It was my wish too and I had made similar "request" posting quite a few years back. Almost 6 months after my posting (ofcourse ) coincidently "CONNECTIONS" happened and that confirmed my belief that Rahman is at his best when he has to compose score to abstract thoughts and without any fixed limitations of situation / words etc etc.
In all his NON film albums, CONNECTIONS stands out for its purity, classical / fusion / folk base and I feel, Rahman should make atleast ONE album on his own through KM MUSIQ per year. And let that not be a complete album, let it be combination of efforts with some new talent, and few compositions from ARR. ARR is supremely talented and knows no boundries to experiment on sound and compositions ...... and his best will certainly come through non-film albums...... that's my opinion. Best regards Dinesh Vaidya Pune --- 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. >
