Bombay Rockers

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Bombay Rockers
Background information
Also known as	Bombay Rockers
Origin	Denmark
Genre(s)	Pop, Hip-Hop, Rock, Bhangra
Years active	2002 – present
Website	[1]

Bombay Rockers are a Danish Indian fusion band comprising of Thomas Sardorf and Navtej Singh Rehal. They are popular in India and their debut album "Introducing" has gone five times platinum there 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 A-rotation, it was on top of the Danish Dance Chart and the Danish Single Chart. It was published on various compilations released in Denmark throughout 2004. While their third single and video for "Wild Rose" (shot in Dubai) and debut album “Introducing...” are being promoted in Denmark. Bombay Rockers' debut album is about to be 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.