It's midnight in Glasgow
as DJ Zaf presents Radio Chandni’s last ever programme.
The playlist features songs from the soundtracks of romantic
old Indian films, Beatles’ and Stranglers’ classics
and the music of Kula Shaker and ADF. As his broadcast goes
out, Zaf’s thoughts and memories unfold – a
battered black Ford Popular car toiling its way from Lahore
to Britain; a shiny blue Kawasaki motorbike flashing through
the Scottish countryside; an ex-lover who blames him for
all the crap in her life; a fuck-off-we’re-finished
note from his white girlfriend; a mother who abandons all
that’s safe and familiar to be with the man she loves;
a father who doesn’t recognise his son; the once-exotic
sight of a sari swishing along the cold wet streets of Govan;
a culture defined by something as banal as plastic hankie-box
holders decorated with roses; a copper mirror in a singing
cave . . . Spanning generations, continents and cultures,
Psychoraag
will take you on a whirlwind journey into a cosmic world
where the real and the surreal dissolve and the past and
the present segue into each other.
