My brother Carl Hamm, aka DJ Carlito, is a club and radio DJ who also sometimes mans the turntables at South Asian weddings along the Eastern US. He whipped up a "specially requested remix" for one such fete. It was used in a choreographed dance that the groom and his brother, who are accomplished bhangra dancers, performed for the bride and all the wedding guests.
"Many of the guests told me afterwards how much they loved it," says Carl. Here's a SoundCloud link, and below, more from him about the Daft Bhangra remix:
Daft Punk's original "Get Lucky" is a truly great pop song, but I've heard it so many times in the past few months that it was kind of cathartic to be asked to change it into a bhangra song. The original bhangra song sampled is "Giddeh Vich – Ricky Bhalla ft. Kaka Bhaniawala." Giddeh Vich means "lady's dance." On April 12, 2009 Kaka Bhaniawala passed away unexpectedly from liver failure in Ludhiana after a routine blood treatment. He was a very popular and much loved punjabi singer. RIP.
Listen to Carl's weekly radio show "If Music Could Talk" 7-9pm EST Sundays on WRIR 97.3 FM, Richmond Virginia's Independent Radio.
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