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South Asian New Wave. Four words that you will rarely see together. Pinky Ann Rihal were the brainchild of two London-based Punjabi immigrants and progressive rock musicians – Harry Rihal and Jati Sodhi – at a time in the UK when progressive rock musicians were almost exclusively white and Punjabi musicians were almost exclusively making Bhangra. Encouraged by their friend and disco pioneer Biddu (yes, that Biddu!), they cut ‘Tere Liye’ – a one-off Hindi-language New Wave album with producer John Hamilton and vocalists Pinky Rihal (married to Harry) and Anne Barrett (married to John). It is an album that exemplifies the cultural collaboration and musical synthesis of the time. Complementing the rich, cosmic and layered synth and drum programming of Hamilton and the distorted guitars of Rihal and Sodhi are the Indian-language Hindi lyrics of vocalists Pinky and Anne. The result is an amazing one-of-a-kind South Asian New Wave album. Nothing like it has ever been released before or since.
Originally released in 1985 and now carefully remastered and reissued, ‘Tere Liye’ can finally take its rightful place as one of the foundational albums of the Asian underground.
Originally released in 1985 and now carefully remastered and reissued, ‘Tere Liye’ can finally take its rightful place as one of the foundational albums of the Asian underground.
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