Actually I want a NON Indian sounding acoustic album..that would be cool...kind of like the unplugged version of the VTV songs...ARR has already made lagaan, zubeida, taj mahal, etc....let him try new things!
--- In [email protected], "AJ" <purev...@...> wrote: > > Indian ethnic film albums that are simple, melodious, traditional, rustic, > and having that old world charm are rare. Rahman's Zubeidaa and Lagaan are > examples. Another great example was the album "Lekin" in the early 1990s by > Hridainath Mangeshkar........pure, beautiful, Rajasthani melodies in a folk > backdrop.........oh, how rare these albums are...... > > Rahman......please do another album like this.....no electronica, no western > beats, no rap, no auto tune......just folk, rustic, simple Indian music with > tablas, dholaks, santoors, flutes, sitars, veenas, sarangis, harmoniums, > strings, ouds, bells, etc. etc....just a pure acoustic album with traditional > Indian instruments. > > Of course, the right film and the right director have to be in > place........and it would probably be for a period film. Rahman, please > don't give up in period films.....some of your best soundtracks were based on > period/history films. > > The song "Khili Re" from Raavan is the most recent example of this type of > music.......would love a 40-50 minute film album just on this type of music > alone by ARR with beautiful chords, strings, gentle effects, minimalist > instrumentation, heartfelt and old world charm melodies...... a "Naushadish" > type album. Some parts of 1947 Earth were like this too. > > This is just a wish of mine. I'm not comparing new Rahman to 90s Rahman or > making any broad statements........it's just a wish. > > Rahman, I hope you hear this wish. >
