Amit's Blog

Checking out DJ Rekha

Last night, Mona¹ invited me out to check out DJ Rekha visiting from NYC at Smart Bar. The venue is underground, which works fittingly with her “Basement Bhangra” tour. I got there early, so the place was empty, but the music was already going. Jimmy Singh manned the DJ booth while we waited for DJ Rekha to come out.

The place filled up by 11 and the crowd was heading to dance floor as DJ Rekha made her way out. Granted I’m no expert of bhangra music, but this was definitely something that had a nice beat. She also sync’d her music to a video compiled from previous shows, including what looked like a show a Central Park. The funny thing was that the video was mirrored, so all the text was backwards, and slightly discombobulating.

Overall – awesome music, good dancing, and fun times.

Funny moment of the night – my first ever “FaceBook rejection”. A girl I was dancing with wanted to “facebook” me and when I said no, she left.

¹ Chicago’s Mona