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DJ Ritu MBE

@djritu

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Globetrotting multigenre DJ🎧Broadcaster🎙Producer/Curator 🎶Voiceover🎤Music Chameleon 🌍
A World in London 📻Kuch Kuch Nights
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My Boiler Room set has just landed @youtube 🤩 Recorded in Southall in August, I played Bhangra classics mixed with hip hop, ragga, jungle, and more, in the style that we used to at groundbreaking 90s Wag club, Bombay Jungle. Reminded me of working with early pioneers like @hustlers_convention Maximum NRG @calibarevents and the originals, Xzecutive Soundz. None of us in the 80s had a roadmap to follow, we just made history as we went along, forging and blazing a British Asian music trail that paved the way for future generations. @san_jsanj from Xzecutive will be on the dex with me on Oct 28 when we spin some spooky tunes at my Bollywood club @kuchkuchnights and then we’ll be b2b at a mystery big gig on Nov 8th… 😜 You can also catch me back at the @britishfilminstitute @londonfilmfestival spinning my Hollywood 2 Bollywood set for @clubkali FREE afterparty Oct 13th, and then a SWANA set for NYC’s awesome @yallapartyproject London debut at @dsuperstore on Nov 10 💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾 Links in bio👆🏽 We are so lucky not to be in an horrendous conflict zone right now, and to be free to dance 🙏🏾 My heart goes out to everyone affected by these futile wars - nobody wins when innocent lives are lost. Except the arms dealers.. Thanking so many people for all love & support and welcoming new followers! @kaaajel @shivaraichandani @sharandhaliwal_ @rohan_rakhit @daytimers_uk @manju_patelnair @cemisalih1 @mica_lens @almassbadat @dialledin_ @ajdzar @nadi_bpm @chandedj @amarediriwira @boilerroomtv @heysandijay @mistridancer @panjabihitsquad & more!! 🙏🏾❤️ #boilerroom #djritu #music #club #southasian #culture #bollywood #bhangra #britishsouthasian by @djritu
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3 years ago
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🔥 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬. 𝐁𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐲𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬. 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐘𝐨𝐠𝐚. 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬. 𝐃𝐡𝐨𝐥 𝐃𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐬. 𝐎𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐒𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬. This year, we’re going bigger, bolder, and better than ever. Welcome to 𝐖𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐋𝐄𝐘 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐊 𝐃𝐈𝐖𝐀𝐋𝐈 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊𝐄𝐍𝐃 – our celebration of South Asian culture on 1-3 Nov! 🇮🇳 We’ve teamed up with @boxparkwembley, @londondesigneroutlet and @fresharts to bring you the ultimate Diwali experience—bigger beats, hotter dance moves, fire shows and Bollywood clubbing like you’ve never seen before! Here’s what’s in store: ⭐️ Fri 1 Nov from 12pm: 𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐎𝐍 𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐆𝐍𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐔𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐓 kicks things off with high-energy Bollywood dance, Bhangra beats and free henna artistry. 🔥 Sat 2 Nov 1pm–8pm: Hit up the Sound Shell on Olympic Way for our 𝐃𝐈𝐖𝐀𝐋𝐈 𝐔𝐓𝐒𝐀𝐕 festival. Expect the best music, dance vibes, laughter yoga workshops, DJ sets and an epic fire dance show! 🏮 Sat 2 Nov 2:30–5pm: Get hands-on with a free 𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐍-𝐌𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐏 we are hosting at @fresharts, then light up the night with our magical lantern parade. 🐘 Sat 2 Nov 5pm: Ask dusk falls, the 𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐍 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐃𝐄 begins —with dhol drummers and giant elephant puppets leading the way from London Designer Outlet! 🪩 Sun 3 Nov 5-8pm: Join our Grand Finale at 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐎 𝐃𝐈𝐖𝐀𝐋𝐈! 𝐊𝐔𝐂𝐇 𝐊𝐔𝐂𝐇 𝐍𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐒 𝐗 𝐁𝐎𝐗𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐊 𝐖𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐋𝐄𝐘 with @djritu MBE - a true British club scene legend and creator of the UK’s longest-running Bollywood club event Kuch Kuch Nights. Having spun at the biggest festivals around the world (think Glastonbury), DJ Ritu’s set at 𝐁𝐎𝐗𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐊 Wembley promises a one-off, special event of Bollywood disco. This is your chance to experience a true music icon in action—and it’s completely FREE! 🪷 Also on Sunday from 3pm: Visit stunning 𝐃𝐈𝐖𝐀𝐋𝐈 𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐎𝐋𝐈 𝐀𝐑𝐓 at BOXPARK Wembley, part of a competition we’re hosting with Hindu Council Brent. 🇮🇳 It’s going to be next-level! 🇮🇳 ➡️ Link in bio to book your free tickets for lantern-making and Disco Diwali. taken in Wembley Park, London by @djritu
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2 years ago
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Our first screening next month is Visions from the Underground: British Asian Sonic Culture, a shorts programme curated by @julian__anando. It takes place on Friday 2nd October at the legendary @riocinema 🏩 Defining the Asian Underground has always proved a tough task. Was it a movement? A genre? A youth culture? A self-defined collective of practitioners and spaces? A nebulous web of overlapping sounds, people, experiences and outlooks? And was it always really underground? This much we do know: throughout the 1990s, new sonic forms and club spaces emerged from, and for, South Asian people in Britain. This wave took shape, for example, in a community music workshop in Farringdon, where in 1993 the anti-racist, politically astute musical collective Asian Dub Foundation was born on screen in Smita Malde’s Identical Beat. A few years later, as witnessed in Tony Knox’s Talvin Singh: Sounds of the Asian Underground, the eponymous musician’s club night Anokha in Hoxton became a space of ephemeral cool, where young British South Asians danced alongside a diverse cohort of Londoners, as well as the likes of Afrika Bambaataa, Björk, and Iman and David Bowie. And, as documented in Pratibha Parmar’s Brimful of Asia, the offices of the short-lived-but-influential magazine 2nd Generation gave rise to forceful articulations of politics, cultures, and styles of second generation British South Asians. Taken together, these films offer a potted history of this moment in time. We hear from the producers and progenitors of the culture and its spaces, as well as people who enjoyed these new dis-orienting rhythms. In painting this picture—which is by no means complete—we can also start to understand the Asian Underground from below, reading these films as documentary evidence of a social history that is only beginning to be told. Followed by a discussion with @mzpratibha, @djritu and @tariq_jazeel, led by @khulrajphullar 🌟 Tickets are pay-what-you-can and can be booked via the link in bio! by @djritu
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19 days ago
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From heatwaves & hot nights to heating on! We roasted on the dancefloor @daytimers_uk 6th birthday! A brilliant party with beautiful people and a joy to play b2b with @rohan_rakhit ❤️ Nipped out for fresh air after our set into the smoking area. Where nobody was actually smoking 🤔 Bumped into OG comrades @soniakmehta from @salaam_and_funk Nerm and Farook from @joisoundsystem One kept asking why he couldn’t smell weed anywhere and why the youngsters weren’t drunk?! 😂 This gen gets high on music, that’s why! The night before I was hosting a panel at an event with my generation that got high on everything 😜 It was a nostalgic evening at Kennington’s gorgeous @the_cinema_museum for the UK premiere of ‘Jimmy Somerville - Smalltown Boy’. A stunning documentary by @artefr that tells the story of the unique singer/songwriter @jimmysomervilleofficial who bravely challenged homophobia by being out, proud, and infinitely talented during the HIV&AIDS crisis, along with fellow artists from Bronski Beat and the Communards. Got goosebumps everytime the intro to Smalltown Boy was played and loved swapping A&R stories with London Records visionary, Colin Bell, backstage anecdotes with drummer legend June Miles Kingston, plus memories of The Bell Kings Cross with @ian_m_johns ❤️ Thank you @danglassmincer for your unwavering dedication to the community/activism and @actup_london fundraising by creating this amazing gathering, and ditto for the previous night at the Joiners Arms revival event with @ebony_rose_dark and @friendsjoinersarms 🙏🏾❤️ Looking forward to DJaying at the all new Joiners Heart in Hackney soon! 🎧But first - now that I’m back and tanned from Greece 😁 - the church bells of Islington’s @unionchapeluk beckon. Catch my global music dance set on Saturday 19th September at this historic venue and as part of the chapel’s unmissable Stories That Made Us series. This whole weekend features outstanding performers and activities! 🎧Then on September 20th I’ll be on the dex at Battersea’s Magic Garden. See you on a dancefloor soon! 📸 @indiabharadwaj @_yushy dan hall 🙏🏾❤️ #djritu #music #clubbing by @djritu
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24 days ago
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Huge energy to close out August! 💃🏾 🎧First up, Daytimers 6th Birthday Party Rave @number90london on Aug 29th. Doing a b2b set with @rohan_rakhit & can’t wait to see sets from @robertluis @rajirags @naina_ldn and..and… @daytimers_uk 3pm-10pm. 🤓Met up with @norsicaa last week after running DJ workshops @ydp_space with an amazing group of young women. You must check out Norsicaa’s unique record label @samasamamusic devoted to Asia-Pacific sounds! And all the excellent activities & exhibition at YDP! 🎤Catch me on Aug 27th chatting about the return of legendary venue @friendsjoinersarms 🌈 Then Aug 28th hosting a panel @the_cinema_museum with @danglassmincer about the new film featuring @jimmysomervilleofficial and @bronskibeatofficial ❤️ 🌞After some r&r abroad, September is stacked as soon as I’m back: 🎧Sept 19: @unionchapeluk Open Day. I’ll be spinning a world party selection at this gorgeous, historic, Islington venue 8pm! Catch Jimmy’s duet partner @sarah_jane_morris there too but next day with her #sisterhood project! 🎧Sept 20: The Magic Garden Battersea for another global music workout! See you on a dancefloor soon… 💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾 📸 @photographybyktb 🙏🏾 #djritu #music #london by @djritu
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2 months ago
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As we celebrate the last week of South Asian Heritage Month, we share our story. EPISODE 1: Rewind to 1995. DJ Ritu MBE and Rita Hirani OBE opened the doors to Club Kali, sparking a movement and building a legendary sanctuary for South Asian LGBTQ+ people to dance and live authentically. These are our roots. Listen to Episode 1 today! 🔊 🔗 https://clubkali.co.uk/exhibition-podcasts/ Link in bio to listen Produced by @socialbrdcsts | Supported by @heritagefunduk #SAHM2026 #HeritageFund #NationalLottery #ClubKali #QueerSouthAsian #SouthAsianHeritageMonth #OurStoriesMatter by @djritu
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2 months ago
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@djritu b2b @rohan_rakhit at Daytimers’ 6th birthday this August…🌍 A meeting of two selectors with a deep love for music without borders. Expect an eclectic journey rooted in storytelling, with sounds from across the globe, as legendary tastemaker DJ Ritu MBE goes B2B with @daytimers_uk’s very own Rohan Rakhit. by @djritu
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3 months ago
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🎉 Birthdays are best when you’re invited! 🎉See you at… 💥 Club Kali’s 31st Birthday! 📅 Tonight! Saturday, July 18th. Back home at The Dome for the world’s longest-running South Asian club night! I’ll be spinning Bollywood2Hollywood classics, alongside a glittering lineup of talented artists: ✨ The glamorous Chutney Queens ✨ @kumarisuraj House of Suraj ✨ Duniya Dhoom ✨ @asifalahore @anch_the_dj The presents: Ice-cold aircon ❄️, birthday cake for everyone 🍰, and our gorgeous outdoor terrace open for midnight mingling. 🌈🌈 It’s hot enough for saris and salwars and cool enough for dancing!! 🏛️ From Royal Academy to Raves... I was so thrilled to play at the world-famous Summer Exhibition last week. Curated this year by Ryan Gander, the show looks absolutely superb, with brilliant works from exhibiting artists like Tracey Emin and Grayson Perry. Even the Green Room where I was watered and fed is a work of art in itself! 🎨✨ More DJs are lined up for Fridays throughout July, so make sure to get down to the @royalacademyarts and soak up some incredible art and culture before the next big celebration kicks off... ⚡ Daytimers 6th Birthday! 📅 August 29th Next up, we head to Number 90 London for a full-on, high-energy rave as @daytimers_uk turn 6! Get ready for some fantastic, upbeat back-to-back DJ sets. 🎧✨ With deeply underground grooves, I’ll be stepping into the booth alongside Rohan Rakhit for a wonderful musical collaboration you won’t want to miss. Massive lineup includes the @robertluis @shanagujral @rajirags & more!! 🎟️ Grab your tickets now and see you on a dancefloor soon! 👇 RoyalAcademy #SummerExhibition #Daytimers #DJRitu #london #music @clubkali 📸 @zefrographica 🙏🏾 by @djritu
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3 months ago
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Cub Kali Birthday Party Celebrate with a special lineup to entertain you! *Delightful Duniya *, *Heavenly House of Suraj* and the *Admirable Asifa* ! Plus *Dj Ritu* spinning your favourite all-time dancefloor delights from 9:30pm Get your tickets now! #clubkali #gay #lgbtq #pride #queersouthasian by @djritu
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3 months ago
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The incredible DJ Ritu (MBE) is bringing her electrifying energy to the Haringey South Asian Arts Fest 2026! She knows exactly how to get a crowd moving, and we cannot wait for her set. Join us as we celebrate heritage, unity, and togetherness at this unforgettable event! 📅 Event Details: Date: Sunday, 12th July Time: 12 Noon to 8 PM Venue: Ducketts Common Park, London N15 3DX Entry: Completely free! 📞 Contact for Info & Sponsorship: 020 8889 6938 | 07956819805 Tag the friends you are hitting the dance floor with below! 👇 #DJRitu #SouthAsianArtsFest #HaringeySAHMForum #LondonFestivals #FreeLondonEvents #LondonMela #DuckettsCommon #SouthAsianHeritage by @djritu
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3 months ago
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Cool down after work (or play)! With chilled out global tunes, air conditioning, and great art by @traceyeminstudio @marinaabramovic_______ @frankbowlingstudio and many more! July 10th @royalacademyarts #summerexibition #london Promo code: RA26DJNIGHT #royalacademyofarts #art by @djritu
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Art and music mix like magic. A treasured example was at the @hornimanmuseumgardens last week. In an event expertly curated by author & Burnt Roti magazine founder @sharandhaliwal_ it was a joy to play sunset global tunes for divine dancers @bolly_illusion and @thatdosacat who weaved a riot of colour through the wildflowers of the sunken garden. Awesome art workshops too by @manju_patelnair sanjaykumar @sabah.c Following the recent passing of Pop Art icon David Hockney, I’ve been reflecting on the lines where these creative worlds meet. It reminded me of our masterclass with his friend and muse, Celia Birtwell, back when I was a student at Chelsea School of Art in 1982. But the reason I ever made it to Chelsea at all was largely down to my school art teacher, Mrs Taylor, who sadly passed away just a week after Hockney at the grand age of 104. A brilliant artist, yet she dedicated her life to nurturing thousands of us ‘young ladies’ at WCHS, enabling our talent instead. When I hear of Giotto, Masaccio, Leonardo, or Michelangelo, I still hear Mrs Taylor’s voice, lovingly spreading the gospel of their artistic gifts. I can still picture her taking us to the National Gallery to unpack the secrets of The Arnolfini Portrait. While clearing my house over the last few months, I came across my old portfolios and sketchbooks. Some pretty good stuff in there actually, which I might share on here soon.. Much of my art was created to the soundtrack of my trusty Sony Walkman. I hope Mrs Taylor would be proud to know that on Friday, July 10th, I will be DJing at this year’s @royalacademyarts Summer Exhibition. It’s a massive debut for me, a total full-circle moment bridging the creative pursuits that shaped my life—leading to a career I never could have anticipated. Art and music mix like magic. 🎧🎨✨ (Grab a £10 entry promo code for the RA Exhibition in the comments below👇) Upcoming Dates: July 10 – Royal Academy Summer Exhibition - chilled global tunes July 12 – Haringey South Asian Arts Fest - Ducketts Common July 18 – @clubkali 31st Birthday (Bollywood2Hollywood party!) Aug 29 – @daytimers_uk 6th Birthday at Number 90 London. RAVE tunes!! Early-birds already sold out! by @djritu
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3 months ago
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