Volume 2, Naya Beats

South Asian dance and electronic music rarities handpicked, remastered, and occasionally remixed. Featuring a lovingly curated selection of future classics from an overlooked era of South Asian house, street soul, and downtempo originally released between 1988 and 1994.

Naya Beat Records presents Volume 2 of the critically acclaimed series focused on uncovering South Asian sounds from the subcontinent and diaspora. While Volume 1 explored early 80s Balearic, synth pop, and disco, Volume 2 uncovers lost or forgotten future classics from later in the decade. The release spotlights a unique era in the late 80s and early 90s when fertile cross-cultural collaboration abounded in diasporic communities in cities like London and New York and when South Asian music was infused with acid house, New Beat, and dub.

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NAYA BEATS

Award-winning music label Naya Beat is beloved for their full-length album reissues, reworks and remixes, and compilations dedicated to uncovering hidden electronic and dance music gems from the overlooked ‘80s and ‘90s South Asian music scene.