DJ Rekha

DJ Rekha spent most of their adolescence in Westbury, Long Island and currently lives in Jackson Heights, Queens.

[3] They graduated from Queens College with a degree in Urban Studies while simultaneously experimenting and honing their craft on the turntables.

[10] Newsweek recognized them as one of the most influential South Asians in the US,[11] and they have received accolades from The New York Times, CNN, The Fader, The Village Voice, and The Washington Post, among others.

[16] The album weaves Punjabi folk traditions, dance hall rhythms from the U.S., U.K. and Jamaica, and DJ techniques that are 100% New York.

[18] In 2000, DJ Rekha founded Sangament (sangam is Hindi for "confluence" — a place where two rivers flow together), a production company that produces live concerts and provides music consulting services to record labels, cultural institutions, media companies, and corporations.

Enthusiastic Indian dancers wear brightly colored clothing under colorful lights on a dark stage, in front of artistic video projected onto a screen. The photo is noisy, with lots of motion blur due to a longer exposure in the dark club, but you can make out a couple faces.
Bhangra dancers at DJ Rekha's "Basement Bhangra" show at SOBs, in 2011