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Bombay Rockers
 Bombay
Rockers are a Danish Indian fusion band comprising
of Thomas Sardorf and Navtej Singh Rehal.
Their debut album "Introducing"
has gone five times platinum in India with sales of
over 100000.
In 2002, the Indian singer Navtej
(Naf) was introduced to the Scandinavian producer-team
WCA (Thomas Sardorf and Janus Barnewitz) and started
out mixing a hybrid of R&B, Hip Hop and Bhangra-influenced
vocals, reflecting on their varied cultural backgrounds.
Naf, 27, delivers the Punjabi vocals. Thomas, also 27,
performs with English vocals.
Their first collaboration, "Ari
Ari", got massive national airplay in Denmark
and became a favourite of leftfield DJs. In July 2003,
Bombay Rockers went on stage with the house duo Filur
at Roskilde Festival in front of roughly 20,000 people.
A month later they were performing in the "Images of Asia" festival, as well as playing numerous concerts
in Copenhagen and the rest of Denmark. In February 2003,
they performed with the famous English DJ project Panjabi
MC.
"Sexy Mama",
their follow-up, released in late 2003, was the first
official single from their album "Introducing ". This track again received airplay all over the country.
The next hit single "Rock tha
Party" became a major radio hit. Danish national
radio had it on constant rotation, it was on top of
the Danish Dance Chart and the Danish Single Chart.
While their third single and video
for "Wild Rose"
(shot in Dubai) and debut album "Introducing" are being
promoted in Denmark their debut album was released in
more than 32 countries world-wide in 2005. In Germany
"Sexy Mama"
was released in mid-2005 and is getting a lot of airplay
and buzz.
The Rockers are currently enjoying
great success in India. Their album has sold more than
100,000 copies and has now gone five times platinum. It was #1
for 15 consecutive weeks on the Indian Album
Charts. They were also the supporting act for the popband Westlife at gigs in
Dubai and Bahrain.
Their new album Crash
and Burn was released in May 2007. "Kushi",
one of the singles, received great play time on Indian
music channels.
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