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Their music is inspired by Bollywood soundtracks and western styles of music. Seamlessly blending surf, spaghetti cinematica, disco and Indian psychedelia, The Bombay Royale is what would have happened to music had Amitabh Bachchan and Quentin Tarantino made movies together. Australian 11-piece band formed in Melbourne in 2010. The Bombay Royale’s debut, You Me Bullets Love, released in 2012, established the band’s credentials both as one of the most original festival acts around and as the world’s leading interpreters and of classic Indian filmi music of the 1960s and 70s. Also included is the shimmering original mix and a previously unreleased Bollywood psych funk instrumental Sleeping Giant. Best known as vocalist in cult psychedelic band The Bombay Royale she is influenced by. From Pasobionic’s jilted post-Dilla bounce to Damn Moroda’s aggressive bassrave futurism to Monkeymarc’s arpeggiated boom bap beatdown, the tempo never gets above 100 bpm but the vibe gets progressively deeper and darker. Parvyn Kaur Singh is a Punjabi Australian singer and dancer. Another hit from the pen of Bengal via Richmond songsmith Shourov Bhattacharya and guitar wizard Tom Martin, Phone Baje Na is Bengali for “the phone doesn’t ring” and is a haunting tale of unrequited love.Īvailable on 12” vinyl and digital formats, Phone Baje Na features three remixes in a range of flavors. Stream on more platforms here.To celebrate their first Northern Hemisphere tour, a prize slot at Glastonbury festival and a year of good work, The Bombay Royale are releasing Phone Baje Na, a bass-heavy, head-nodding Bollywood hypno-hop remix EP. Building on the worldwide success of their debut album You Me Bullets Love', the band has unleashed its trademark sound and set off on an extraordinary musical safari. Watch the video for “What You See” below. Introducing The Island of Dr Electrico, the second soundtrack album from The Bombay Royale, originators of vintage Bollywood-inspired surf, spy, disco and funk. The Bombay Royale are dedicated to bringing music and mayhem of vintage Indian cinema back to the future, where it belongs. “I’ve just taken bits and pieces of things that I love of all different elements of all different types of music and put it together in my own unique way.” While Parvyn describes “What You See” as the banger on the 12-track album – “it’s the most upbeat, fun song” – there’s a lot more explored on Sa, which will release later this year. It was actually what kept me going through lockdown because we had a very long lockdown in Melbourne, it was like my driving force.” Parvyn, who “upskilled” and picked up more production techniques beyond a basic understanding, says, “He would have the program open on his computer and share his screen with me. The Bombay Royale Fishtank Ensemble La Caravane Passe Monofocus Indiajiva La Batteria Mukta The Olympics Panjabi Mc Mohammed Rafi Sol Y Lluvia Kuldip Manak Watcha Clan Magnifico Latino Loco Coppelius Osiris Tupan Imam Baildi The Baghdaddies Delroy Wilson M. That’s when she returned to work on her long-awaited debut solo album Sa, starting with Zoom calls every Monday with Melbourne-based producer Joelistics aka Joel Ma. While the band continue to enjoy popularity in Australia and Parvyn had also been touring with her father for devotional concerts, the pandemic changed things.Īlso See #HitsOfTomorrow: Swedish House Mafia, Josef Salvat, Majid Jordan, Agnes and More They famously had their song “ You Me Bullets Love” out in 2012 (from the album of the same name) and featured in the videogame Far Cry 4.
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Parvyn – whose name is pronounced ‘pah-vin’ rather than the more commonly assumed ‘parveen’ in India – has so far made a name as the vocalist and co-founder of Australian psychedelic/Bollywood band The Bombay Royale. The women are just like throwaway images. Parvyn – who is the daughter of Sikh devotional singer Dya Singh – says, “I didn’t want it to be just the standard Bollywood dancing shaava shaava kind of always happy scenario, which is why we had the black and white and the color frames Also, normally, it’s the men that have all the scenes in dominant pictures. Parvyn Kaur Singh and director Bina Bhattacharya didn’t want to show just the happy side of the Indian immigrant experience. Women in traditional Indian clothes dancing away, a stationary auto used as a prop and a wedding scene – it might seem on the surface that Punjabi-Australian artist Parvyn’s new music video for “What You See” offers only cliches.Ī deeper look at the use of monochrome and certain mysterious elements (like the faceless violinist in a suit who is shown alongside the bride avatar of Parvyn), however, want to tell us something more.