Confusion. The music of Khuljit Bhamra - ACE413.2

Kuljit Bhamra on his way to his recording studio. Bhamra begins to play a peti (Indian harmonium); playing tabla (drums) with flautist; musicians playing and singing; all intercut with shots of Bhamra travelling. Bhamra’s VO talking about his composition and song-writing. Singers recording under Bhamra’s direction. Bhamra talking about his desire to keep alive traditional Punjabi instruments such as tabla, dholak, dhol, nagara, and matka, but combining these with Western production techniques to produce music accessible to a wide audience. He describes the situation in the early 1970s when British Asians were looking for a musical identity and the birth of bhangra. Sangeeta recording. Bhamra on the difference made to the music by the increasing involvement of women, and the changes he can sometimes makes to instrumentation. Sangeeta in music video. Bhamra talks about trying to change engrained English attitudes to Indian music. On tabla with flautist.