Panjabi By Nature and Miss Pooja helped start the New Year by serving up the massive track 'Aashiq' from the forthcoming 'Homegrown' album. The reaction to the song has been amazing. Bhangra fans across the country are becoming aashiqs of Panjabi By Nature's production and can't seem to get enough of the playful lyrics and Miss Pooja's bold performance. 'Aashiq' is just the beginning of what is set to be a great Bhangra album.

Panjabi By Nature is getting ready to release a number of tracks this year, with some major collaborations and surprises in store. Next up it's the one that everyone has really been waiting for. In the words of Panjabi By Nature "this track is made for the dancefloor". Panjabi By Nature has used his experiences of delivering infectious beats and catchy hook lines to give you what is set to be a true party anthem… 'Dancefloor'.

The album 'Homegrown' will be releasing via Limitless records on February 27th. The new album also features Lembher Hussainpuri, Charanjit Channi, Sameera and Apna Sangeet's K. S Bhamrah. This time around Panjabi By Nature wanted to make the sound stronger and revive the use of live instrumentation and the sounds of live Bhangra bands.

The album features some of India's finest classical sarangi, mandolin and flute players, including the tumbi talents of K.S Bhamrah (the man behind the tumbi sample in 'Mundia to bach ke'). Every track on the album has also been laced with fresh breaking dhol, dholki and tabla rhythms played by a number of percussionists from the UK's finest Bhangra bands.

About Panjabi by Nature

PBN has been serving up massive hits and been present in the UK Bhangra scene for quite some years now. He started learning music production and engineering from a young age via a number of local recording studios and through working very closely with one of Beverley Knight’s music producers Keith Dilworth.

When he felt that that he had built up his skills, PBN took to producing and creating his own music as well as DJing on the Bhangra gig circuit. DJing allowed PBN to gain first hand experience of the types of music people enjoy and what made party goers dance. This exposure proved valuable with his future releases having gone on to be some of the biggest dancefloor tracks ever.

PBN went on to collaborate with one of the leading gig promotion companies of the time - Dhesi Vibes, who later went on to form Limitless Records. In 2003, PBN signed to Limitless Records and released his debut album titled ‘Next Episode’. Following that, PBN released one of his biggest chart topping albums to date titled ‘Settin the Standard’ in 2004. The headline track – ‘Nain Preeto De’ went on to hold the number one spot for over four weeks on the BBC Asian Network chart.

In 2005, PBN set up his own recording studio in Wolverhampton and also release his third solo album – ‘Ready or Not’ which delivered another dancefloor hit ‘Aaj Me Peeni’. Since then PBN has gone onto deliver more hits, working with other artists and releasing massive collaborations.

Over the years he has collaborated with the Industry’s leading vocalists including Lembher Hussainpuri, Surinder Shinda, Miss Pooja, Amar Arshi, Dippa Dosanjh, K S Bhamrah, Balwinder Safri, Jeevan Maan amongst others. PBN’s music has also taken him all over the world including performances in Norway, India, Dubai, Germany and America.

As well as spending time preparing huge beats and dancefloor tracks, PBN also spends some time giving back to his local community by working with young people in and around the West Midlands. Having spent over 2 years teaching production techniques and offering support and guidance to up and coming artists from various music genres, PBN is definitely helping shape not just the Bhangra scene but also the Midlands music scene.

Releases

Solo Albums:
Homegrown –2009 Ready or Not – 2005
Settin the Standard – 2004 Next Episode - 2003

Production:
Jaan Panjabi – 2007
Dhola Ve Dhola – Dippa Dosanjh – 2007
Ounce of Desi – 2005
Blazin - 2004

Key Singles:
Dhola Ve Dhola - Album: Dhola ve Dhola 2008
Jaan Panjabi - Album: Jaan Panjabi -2007
Aaj Me Peeni - Album: Ready Or Not – 2005
Nain Preeto De - Album: Settin the Standard - 2004
Nachdi - Album: Settin the Standard - 2004