Singularity starts like a disjoint tapestry of sounds, but comfortably settles into its groove. The legendary John McLaughlin makes a cameo, together with Ranjit on konnakol, Punya Srinivas on Veena...
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Engeyum Kaadhal (Music review), Tamil – Harris Jayaraj
The title song is built like Eric Clapton’s beautiful ballad, Wonderful Tonight, but it is more in the feel/genre. The song on its own is amazing, with Aalaap Raju’s touching...
Continue reading...127 Hours (Music review) – Original Motion Picture soundtrack by A R Rahman and others
Rahman’s three openers, The Canyon, Liberation Begins and Touch Of The Sun are situational, but what follows is sheer magic! Liberation In A Dream goes beyond its predecessor, while its...
Continue reading...Makaramanju (Music review), Malayalam – Ramesh Narayanan
Yesudas’ Manjil melle has an old-world Malayali filmy feel, but the grand orchestration takes it ahead, while Then thennale, with Srinivas and Sunitha Menon adopts the ghazal’ish sound beautifully with...
Continue reading...Anjaana Anjaani (Music review), Hindi – Vishal Shekhar
The Pancham touch is smart and subtle in the title song‘s background; the enthusiasm quotient, in large part by Nikhil D’Souza and Monali Thakur’s vocals, is obvious and addictive. The...
Continue reading...Soch Lo (Music review), Hindi – Nitish Pires, Charu Moohan & Mehboob
Charu Moohan’s lyrics, music and vocals in Dedh inch oopar is a strangely languorous experience vaguely echoing Vishal Bharadwaj’ish sensibilities – true slow poison, in every sense! The song’s unique...
Continue reading...Chikku Bukku (Music review), Tamil – Hariharan & Leslie Lewis
Beyond its very, very Leslie’ish Indipop sound, the title song is a catchy, groovy listen. Oru nila has a delightfully crafted tune, almost in the early Rahman style, and Chandrayee’s...
Continue reading...Komaram Puli (Music review), Telugu – A R Rahman
Power Star is that perfectly exhilarating hero-intro track – it is racy, immensely catchy and a cornucopia of fascinating sounds all working in brilliant sync. Amma thale starts of as...
Continue reading...Aisha (Music review), Hindi – Amit Trivedi
Suno Aisha, while sounding like any other track by Vishal-Shekhar or Shankar Ehsaan Loy, has enough nuances in the interludes and backgrounds that makes it instantly likeable, complete with a...
Continue reading...Udaan (Music review), Hindi – Amit Trivedi
Aazaadiyan’s harmonious vocals, wrapped in true rock style, take flight mid-way beautifully; the track has wonderful lyrics by Amitach Bhattacharya and equally good vocals by himself, the composer and Neuman...
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