Tuesday 25 June 2013

Bappi Lahiri: Karate (1983)

Karate

More martial arts. Bappi Lahiri is all over the place on 'Karate', making use of every trick in the book, every cliché found on a disco dancefloor. But guess what? It works. Sort of. Super funky bass riffs, relentless percussion (the title track); madcap effects, cheesiness aplenty ('Tum Tum Tumba'); packing I don't know how many different musical themes into a single, amazing intro ('Bazi Pyar Ki'); sonic effects, bombastic arrangements, the obligatory 'I Feel Love' synth line ('Do Diwane Pyar Ke') – for all his derivativeness (lots) and downright stealing (some), Bappi really is a disco sub-genre all on his own.

And to wind things down, the guitar on 'Aaja Gale Too Lagale' and 'Ma Ae Ma' is more than a little gorgeous. 

Track listing:
1. Bappi Lahiri, Amit Kumar & Chorus: Karate
2. Asha Bhosle: Bazi Pyar Ki
3. Asha Bhosle: Yeh Salam Aakhri
4. Bappi Lahiri & Chorus: Tum Tum Tumba
5. Kishore Kumar, Amit Kumar & Chorus: Do Diwane Pyar Ke
6. Kavita Arun & Gurmeet Kaur: Aaja Gale Too Lagale
7. Kishore Kumar & Amit Kumar: Ma Ae Ma

7 comments:

  1. Many Thanks for this fabulous album of Bappi Lahiri. Expecting some RD Burman numbers in the coming days.

    Regards
    Amit Kishore

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  2. Hello PC,

    How are you with the time? And your label.

    I had to stop my my mixes "Votre Accent Est charmant Mademoiselle" for the radio but finally i decided to develop another project. To make 4 mixes every year since the begining of recording around the world. Another history of music.
    http://parisartisticstore.blogspot.fr/


    I just begin...

    I'm happy to see you develop Bhappi Lahiri. When i was teenager all my neighbour was Tamoul so i heard a lot of indian music. And i allways mixed the Lahiri's disco.

    I wish you a good continuation.



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  3. Thanks. I probably still have the odd misgiving about Bappi, but he has undeniably made some good soundtracks.

    Amit, there'll be more Burman, but not for a couple of months.

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  4. great upload PC ,two consecutive Bhappi Lahiri scores please upload any O P Nayyar or Laxmikant Pyarelal albums if you have in ur music bank. thanks

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  5. Thanks so much for this. I saw the DVD for this film in Jackson Heights this weekend, but didn't for some reason pick it up. Of course I then looked for the soundtrack, but couldn't find it on CD. So ... much appreciated, and timely (for me)!

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