The Bant Singh Project
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★ Word, Sound, Power ★ An attempt to showcase the legendary Dalit icon Bant Singh and his songs of rebellion, inter-caste violence and equality. Bant Singh from Jabbhar Village in Punjab is a legendary singer and activist of Mazdoor Mukti Morcha. In 2006 he was attacked by a gang of upper caste men, beaten with iron rods and left for dead. His arms and legs have been amputated but his tongue remains an effective tool to voice the plight of his comrades. The Bant Singh Project is a brave collaboration covering wide uncharted areas of music and socially harking themes - the mashed up Indian electronic sounds of Chris McGuinness and the politically charged flow of Delhi Sultanate attempt to spread the message to the digital masses via dancehall, dub, and poetry.
The project culminates in a short film shot in Jabbhar Village - filmed on location, by photographer Lakshman Anand, directed by Samrat Bee and edited by Loco Farm for New Delhi Films. The film critically examines the need for voices of dissent in todays capitalized urban society. Also a deeper look into Bant Singhs background, his lyrical inspirations, 20 years of the unsung Dalit struggle in Punjab. The Bant Singh Project uses music, film and lyricism to represent socially relevant issues which transcend language and place.
Watch the film here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiQSwzFy7l0
The album is freely available or for whatever one wishes to pay. All sales will be reinvested into CD manufacturing and distribution in rural Punjab, India.
The project culminates in a short film shot in Jabbhar Village - filmed on location, by photographer Lakshman Anand, directed by Samrat Bee and edited by Loco Farm for New Delhi Films. The film critically examines the need for voices of dissent in todays capitalized urban society. Also a deeper look into Bant Singhs background, his lyrical inspirations, 20 years of the unsung Dalit struggle in Punjab. The Bant Singh Project uses music, film and lyricism to represent socially relevant issues which transcend language and place.
Watch the film here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiQSwzFy7l0
The album is freely available or for whatever one wishes to pay. All sales will be reinvested into CD manufacturing and distribution in rural Punjab, India.
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released 01 January 2011
CREDITS
Word Sound Power: The Bant Singh Project
Release Date: January 1st, 2011.
Recorded in Jhabbar, Punjab, India in June 2010.
Lyrics by Bant Singh and Delhi Sultanate.
Tracks 1, 2, 3, and 4. produced by Chris McGuinness.
Track 5 produced by Audio Pervert.
Tracks 2 and 3 mastered by Dietrich Schoenneman.
Liner notes by Delhi Sultanate.
Punjabi – English translations by Simar Puneet.
Thanks to Bant Singh’s family and friends in Jhabbar/Mansa for their generous assistance and hospitality.
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Copyright 2011 Word Sound and Power.
CREDITS
Word Sound Power: The Bant Singh Project
Release Date: January 1st, 2011.
Recorded in Jhabbar, Punjab, India in June 2010.
Lyrics by Bant Singh and Delhi Sultanate.
Tracks 1, 2, 3, and 4. produced by Chris McGuinness.
Track 5 produced by Audio Pervert.
Tracks 2 and 3 mastered by Dietrich Schoenneman.
Liner notes by Delhi Sultanate.
Punjabi – English translations by Simar Puneet.
Thanks to Bant Singh’s family and friends in Jhabbar/Mansa for their generous assistance and hospitality.
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Copyright 2011 Word Sound and Power.
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- Track Name: 01 - Comrades (produced by Chris McGuinness)
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Bant Singh:
Comrade Rana held their arm (gave them strength) and they reached a great (powerful) place
Another comrade was standing at the crossroads, awakening the farmers
Comrade Rana held their arm (gave them strength) and they reached a great (powerful) place
Another comrade was standing at the crossroads, awakening the farmers
He was performing his duties (or doing his job) in the morning and “taking classes” at night (spreading awareness amongst people regarding inequality)
Sucha Singh Soorma was a great Hero, who hailed from village Samaon.
Another Lion King was born after him and his name was Hakam Singh Samaon
Together they had everyone’s attention, they had shaken the centre (government) in Delhi
As long as people live, their names will be counted amongst legends
Oh comrades…
Delhi Sultanate:
buss di clips – load dem up again
IED – explode dem up again
unify the youths – block road dem up again
wa da da deng wa da da deng wa da da deng wa da da deng
reality
we just sing songs
gather ina mi yard at night and drink rum
wake up in the morning hustle for income
nuff farmerman a turn hurry-go-bring-come
still di youths a pray for a righteous kingdom
nuff tribal youths a turn hurry-go-bring-come
nuff youthman a turn hurry-go-bring-come
come c c c c c come come
well Indian multitudes – weh a live for servitude
seek the truth and we nah stay mute
government them all a loot and shoot
act like crackers in a safari suit
how many souls di whola dem enslave
how many countries dem done invade
dem come and dig dem owna grave
dem crushed deh by dem owna weight
babylone come – dema use us like slaves
how many souls di whola dem enslave
how many countries dem done invade
dem come and dig dem owna grave
dem crushed deh by dem owna weight
babylone come – dema use us like slaves
New Delhi – Punjab Jabbar New York Brooklyn – in your area
This is Delhi Sultanate Chris McGuiness and Comrade Bant Singh – in your area
Word, Sound & Power in your area - Track Name: 02 - Intifada - Shaheedanwali Manzil (produced by Chris McGuinness)
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Bant Singh:
I am here, I am here with the voice of the people
We have seen your misdeeds everywhere
Our destination is the street where martyrs dwell X 2
The challenge that’s been presented by God himself
Delhi Sultanate:
CRPF coulda rape your daughter
Nuff youths wear the balaclava
Reverse the pressure and unleash the lava
Who made Kashmir look like gaza?
It’s a intifada
Checkposts deh pan di border
Encounter killers like D G Vanzara
Nuff youths dem turn into martyrs
Dem type of things deh get out of order
Need real change not just like Obama
Black skin – white mask like Frants Fannon
To all my real strugglers on the corner
To all my real hustlers on the corner
To all my real sufferers on the corner
To all my real strugglers on the corner
200,000 suicidal farmer
Bant Singh:
We have been blessed by Baba Booja Sher
Fluttring red flag, we have seen your misdeeds
Our destination is the street where martyrs dwell X 2
Delhi Sultanate:
But dem still a pay lip service
IAS officers dem embezzle the surplus
Dem a play us like clowns deh ina dem circus
Di whole a dem a pimps and murderers
Dem a elected pimps and murderers
In the city it’s a democracy
Out a country it a police state
Bam bam – police and soldiers have bomb bomb
Some farmer man dem have bam bam
Revolutionaries have bam bam
RDX that’s a bam bam
IED that’s a bam bam
Break up the city with bam bam
Shatter dem dreams with bam bam
Bam bam what a bam bam
Bant Singh:
The challenge that’s been presented by God himself
We will get the working class their due rights
Yes we will, yes we will
Long live CPIML!
Lon live the proletariat spirit! - Track Name: 03 - Modern Dayz Slavery (produced by Chris McGuinness)
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Delhi Sultanate:
living in these modern days again
Modern day Indians we behave like slaves again
Sometimes I wish I could bring it back to way back when
1857 – make fists raise again
Delhi Sultanate alongside Bant
On the riddim man ah get militant
How long dem keep my people ignorant
Cyan you see corruption a rampant
How much money dem have ina swiss bank
How much money dem have ina swiss bank
Dancehall a di people dem tink tank
Music a di people dem tink tank
Cuz one day dema make di shotgun pump
Cuz one day dem a mek di shotgun pump
Bant Singh:
Those who (Government) made false promises are now trembling
The will to tell the truth has awakened across the nation x 2
Workers jammed the railway tracks, stopping American goods from coming in
…Russia got worried too
The American economy is shattered and it is losing wars everywhere
The will to tell the truth has awakened across the nation
Delhi Sultanate:
Chidambaram has money ina swiss bank
Sharad Pawar has money in a swiss bank
All bigger heads have money ina swiss bank
Make the shotgun pump
The gun them buss
Rougher than rough
Suffer in silence – news never cover you much
Cuz dem love violence now we’re ina news flash
Now prime minister a say insurgency must crush
And so its encounter killing
And nuff ina hand cuff
Nuff leader madden madden ina god rush
And GK man dem live posher than posh
The flipside of capitalist life style
Bant Singh:
Roads are flooded with homeless, hungry people
Raising their flags to fight against injustice
People everywhere are revolting against capitalists who are hungry for money
The will to tell the truth has awakened across the nation x 2
Workers have been demanding their rights from the electricity board
In their anger, they cut the wires and destroyed the poles
Traders of the dark (corporate sector and corrupt government) are neglecting the rights of the poor
Youths dem dead again dead again
Gunshot dem ina head again head again
And the earth run red again red again
Try work dem daily bread again bread again
Delhi Sultanate alongside Bant
On the riddim man ah get militant
How long dem keep my people ignorant
Raketeer and corruption a rampant
Chidambaram money ina swiss bank
Sharad Pawar money ina swiss bank
All bigger heads money ina swiss bank
One day we’ll make the shotgun pump - Track Name: 04 - Into the Fire (produced by Chris McGuinness)
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Bant Singh:
And even if our roots die …oh comrades
We will sacrifice our lives in the fire
Delhi Sultanate:
Fire fire fire fire
Check the fire that my brother Bant Singh bring
Fire ago bon dem colonial thinking
Youths must wake up
Nah have no inkling
Sell out life we’re on the brink of extinction
Like titanic Babylon ship sinking
Big leaders dem all big ina pimping
Tata company big ina pimping
Man like Sharad Pawar dem a di kingpin
Money ago mek.. justa chi ching ching
Plus in New Delhi dem in love with the bling bling
Check the conditions that my people living in
Drink dirty water and dem food keep shrinking
Plus some Dalit youth still face lynching
From Chiapas to Chattigarh youths start linking
Whether lose lose or whether dead ina win win
dem a raisw di sin thing with the glocks dem glinting
yow
Bant Singh:
Those who suck the blood of the working class
Will have their false egos smashed and destroyed
The masses have set out with their resolve
Delhi Sultanate:
The banks spend your money and reimburse their purse
I wonder how dem ago reimburse the earth
Reimburse kids who go head first dead in the hearse
Ak- 47 shoot lead up in bursts
Blood stain dark red on our shirts
Hunger is bad but thirst is worst
Dem dutty imperialist curse dem birth
Cuz dem mash up di earth cuz dem mash up di earth
Youthman have to observe and search
We have to find what life really worth
Youthman have to observe and search
Cuz we defend wi turf cuz we defend wi turf
Fire fire fire
Bant Singh:
And even if our roots die …oh comrades
We will sacrifice our lives in the fire
