desi crunk. brAsian rap. UK bhangra. grime. giddha. banjara beats. dancehall. kuduro. rai. ...immigrant identities, the working class, South Asian diaspora, British Asian culture, geography, Hinglish, vintage hindi tapes,...record collecting/vinyl obsession...& dancing
in no particular order... Kishore Kumar, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Bally Sagoo, Magoo, Cornershop, The Auteurs, Heart, Mutamassik, Nitin Sawhney, Sukshinder Shinda, Pulp, Suede, Stereolab, The Clientele, The Kinks, blur, Khaled, Natacha Atlas, Asha Bhosle, Warda, Asian Dub Foundation, Muslimgauze, Jazzy B, Lembher Hussainpuri, State of Bengal, The Smiths, Echobelly, RDB, R. D. Burman, A.S. Kang, Sharon Jones, The Jam, M.I.A., Sparks, Jackie Wilson, Elvis, Joe Meek, Ian Brown, Juggy D, Raghav, Nasha Collective, Shawna, Shystie, No Lay, The Streets, Miss MC, Panjabi MC, Nazia Hassan, Shabz, Jaimeson, Biddu, Badmarsh & Shri, Swami, Sanj, Tigerstyle, Bikram Singh, MC Soom-T, Ms. Dynamite, Dadoo, The Stone Roses, Sarbjit Kaur, Ms. Scandalous, So Solid Crew/Lisa Maffia ... glam, Mod, Soul & Oi!
East is East, Don, Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf?, Pakeeza, Guide, Umrao Jaan, The Loved One, Bringing up Baby, A Place in The Sun, The Collector, The Graduate, The Girl with Green Eyes ... {{{{{{Rekha, Amitabh Bachchan, Liz Taylor, Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, Cary Grant, Ray Winstone, Montgomery Clift...}}}}}}}}
Meera Syal, Colette, Oscar Wilde, Marjane Satrapi, Monica Ali, Caroline Blackwood
My Mum, Meena Kumari, Shirin Neshat, Shail Upadhya, Amitabh Bachchan, Shahnaz Husain