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Winter wobblers & Bolly bubblers

Pure SpiceDJ Manara

Manara is blending timeless classics with the tracks, remixes, and edits that defined this iconic year. Get ready to move to every corner of the desi club spectrum.

Wow. We made it! It’s the final Pure Spice of the year - and what a ride it’s been. 2025 was a game-changer for Asian music, both in the mainstream and the underground. Manara’s bringing it all together, blending timeless classics with the tracks, remixes, and edits that defined this iconic year. Get ready to move to every corner of the desi club spectrum.

Skank out to heavy Panjabi tunes like Bally-M & Double B’s jungle remix of JK & Tru-Skool and Future Recordings’ edit of Karan Aujla. Lose (and find) yourself in Raf Reza’s shimmering Bangla-dub masterpiece Mirror of Love. Vibe to Nadĩ’s Sugar Peak EP where tablas and qawwalis drift into UK funky perfection. Damn, 2025 truly was the year where producers flipped the script and turned the idea of Asian club music on its head.

Manara’s also serving up her favourite homemade mashups of 2025, including that iconic Bolly-garage blend of B15 Project & Anu Malik’s Mera Piya Ghar Aaya - just call her Madhuri Mix-it.

PLUS, the Shades On Mix drops like a pre shrinkflation box of decadent chocolates: all killer, zero filler and a flavour for everyone. Happy new year!

Produced in Birmingham by Glenvale Media for BBC Asian Network.

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Music Played

  • cavya sound & HIMALAYA

    vasam

    • cavya sound.

  • Para

    Give It Up

    • DUB PROMO.

  • Bobby Brown

    Two Can Play That Game (K Klassik Radio Mix)

    • MCA Records.

  • Lehmber Hussainpuri & Dr Zeus

    Das Ki Sohniyeh

  • AR Rahman, Asha Bhosle, Enemies Edit & Arvee

    Rang De (Enemies Edit)

    • Saregama.

  • Saj Cobra, Alka Yagnik & Chrystal

    Aisa Koi Zindagi Mein x Dior

  • Laidlaw & Midas

    A Touch of Alchemy (Midas Edit)

  • Midnight Star

    Midas Touch (Duke & Jones Remix)

    • Sanctuary Budget.

  • The B‐15 Project

    Girls Like Us (feat. Chrissy D & Lady G)

  • Fish Go Deep & Panjabi Hit Squad

    Cure & The Cause x Hai Hai (Bally-M Mash Up)

  • Arma

    Can i Talk 2 U

    • Arma.

  • Mark Krupp & Karan Aujla

    Gabhru x Why You Take Me Up (Future Recordings Edit)

  • Erykah Badu

    Didn't Cha Know (Joss Dee Remix)

  • Mostafa Amar & Richtanner

    Habib Hayati (Baroud Edit)

  • Swoosh & Destiny’s Child

    Back To You x Lose My Breathe (Manara's not ok blend)

    • Southern Fried Records.

  • Silva Bumpa

    DOIN' IT

  • Alka Yagnik & Sukhwinder Singh

    Ramta Jogi (CZETAN Remix)

    • Tips Industries Ltd.

  • Dave Nunes & HABIBEATS

    Akbar Ghalta

    • All Good Music.

  • Denuja & Jamspot

    Aiyayo

    • jamspot.

  • Mohinder Kaur Bhamra

    Disco Wich Aa (Baalti Remix)

    • KEDA RECORDS.

  • Osmosis Jones

    Nobody Else But U

  • Shbash

    SUBARO (Toumba Dead Sea Rally Mix)

  • Nadi

    Tabla Juice

  • BRLLNT & M.I.A

    BAD GIRLS (BRLLNT Remix)

  • Soul Mass Transit System

    Pressure

  • Jungli

    Shonkan Garage Di

  • Dusky

    Our Love

    • 17 Steps.

  • Un*Deux

    Namaste Senorita

    • UN*DEUX.

  • B21

    Jawani (Ghost Remix)

  • Naken

    BLACK JESUS (NAKEN EDIT)

  • Kuldeep Purewal & RDB

    Melay Vich

    • Untouchables Records UK.

  • MK3 DUBZ

    Brakes

  • Heartless Crew

    The Heartless Theme aka the Superglue Riddim (Edit)

  • DJ Dips, Horizon, MC Rax, Menis, Miss Pooja, RKZ & Swami Baracus

    This DJ

  • Blackjack

    Alcohol

  • RDB, Surinder Shinda & Singh MC

    Mehfil Yaara Dhe (Double B & Punjstep Soundz)

    • Rhythm Dhol Bass.
    • Untouchables Records.

  • Laidlaw

    I Know This

  • Rihanna, Sean Paul & Bianca Oblivion

    Break it Off (VANDALIZED EDIT)

  • Notorious Jatt, Dalvinder Dialpuri & MC Styla

    Channa Choori Da

    • Silverbak Records.

  • Kehlani

    Folded

  • Whigfield

    Saturday Night

    • Best of Whigfield.
    • Central Station Records.

  • Gubi Sandhu & Tips

    Dil Karda

    • Dil Karda.
    • Untouchables Records.

  • Sammy Virji & Skepta

    Cops & Robbers

    • Capitol Records.

  • Nadi

    Ghazal Theme

  • DJ Habibeats & Felukah

    Hayati

    • Habibeats LLC / EMPIRE.

  • Highrise

    U Used 2

    • Hardline Sounds.

  • Baalti

    Kirpa

    • All my thoughts.

  • DJ LYAN, BANGLABOY & Dee MC

    Tauba

    • DESI TRILL MUSIC LLC.

  • Raf Reza

    Mirror Of Love

    • all rights reserved.

  • MIXCHRD

    BB TELL ME

    • Ne’Astra Music.

  • Ghost, Bhupinder Gill & Miss Neelam

    BATTUA

  • JK & Tru-Skool

    Think Twice - Bach Ke Haaniah (Double B & Bally-M Remix)

    • BMG Rights Management (US) LLC.

  • Sully

    XT

    • Uncertain Hour / Musique Nocturne.

  • Ilaiyaraaja

    Amman Kovil (Siu Mata Edit)

    • Agi Music.

  • Styn

    My Boo

    • styn.

  • Janet Jackson

    Someone To Call My Lover (flobama jungle flip)

    • Virgin.

  • NewJeans

    Super Shy (esentrik edit)

  • Kumar Sanu, Demi Requismo & Luke Alessi

    Do Dil Mil Rahe Hain x Basement Trash (Manara Blend)

  • DJ KA, Daniel Bedingfield, Madhushree, Udit Narayan, Sadhana Sargam, Shankar Mahadevan & Sonu Nigam

    Maahi Ve x Gotta Get Thru This (DJ KA Edit)

  • DAYTIMERS, Kumar Sanu & Alka Yagnik

    Ladki Badi Anjani Hai (UK Funky Refix)

    • Sony Music Entertainment India Pvt. Ltd..

  • PAWSA

    TOO COOL TO BE CARELESS

    • Universal Music.

  • Alka Yagnik & Kumar Sanu

    Baazigar O Baazigar

    • Baazigar.
    • Venus Records & Tapes.

  • Shakedown

    At Night (Never Dull's Y2K Mix)

    • Defected Records.

  • Anu Malik & Kumar Sanu

    Ye Kaali Kaali Aankhen

    • Ishtar Music Pvt. Ltd..

  • Armand van Helden

    You Don't Know Me (DJ Jackum Remix)

    • FFRR.

  • Udit Narayan & Alka Yagnik

    Mere Mehboob Mere Sanam

    • Duplicate.
    • RPG.

  • Sonu Nigam & Kavita Krishnamurthy

    Satrangi Re (Bianca Maieli Baile Funk Remix)

  • Kavita Krishnamurthy, Shreya Ghoshal, KK, PAWSA & BRLLNT

    Dola Re Dola (Davis Amapiano Remix)

    • PAWZ/ Universal-Island Records Ltd..

  • efan, Jatin-Lalit, Udit Narayan & Alka Yagnik

    Yeh Ladka Hai Allah x Topper Top (DJ KA Edit)

  • DJ Xtreme

    Rab Ne Bana Jodi x You (DJ Xtreme Edit)

    • DJ Xtreme.

  • Arijit Singh, Shreya Ghoshal, Raji Rags, Vindya & DAYTIMERS

    Pal (Remix)

    • Sony Music Entertainment India Pvt.Ltd..

Broadcasts

  • Sat 27 Dec 202521:00
    BBC Asian Network
  • Last Saturday01:00
    BBC Asian Network