Chart topping Botown are aLondonbased multi-cultural Soul band that reboot Bollywood classics with a shot of late ’60 Soul and Funk. This Autumn, they completed a successful tour of the South East which took them to a wider and more diverse audience.
Dubbed as Bollywood’s answer to The Commitments, Botown is a fusion band like no other. It’s an exciting culture-clash musical experience that takes you on a musical trip fromMemphisto Mumbai. Imagine a legendary ‘60’s Soul band playing Bollywood music – that’s Botown!
Already they have developed a huge fan base, not just from ordinary folk, but also from critics.
The Daily Express said that Botown have “taken a bunch of Bollywood’s best-loved anthems and given them the ‘Shaft’ treatment.”
The Times told their readers that if they like ‘Bollywood or 60s Soul, they will love Botown’, while the Evening Standard branded the band a “soulful, playful fusion.”
Having developed a large following acrossLondonand the South East in a short two year period, in Spring 2012 they are kicking off a 15 date tour of theUKthat takes their Bollywood-Soul party vibes to a capacity audience of over 12,000.
Taking in venues in a number of non-Asian areas across theUK, Botown are committed to unite and engage the wider communities of theUKwith their multicultural sound that combines Soul power with Bollywood glamour.
Botown’s debut single ‘Roop Tera’ went #1 on the BBC AN Official Asian Download Chart last year. And their debut album entered the Top 10 in the Amazon Funk charts. Other tracks have hit top 10 in the iTunes World Music charts. Tracks from their debut album are often heard on the BBC Soap EastEnders. They have also headlined for The Mayor London at Trafalger Square and represented London in the BBC Radio London countdown to the Olympics.
