Bant Singh Project

By Audio Pervert - 1/17/2011



The Bant Singh Project is based on the intersection of culture and dissent, manifesting itself as music and film. The intersectional practices of political discourse, rap, punjabi poetry, dub and reggae music within a documentary film narrative. Inspired by the life and songs of dalit singer and leader, Bant Singh. The project was initiated by Taru Dalmia a.k.a Delhi Sultanate and SamratB (Audio Pervert). Institutionally curated by Goethe Institute New Delhi, the project features several independent professionals and artists. Living with his family in Jabbar village (Mansa, Punjab) Bant Singh is an activist with the Mazdoor Mukti Morcha. An icon who uses his intense voice and generational poetry as protest music against caste which have caused much injustice, sorrow and bondage in so called independent India. Bant is singing about rebellion, against hegemony, capitalism, inter-caste violence and the working man's (and woman's) scream for equality. The Word, Sound & Power collective created this stark collaboration, attempting to cover uncharted territories via music, amplifying a disgusting imbalance of caste. A mash-up of practiced most often not juxtaposed. Beats and sounds produced by Chris McGuinness and the well-informed, politically charged lyrical flow of Delhi Sultanate, slash out messages of anti-capitalism and anti-fuedalism via popular forms such as dancehall, dubstep, and reggae. Bant Singh, the main protagonist of the film and a leading torchbearer of the Punjabi Dalits steps into the world of electronic music and slam poetry.

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