jungle asian club night.

Bhangra 90s Club nights EXTENDED mix DOWNLOAD- Bombay Jungle 20th Anniversary

This is a mix created as a tribute to one of Maximum NRG's favourite Manak tracks, Heer - doli begi kheriyan di. Its quite an extreme dark hip hop mix so not for the masses. 

Kuldeep Manak - Heer Ranjha (The Tormented Soul)

The Wu Tang clan and Killarmy were a big influence on us in the 90s. Being punjabi DJ's and followers of producers Rza and 4th Disciple, it was only natural we would bring the wutang style to punjabi vocals. This is a DCS track from their 90s album 'punjabi dance nation' mixed for all the punjabi loving Wu Tang disciples. 

DCS - Laban De Uthe (the WU-TANG Disciples Remix)

Surjit Bindrakhia and Dilshad Akhtar in epic form with the track 'Akhada Geet' from 90's punjabi film 'Kachehari'.

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Dera Jatt Da -Surjit Bindrakhia / Dilshad Akhtar (mix by FUNKY CHILD)

Kuldeep Manak (Sucha Soorma - Path Of The Righteous Man)

Special track for one of my best friends of all time, my other brother Gorby who has had an amazing 2016, mix first done for his and Sarah's wedding. Finally did the full version. Enjoy.

Wonderwall (the Patiala version)

A long awaited mix of a classic track called 'Lea Kurfeu Pass Bana Mitra' with the timeless vocals of Surinder Shinda and Gulshan Komal. Album artwork by BhangraTapedeck. Samples from:
Young Black Teenagers
Cypress Hill
Lords of the Underground
Enjoy

Maximum NRG

Curfew Pass (Surinder Shinda / Gulshan Komal feat Funky Child)

Shaktee Dha Dhol, classic bhangra track from the 90's mixed by Maximum NRG.

Bhangra flashback - Shaktee Dha Dhol (club Dj mix)

Sardool Sikander track featuring the Gravediggaz 'suicide'. The Gravediggaz were part of the Wu-Tang Clan. 

SARDOOL - Maut vi nahin auni (Suicide Mix)

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Tracks used in the mix:
1: Sardool Sikander - Samne
2: Gangstarr - In this life.
3: Rakim - guess who's back.
4: Alkaholics - Welcome to the next level.
5: Lord finesse - I keep the crowd listening
6: Hiroshima - Distant thoughts
7: PMD - Rugged n raw
8: Gangstarr - Mass appeal
9: Wu-Tang Clan - C.R.E.A.M

SARDOOL - SAMNE (OLD SKOOL PUNJABI HIP HOP MIX for the OLD SKOOL DJs)

This mix features Kuldeep Manak style vocals by Sardool Sikander in the album 'Roadways Di Laari'. To all club going punjabi and hip hop music fans from the 90's. Track mixed up by 90's Djs Maximum NRG UK. Other tracks used in the mix are:
1: DAS EFX - Gimme Dat Micraphone
2: DAS EFX - They want EFX remix
3: Lords of the Underground - Funky child
4: Lords of the Underground - Lord Jazz hit me one time.

Roadways di Laari 2K15 scratch mix ('the funky child')

In 1993 a group of like minded DJ's got together and opened the first ever Asian weekly club night in London called Bombay Jungle, offering Hip Hop R n B and BHANGRA, yes bhangra in London and weekly. This mix is the first part of our Bombay Jungle 20th anniversary tribute. Its especially dedicated to those 1000's that came through the doors of Bombay Jungle, later to be called Hot n Spicy. The mix includes tracks with the beats that were played in those days. 
Track List:
1: Saqi - Saqian Dha Dhol
2: Safri - Nakhre bin Sohni Temi
3: Shaktee - Gidhe Vich
4: Sat Rang - Sajana
5: PDM - Makhna
6: Eshara - Gidhe Vich
7: Safri - Mirza
8: Safri - Par Lighande
9: Bombay Talkies - Chargi
10: Safri - Rahe Rahe

tracks in part 2 include safri - put sardaran dhe, malkit singh - boliyan, anakhi - scream, sahotas - has hogia, ranjit mani - put sardaran dhe, shaktee - shaktee da dhol, malkit singh - jugni and others.

Bhangra 90's club mini-mix DOWNLOAD - bombay jungle 20th anniversary part 1

A long time admirer of this track from the Jeona Morh Album by Surinder Shinda and Gulshan Komal. Given the Maximum NRG Funky Child flava.

Max NRG

Kardi Haan Minnat Pati Ji - Gulshan Komal (The Funky Child)

Maximum NRG (The Funky Child): Bhangra and Breaks

In the early 1990s, West London, England was the scene of South Asian kids expressing themselves though music. This sub-culture was marked by two main influences, rural sub-continent lyrics underlaid by jeep beats. This new urban sound had amongst it's ingredients Punjab’s folk music Bhangra combined with US influenced hip-hop. This was the setting we found ourselves in, the DJs known as Maximum NRG (terrible name – we know). 

Formed by a few mates from Southall and Hounslow in the early 90s, we had by the end of that decade been lucky enough to be part of a movement that combined the already evolved sound of say Wolverhampton's Sahotas with Brooklyn’s Notorious B.I.G. Friends such as Hustlers Convention, Asian DJ Culture and Ambassadors of Sound were huge critical masses of that scene. 

The finest moments of this identity expression was to be found in the weekly schedules of mainstream music clubs, beginning in London that hosted, now almost beyond imagination, nights like Bombay Jungle at The Wag, and the incomparable Hot 'n' Spicy at Shaftesbury Avenue’s disused church: Limelight. Birmingham and Nottingham also stood out with Church Club and Kitsch Club. Suddenly, Bhangra was no longer suburban.

This is reputation that we hope Maximum NRG is remembered for. To have, along with tenacious promoters, brought weekly bhangra nights into the public arena – we're talking weekly Bhangra in Chinatown! Suddenly the term minority just seems idiotic. Taking music that we were listening to in our cars, homes, weddings and Walkmans and pumping it though the sound rigs at Ministry of Sound, Bagleys and even Britain’s favourite seaside camp site Great Yarmouth, we found that not only was there a market for it but it was based on genuine musical love. Those who we played with, and to, did not wish to make a choice between Jungle, Bhangra, H&G, R 'n' B and Hip-Hop. 

They wanted the diversity - that was and is our British identity. 

Us? We were just lucky to be available and unemployed and had amongst us a pretty good Mixman - The Funky Child. So, this page is for him and for all those who let us entertain them – thank you ji for the memories. We may never see their likes again.

Thank you for allowing us to share some of those mixes that we tried live at clubs with nothing but two decks, a mixer and a mic. One night we even plugged a three band Walkman with low-battery so we could play Bindrakhia’s Dupatta.  We couldn't do any "rewind" requests! 

We hope you enjoy our old-skool Bhangra sound, it has brought us many awards but what we love most is that because of the music we mix, we can dream that Sardool Sikandar’s best mate was DJ Premier.

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