Showing posts with label rahat fateh ali khan. Show all posts
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Monday, July 26, 2010

Koolmuzone Music Blockbusters of 2009: Top 5 Albums

Published on www.koolmuzone.com, on 29th Dec, 2009, Under Category Charts
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Sadaf Fayyaz

1. Aasmaan (Hadiqa Kiani)
After almost six years, Hadiqa returns to the spotlight with Aasmaan. The album comprises songs in Pashtu, Punjabi, Persian and Urdu. Her multilingual singing is merged with her pop style and music genre. Some of the grooviest numbers from the album are “Sohniya”, ”Janan”, “Tuk Tuk” and “Az Chashme Saqi”.
2. Umeed-e-Sahar (Laal)
With striking poetry of Faiz, Faraz and Jalib, Laal has really done an awe-inspiring job this time. The music sounds a bit revolutionary kind besides being melodic. With “Umeed -e-Sahar” being the title song of the album, some other heart touching tracks are “Jagoo”, “Sadaa”, “Kal Aaj Aur Kal” and “Mene Us se Yeh Kahaa”.
3. Pichal Pairee (Overload)
Meera Rahman’s transition from a model to a vocalist reflects in the second album of Overload. The instrumental and psychedelic genre of music makes it a mesmerizing sensation. The album comprises tracks like “Dig”, “Saat Mein”, ”Vichar Gai”, ‘Pichal Pairee”, “Amjad Khan”, “One Mile High”, “Kaykra”, “Mela Kariye”, and “Dhol Bajay Ga”. Pichal Pairee is and inimitable and experimental piece of work by Overload radiantly produced by Farhad and mastered by Shahi Hasan.
4. Saptak (Mekaal Hasan Band)
The best fusion of East and West is depicted in Saptak. With mystical works of Bulleh Shah, Shah Hussain and Amrita Pretam, the second album encompasses inspirational music for new the generation. The rich blending of eastern and western streams adds sumptuousness to the album, which obviously involves a deeper in-depth understanding of both the streams very elegantly. The most fascinating tracks from the album include “Chal Bulleya”, “Jhok Ranjhan”, “Waris Shah” and “Bandeya”. The album is a mere combination of seamless Sufi mystic with rhythms of rock.
5. Kohram (Amanat Ali)
After Sa Re Ga Ma, the journey of the young singer continues with Kohram. With an incredibly prevailing voice and haunting vocals, Kohram stands at number fifth, with some of the fascinating tracks like “Kohram”, “Rab Janey”, “Thumri”, “Halka Halka” and “Raha Jaye Na”.

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Rahat Touches Heart with “Surili Akhyion Wale”


Published on www.koolmuzone.com, under Reviews Category, 19th Dec, 2009

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Sadaf Fayyaz



From Bollywood film Veer, song “Surili Akhyion Wale” is a truly colorful and soft heart touching melody by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan. Hitting more than three thousand views on You Tube in a couple of days, the composition is a true effect of a colorful sonata. Rahat’s measured and gripped vocals add beauty to the marvelous lyrics penned by Gulzar. After “Man Ki Lagan” and “Jiya Dhadhak Dhadak”, “Surili Akhyion Wale” truly hits everything. Besides Rahat, the other vocalist in the song is Suzanne D’ Mello, who comes and sings for a short while. Rahat brilliantly outshines in the soulful and colorful composition, composed by Sajid-Wajid. The best thing I like about Rahat is maintaining a level of opus throughout the song. Apart from maintaining a typical jolty and enthusiastic equilibrium needed for a Qawali, Rahat’s voice gets well adjusted for romantic and soft melodic tunes too. Rahat sings “Apna Muqam” in a totally novel way and thrashing symmetry that supports a Qawali well. Restoring the romantic composition, Rahat enthralls everyone this time. The song starts with very soft and mind blowing guitar and a chorus comes somewhere in the between too. The beauty comes from expressive lyrics and Rahat’s precise vocals, specially the lines “Mil ja Kahen Samey Se”, Rahat does true justice with the lyrics and music. Since the movie is about war, history and poignant love, the romantic melody fits into these genres. Veer being an epic saga of bravery and drama, treachery and love, the music does even-handedness with these fields.