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MUSIC: MUSINGS
REVERBERATIONS
Pot Pourri Of Tunes
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Aap Ki Asha
Asha Bhosle
Universal; Rs 65 |
Do we call it a dash for freedom? This
album must certainly be a liberation of sorts for Asha Bhosle. After singing
to other composers' tunes, for the first time now she is creating her
own melodies. All the eight compositions here are loaded with harmony,
vocal backups, overlapping and echo effects. The music arranger, Tabun
Sutradhar has done a great job.
As Asha is both composer and singer, she has
improvised freely. Therefore, no two lines of the song are sung in the
same way. The influence of her favourite music composers, R.D. Burman
and Jaidev, is also evident. But then that is the versatility of Asha.
She has an amazing range. Check it out in Uljhi laton ki tarah or the
Arabic-Hindi composition, Salamat salamat.
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Tranquillity
Abhijit Pohankar
Times Music; Rs 65 |
Love Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega
T-Series; Rs 55 |
This is a bindaas album. Its foot-tapping numbers
revolve around the Love ke liye kuch bhi karega theme. Vishal's music
is as always-unpredictable with lots of percussion. Remember his score
in Chachi 420? Here he has not stuck to scoring conventional music and
with the funny lyrics by Abbas Tyrewala he has created some fun songs
like Aslam bhai. His experiments with sounds and rhythm are refreshingly
different. Check out the fusion of qawwali and rock in LovexCrime=Fun.
With his melodious voice, KK is a singer to watch out for. The other voice
which stands out but for the wrong reason is Sonu Nigam's. Why does he
sing as if he is going to break down any moment? All in all an off-beat
album.
Here is an album to calm your frayed nerves.
Abhijit, unlike his Hindustani classical vocalist father, Ajay Pohankar,
is a keyboard player and composer. In this album he teams up with flautists
Rupak Kulkarni and Rakesh Chaurasia, santoor exponent Tarun Bhattacharya,
sitarist Neeladri Kumar and others. Needless to add, all the orchestral
compositions are based on ragas. A delightful piece is Joy based on raga
Jhinjhoti, a fine jugalbandi of flute and sitar. A soothing album for
a quiet evening.
-S. Sahaya
Ranjit
SCREEN N SURF
South Bound
 For
serious Carnatic music buffs the site www.sangeetham.com is a bonanza.
One can download kritis of Muttuswami Dikshitar and Tanjavur Shankara
Iyer. It has details of the ragas and talas. The news section is up-to-date
with the latest happenings in the field of music festivals. For those
who want to know more about ragas, click on Raga appreciation. And the
archive too is exhaustive. But to listen to the audio clips you need a
Realplayer installed in your system.
-S. Sahaya
Ranjit
HOT TRACK
MUSIC,
Madonna (Tips; Rs 125)
 Meet
Madonna the cowgirl. The mehndi-sporting diva of not too long ago is now
in a Stetson and denims, but we've already read about it since the rest
of the world got to hear this album months ago. The eastern influences
of her breakthrough 1998 album Ray of Light were reflected in her spin-off
sartorial statements of the time, but the present look is by no means
an indicator she has turned country musician. In fact with the exception
of the folk-rockish I deserve it, the cleanest track of the lot, the rest
of Music is a techno-infused (often overly so) return to her dance pop
roots with less voice, more electronica, less musical draw of the Like
a prayer-like mini opera sort. Worth repeat play is the gimmicky but inventive
version of Don McLean's 1971 classic American Pie. I deserve it is addressed
to her then boyfriend, now husband, filmmaker Guy Ritchie. Depending on
which way you look at it, Nobody's perfect is either a dig at her critics
or a disarming confession. It goes: "Nobody's perfect/What did you
expect?/I'm doing my best ..." Aha.
--Anna M.M. Vetticad
Arrivals
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Impressions
(Music Today;
Rs 65)
An orchestral fusion album by kanjira maestro, V. Selva Ganesh.
Easy listening, good value.
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Sajnaa
(Tips; Rs 55)
Hema Sardesai sings peppy songs composed by Jawahar Wattal.
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Yeh Kaisi Judaai
(BMG Crescendo; Rs 225)
A compilation of sad songs from films by Lata, Suresh Wadkar and
Bhupen Hazarika.
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One-Sister2Sister
(Sony Music; Rs 100)
A few peppy dance tracks from Melbourne-based Christine and Sharon
Muscat.
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