MICK ST CLAIR ------ Loud 'N' Proud 2
Got to be my best buy of the month for August . Most outstanding album with solid tunes and good music arrangements.
Mick ST Clair really does know what is needed to create that all occasion party atmosphere.
"FRIENDSHIP", it has a reggae kick to it. I like the singers voices they sound very raw, kind of village style. Good music arrangements.
"RESHMI GARARA" a nice danceable track for the ladies.
"DIL KARDA" a good track for that special occasion, a celebration song. I can see this being played on weddings and parties. Good vocals by Jassi and all round great music. Its lyrics are quite catchy too.
"YAAR DE VIYAH" Yes Kaka delivers a wicked song, one for the boyz. This has to be a a dance floor filler.
"DHOLLA VEH DHOLLA" wow what a monster of a track, It's the return of the Dholla track. Mick has really put the extra edge to this track. Bhangra/Hindi weaved magically together. AWESOME TRACK.
Credit goes out to all those behind this extradinary top class album.
Some info about Mick ST Clair's history
Mick ST Clair the DJ is one of the early legendary pioneers of the Bhangra explosion in the UK.
I think he was possibly the very first Asian DJ in the UK probably going back to the early 70's. He has achieved some major awards for his contribution to the Bhangra Industry. His extradinary career spans for more than 3 decades as a top class DJ.
Mick is very talented. I believe he once presented a radio show back in the mid 80's though i cannot confirm that yet. He has an album or two where he sang the songs and vocally my opinion is he is good. One album that i remember is "ISHQ DI GHADI" late 80's if my memory serves me well. Mick even released an album of REMIXES which was very new to the bhangra scene back then. Mick had a recording studio with practically every other local bhangra band rehearsing there and even having their albums released under Micks Record Label. The group Sat Rang is one of many bands under Mick's "SAINT RECORDS".
Although Mick did take a break for several years in the late 90's early 2000's from recording due to various reasons suchas spend more time with his family, enjoy a bit of travelling abroad and things like that. Mick still continued to DJ and still does to this present day. I admire Mick's comeback into producing and releasing again, he really has what it takes to bring good music and songs to all asian music lovers worldwide.
Mick has made a big impact to people's live in the UK and abroad and contributed to revolutionise asian music in the UK. His popularity expands around the world from UK To Europe, Canada and India and so.
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