| Bikram Singh | |
| Origin: | New York City, United States |
| Genre: | Bhangra |
| Associated Acts: | Tigerstyle |
Bikram Singh (born 1980/1981) is an American bhangra music artist. A graduate of Touro Law School, he also works as an attorney in New York City.[1]
Singh emigrated from Punjab, India, to Queens, New York when he was twelve years old. He quickly entered the local music scene, debuting his tracks at an open mic night in Greenwich Village. Singh began exploring the boundaries between Punjabi folk lyricism and Asian Underground electronica, and he teamed up with New York's DJ Navdeep to record the underground hit "Aa Gayee". Singh performed with Panjabi MC at Summerjam 2003, when he sang "Beware of the Boys" for a crowd of over 20,000. Since then, Singh has toured all over Europe, the United States, and the United Kingdom.
The 2004 mix-tape Exclusives[2] included a collaboration with Global Soul recording artist Shakti to produce "Do the Thang Thang," which played on New York radio stations Hot 97 and Power 105. Also on the album were the Tigerstyle-produced hits "Taakre" and "Nachna".
Singh's latest album, American Jugni, has spent several weeks on the top of the BBC Asian Bhangra charts. Singh brought in two major Bhangra producers, Tigerstyle and Ravi Bal, to work on the album. In 2005, American Jugni was the best-selling album in the UK and the track "Kawan", which featured vocal talents of Gunjan (a well established female Hindi/Punjabi singer) was named by BBC radio as the track of the year.
In 2007, Singh linked up with producer and hip hop extraordinaire Wyclef to create a track on DJ Rekha's (Basement Bhangra) upcoming Koch Records release. Rekha had actually asked Bikram a while back to do a track for the album and the vocals sat there over the years and nothing materialized for a while. But with the album release finalized, Rekha rekindled the record this year and asked him to re-do the vocals on the track in collaboration with Wyclef, and the ‘Basement Bhangra Anthem’ was born.
In 2011, Singh performed on Das Racist's "Punjabi Song" from their album Relax. He sings the hook, entirely in Punjabi.
Bikram Singh and the band consists of a drummer, tabla player, dholki player, dhol player, a bass guitarist, and a keyboardist. Bikram Singh has been performing with a band for the past seven years. These musicians are some of the best in the world, having played alongside award-winning singers and producers including A.R. Rahman (India), Panjabi MC (UK), Tigerstyle (UK) and many more. It is a power packed performance with Bikram Singh singing some of the most traditional folk cover songs along with his high energy original tracks from his recent albums. After a four-year hiatus, Bikram Singh released "Ek Gabru" a single, which features the lyrics of Preet Kanwal and music production of Tigerstyle.
Below are some of the cities and countries Bikram has taken his show to:
In addition, Bikram Singh has performed numerous times in the United States in the following States: New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Vermont, Michigan (Detroit, Lansing), Florida (Miami, Orlando, Fort Lauderdale), Pennsylvania (State College, Philadelphia, Easton, Allentown) Massachusetts (Boston, MIT) Virginia, District of Columbia, West Virginia, Minnesota (Minneapolis), Indiana (West Lafayette, Indianapolis), Georgia (Atlanta), Illinois (Chicago), Ohio (Columbus), North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas (Houston, Dallas), Nevada (Las Vegas), Arizona, California (Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento, Yuba City, San Diego, Colusa) and more.
Singles:
"Kawan 2" featuring Tigerstyle & Gunjan
Release date: March 2014
"Botal" featuring DDS
Release date: October 2014
"Rusiya Na Kar" Feat. PropheC
Release date: August 25, 2016
ALBUMS
Title: BIK I AM
Tracks:1. Kinna Sohna Munda - Bikram Singh2. Beyonce - Bikram Singh3. Tenu Kinne Sikhaya - Bikram Singh & Premi Johal4. Electro Love Boliyan - Bikram Singh feat. Ranbir S. 5. Nachengi - Bikram Singh6. Mere Naal Nach - Bikram Singh feat. Twin Beats7. Mein Na Avanga - Bikram Singh8. Sohni Lagdi - Bikram Singh9. Just For A Dance - Bikram Singh feat. Bellringer, Mentor, Pramänik10. Naina'ch Sharab - Bikram Singh11. Ghar Aja Ve Mahi - Bikram Singh & Jyoti Gill12. Yaari - Bikram Singh13. Jaaniye - Bikram Singh feat. PropheC14. Mere Naal Nach (Remix) Bikram Singh feat. DDS
Title: Tip Top
1. Naagni 2. Aashiqan De Dil 3. Ik Waari Aaja (ft Gunjan) 4. Gidhian Di Rani5. Akhiyan’ch Tu Vasdi (ft Josh)6. Tip Top Putt Jatt Da 7. Telephone 8. Solwa Saal9. Mein Boli Punjabi10. Dil Sanu De Mutiyare11. Pehle Tor Di Sharaab12. Ik Waari Aaja (Bandish Projekt “Come Back” Remix)
Title: American Jugni
1. American Jugni - Bikram Singh2. Kawan - Gunjan & Bikram Singh3. Akh Nagni - Bikram Singh4. Bhabi Munda Lambran Da - Bikram Singh5. Chaklo Gandasay - Bikram Singh6. Kei Katal Hongay - Bikram Singh7. Sada Dil - Bikram Singh8. Kushian De Dhol - Bikram Singh9. Luggian - Bikram Singh10. Chaklo Gandasay (Remix) - Bikram Singh11. sohni kuriye - Harsimran Sanghera
Title: Exclusives from Bikram Singh