For years now India has been cranking out tracks showing the clear influence of the Dembow riddim and all its offshoots. The Punjabi scene has been the most impacted, but this mix also includes various Dembow-influenced rap, R&B and moombahton efforts in Hindi as well. (If you know of any Dembow tracks in Tamil, Telugu, etc., please send my way.) You’ll notice how much some of the songs sound like Major Lazer’s “Lean On,” whose filmed-in-India video is one of the biggest influencers of the trend. In fact, I could have made a whole mix of just songs aping “Lean On.” The songs on this mix only represent a fraction of the scene. I had originally selected over 100 songs for this mix, so this could easily be volume 1 of a long series.
India Loves Dembow Tracklisting
1Ravneet Singh & Vee – Laung Gawacha
2 Garry Sandhu – I Swear
3 Nimrat Khaira,Mankirt Aulakh – Suit
4 Sunanda Sharma – Jaani Tera Naa
5 Garry Sandhu feat. Jasmine Sandlas – Illegal Weapon
6 Babbal Rai – Mai Terra Akshay (feat. Bohemia)
7 Shipra Goyal – Dj Te
8 Akasa – Thug Ranjha
9 Raftaar – Baby Marvake Maanegi
10 Aastha Gill, Sachin Sanghvi, Jigar Saraiya, Divya Kumar & Sachin-Jigar – Kamariya (From “Stree”)
11 Garry Sandhu – Alert Kudey
12 Emiway Bantai – Machayenge
13 Neha Kakkar, Romi, Arun & Ikka – Chamma Chamma (From “Fraud Saiyaan)
14 Badshah – She Move It Like
15 Amrit Maan – Pariyaan Toh Sohni
16 Sukriti Kakar & Prakriti Kakar – Sudhar Ja
17 Jasmine Sandlas – Veera
18 Shailendra Singh – Hoga Tumse Pyara Kaun (Kone Kone Remix)
19 Nucleya – Lori (Tota Myna) [feat. Vibha Saraf]