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We dont do bhangra" and id say, "well, i dont do bhangra either". because youre indian, "0h, he must be the bhangra guy". there was an assumption. but that kind of changed, and a lot of us made an effort to change that by getting into the club scene in london, by trying to make music that felt like it fitted in with more of a cool scene that was more mainstream. and so there were quite a few bands that were doing that — myself included, talman singh, cornershop, fundamental, asian dub foundati...

Say, "well, i dont do bhangra either". because youre indian, "0h, he must be the bhangra guy". there was an assumption. but that kind of changed, and a lot of us made an effort to change that by getting into the club scene in london, by trying to make music that felt like it fitted in with more of a cool scene that was more mainstream. and so there were quite a few bands that were doing that — myself included, talman singh, cornershop, fundamental, asian dub foundation. it would be greatjust t...

So with music, ifelt like i had the right to explore because music doesnt really lend itself to the idea of having those same limitations that you have in normal communication, because of the world being so politicised. which i didnt realise as well. i was thinking as you were talking there, i was thinking, music doesnt know racism. well, music does know racism in the way its practised and the way people respond to particular forms of music, to musicians — they bring their cultural attitudes w...

Say, "well, i dont do bhangra either". because youre indian, "0h, he must be the bhangra guy". there was an assumption. but that kind of changed, and a lot of us made an effort to change that by getting into the club scene in london, by trying to make music that felt like it fitted in with more of a cool scene that was more mainstream. and so there were quite a few bands that were doing that — myself included, talman singh, cornershop, fundamental, asian dub foundation. it would be greatjust t...

Companies a few times, id phone them up and just say what my name was, and theyd just say, "well, we dont do bhangra" and id say, "well, i dont do bhangra either". because youre indian, "0h, he must be the bhangra guy". there was an assumption. but that kind of changed, and a lot of us made an effort to change that by getting into the club scene in london, by trying to make music that felt like it fitted in with more of a cool scene that was more mainstream. and so there were quite a few bands t...