{"id":6792,"date":"2017-03-05T17:16:55","date_gmt":"2017-03-05T17:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.YourChennai.com\/?p=6792"},"modified":"2017-03-05T17:16:55","modified_gmt":"2017-03-05T17:16:55","slug":"canadian-bhangra-band-en-karma-releases-fusion-single-kills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/index.php\/2017\/03\/05\/canadian-bhangra-band-en-karma-releases-fusion-single-kills\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Bhangra band En Karma releases fusion single &#8220;She Kills&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Canadian world music Bhangra band <strong>En Karma<\/strong> has teamed up with <strong>Sanjay Seran<\/strong>, the lead vocalist of Vancouver-based <strong>Delhi 2 Dublin<\/strong>music group, and released their new single <em>&#8220;She Kills&#8221;<\/em> on all major digital outlets this week, through India&#8217;s largest music label <strong>T-Series<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6794\" src=\"http:\/\/www.YourChennai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/En-Karma-poster-of-the-single-She-Kills-284x300.jpg\" alt=\"En Karma poster of the single - She Kills\" width=\"284\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/En-Karma-poster-of-the-single-She-Kills-284x300.jpg 284w, https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/En-Karma-poster-of-the-single-She-Kills-768x811.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/En-Karma-poster-of-the-single-She-Kills-970x1024.jpg 970w, https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/En-Karma-poster-of-the-single-She-Kills.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px\" \/>At a time when bands are looked upon as a thing of the past, En Karma&#8217;s presence comes with a new lively dash of electrifying energy. Founded in British Columbia, Canada, the band&#8217;s distinct sound is the work of <strong>Pip Dhaliwal<\/strong> (on the drums), <strong>Nick Chowlia<\/strong> (keyboards),<strong>Inder Kooner<\/strong> (vocalist), <strong>Ricky Thinda<\/strong> (bass) and <strong>Karm Cooner<\/strong> (on the <em>dhol<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Based on the band&#8217;s core mantra of friendship, the song&#8217;s video has the boys jamming out the beats to a vibrant fusion of world music and Bhangra, delivering a sound that fans would love.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Drawing on their UK influences for live band arrangements, infused with the contemporary sway of North America, the band first gained popularity with their self-titled debut album <strong>&#8216;En Karma&#8217;<\/strong> reaching the No.1 position on the <strong>iTunes<\/strong> World Music charts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6795\" src=\"http:\/\/www.YourChennai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/En-Karma-during-a-live-stage-performance-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"En Karma during a live stage performance\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/En-Karma-during-a-live-stage-performance-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/En-Karma-during-a-live-stage-performance-768x504.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/En-Karma-during-a-live-stage-performance-1024x672.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/En-Karma-during-a-live-stage-performance.jpg 1046w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Featuring the lead single <em>&#8220;Tohar Naal Jeena&#8221;<\/em> with <strong>K.S.Makhan<\/strong>, <strong>H.Dhami<\/strong> and Delhi 2 Dublin, the debut album established En Karma&#8217;s brand. It was followed up with another album <strong>&#8216;Enkarmafied&#8217;<\/strong>, which also scaled the iTunes World Music charts, reaching No.2 and breaking new ground with its catchy tracks <em>&#8220;Dil Naal Khedey&#8221;<\/em> and <em>&#8220;Tu Nach.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The band has also given live performances at various shows and music festivals, apart from the <strong>2010 Olympics<\/strong> in Vancouver, proving that the traditional drum and <em>dhol<\/em> still have a long way to go on the international music scene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canadian world music Bhangra band En Karma has teamed up with Sanjay Seran, the lead vocalist of Vancouver-based Delhi 2 Dublinmusic group, and released<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6793,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,379],"tags":[9046,9053,9047,9048,9051,9050,9049,9052],"class_list":["post-6792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment-movies-serials-drama-leisure","category-music","tag-canadian-bhangra-band","tag-delhi-2-dublin","tag-en-karma","tag-fusion-single","tag-lead-vocalist","tag-sanjay-seran","tag-she-kills","tag-vancouver-based"],"views":1495,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Inder-Kooner-vocalist-and-Karm-Cooner-dhol-of-En-Karma-during-a-live-stage-performance.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6792"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6792\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6796,"href":"https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6792\/revisions\/6796"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yourchennai.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}