Naya Beat Records

12/19/2025

We are incredibly excited to be making our Hong Kong debut at this Saturday December 20. A massive shout to our dear homie and the team at for making it all happen. Hong Kong friends see you there! ❤️‍🔥

12/12/2025

Sawasdee Thailand!! Over a day of traveling but we made it! We are so excited to be playing this magical festival and honoured to be invited to celebrate its tenth year. Catch us at the Forbidden Fruit stage on Saturday 8-10pm! 🇹🇭 ❤️‍🔥

11/19/2025

“Punjabi Disco was bold for both its sonic innovation and its progressive ideals. For Mohinder, now eighty-nine, its renewed popularity—it has already sold out, with more copies on the way—should be a source of great pride. Its rediscovery reminds us that great music often happens in the margins, many years ahead of its time.”

Thank you to and the incomparable for this wonderful and in-depth review of ‘Punjabi Disco’.

Check out our bio for the full article! ❤️‍🔥

11/07/2025

Pitchfork’s “Best New Reissue”!!!

“…the real testament to the record’s power is that the originals still work – you could drop them into a set tonight. The Bhamras knew instinctively that great dance music isn’t about gear or genre purity; it’s about collapsing the distance between people. “Come to the disco,” Mohinder sings on the opener, “don’t be distant.” Four decades on, the invitation still lands.”

8.4/10 and “Best New Reissue”! What else can we say? For a record so overlooked upon its initial release, to resonate so deeply over four decades later is inspiring beyond words. A heartfelt thank you to for such an evocative and beautifully written review and of course to for the unbelievable accolade. Our hearts are full.

Check out our bio for the review! ❤️‍🔥

11/06/2025

11/04/2025

FRIDAY 9pm-late. LA friends, join us at our favourite local haunt to celebrate the release of Mohinder Kaur Bhamra’s ‘Punjabi Disco’. Peaking Lights and Psychemagik’s Thomaas Banks will be playing music alongside Naya Beat label founders Turbotito & Ragz! A number of other collaborators involved in the release will be there as well. Come dance with us, ask us questions, and celebrate Mohinder and Kuljit’s legacy as this lost masterpiece finally gets the recognition it deserves. We’ll have copies of the record available for sale as well. Don’t miss out!

10/31/2025

OUT NOW! We are incredibly proud to announce that Mohinder Kaur Bhamra’s lost 1982 masterpiece ‘Punjabi Disco’ is now available at all good record shops and on digital platforms! We are close to selling out of the x2LP so if you haven’t already, order your copy now! 🔗

The response to this record has been overwhelming. It’s been heartwarming to see so many not only respond to the music, but find inspiration in the pioneering spirit that led Mohinder and Kuljit to make this album over 40 years ago. The record is currently #1 on International Bestseller chart, the ’s ‘Global album of the month’, featured as a two-page spread in the Guardian’s weekend edition, hailed as a “top-tier” release by , and featured by , and more. It’s been supported by the likes of Erol Alkan, Jen Cardini, Novena Carmel, Peggy Gou, Horse Meat Disco, Francois K, Damian Lazarus, Solomun, and Tornado Wallace.

A series of unlikely coincidences led to this reissue. Be it our friends at tipping us onto the record, Kuljit stumbling upon the 1” reels during lockdown, or the tapes sputtering one last transfer before disintegrating. Despite washing into obscurity years ago, one can’t help but wonder if it was fate for ‘Punjabi Disco’ to have its moment now. Four decades ago, Mohinder and Kuljit set about a “radical act of defiance” to get South Asian men and women to break gender norms and dance together. As Mohinder is about to turn 90, her legacy is clear – perhaps more now than ever before.

Big love to our collaborators Baalti, Danger Boys, Dexter+Franz, Piya Malik, Mystic Jungle, Peaking Lights, and Psychemagik for their masterful contributions and to our extended Naya Beat family below for making it all happen.

Finally, our heartfelt thanks and endless admiration to Mohinder Ji and Kuljit. Thank you for entrusting us with your music❤️

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10/30/2025

“Bhamra’s nine original tracks a buoyant and playful joy - think sparkling synth-pop merged with the melodic and lyrical modes of South Asia, and you’re halfway there.”

A heartfelt thank you to and for this wonderful review, published today as the lead piece in DJ Mag’s Reviews section.

‘Punjabi Disco’ is out tomorrow!! 💥

10/24/2025

“Global album of the month”

“Released a decade before the Asian underground dance music explosion, the charming, unusual Punjabi Disco reveals itself to be a key predecessor.”

4/5 and “Global album of the month”! A huge thank you to and the for the wonderful accolade. The review is out today online and in print.

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10/23/2025

OUT NOW! We are incredibly excited to announce that the Indie Exclusive versions of ‘Naya Beat Volume 1’ and ‘Naya Beat Volume 2’ are now available and in-stock in leading independent record shops across North America! Swipe 👈🏽 and behold the beauty of these special represses on translucent coloured 180-gram eco-friendly records.

It’s been a true joy to work with our dear friends at Good Neighbor to make these Record Store Day versions available as true eco-friendly records. Good Neighbor is behind the first real step change in record manufacturing in the last 50 years. These represses are not made from questionable-sounding recycled vinyl but are efficiently produced high-fidelity records, made from PET and are 100% recyclable. They are indistinguishable from traditional vinyl in sound, look, and feel.

Out of print until this Indie Exclusive release, Volume 1 and Volume 2 have become reference pieces for hidden electronic and dance music from the overlooked ‘80s and ‘90s South Asian music scene. We have been hard at work to make these RSD Indie Exclusive represses extra special and to give Volume 1 and 2 the repress they deserve. If you haven’t copped either volume this is your chance! ❤