I agree Dinesh...you have some great ideas...non film albums under KM musiq once per year.....that would rule! But, ARR seems to be quite busy......
--- In [email protected], "DineshVaidya" <dnshvai...@...> wrote: > > 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" <purevibz@> 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. > > >
