On Fri, 9 Sep 1994 22:36:10 -0400 (EDT),
ccastge@prism.gatech.edu <ccastge@prism.gatech.edu> wrote:
quoted 14 lines I have Ambient 3, The Music Of Changes, the one with the FSOL mix of Darshana>I have Ambient 3, The Music Of Changes, the one with the FSOL mix of Darshana
>by Sylvian/Fripp... I think it's the best ambient comp I've got...
>
>Aside from the FSOL and Eno tracks, I'd have to say that one of my
>favorites from this comp is on the 2nd CD: Mustt Mustt, by Nusrat Fateh Ali
>Khan.. the thing that strikes me about this track is the way the vocals
>make up a good part of the melody... I've heard plenty of songs with ethnic
>instruments, but very few of them contain vocals. It stands out among all
>the other tracks in that respect, and is one of my favorites because of
>it.
>
>I also think it'd sound really nice if they'd do away with the bass and
>hi-hats, and maybe use a tom or two for the drum part... just something
>simple and emphasize the vocals as much as possible.
Actually that's how Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan normally works - mostly vocals,
with harmonium (imagine a mono synth permanently stuck on "accordion" :-) )
and tablas (functionally equivalent to "a tom or two").
You can find him in this configuration on his first album on Peter
Gabriel's Real World label "Shahen Shah" (1989) [this is also a US release].
His style of singing is called Qawalli, and he is considered the world's
greatest exponent of this style and one of the world's great vocalists.
After Gabriel exposed him to the West on "Shahen Shah", he then made a more
Western style album with bass, drums etc. in 1990 called "Mustt Mustt"
(also on the Real World label). There is even a yet-more-hip remix of the
title track at the end of the CD (I'm assuming that Ambient 3 has the more
"straight ahead" mix). And I've heard a sort of dub remix of this
track on the recent 110 Below CD.
But I much prefer his more natural Pakistani style, as on "Shahen Shah".
If you have an Indian/Pakistani store near you, you can sometimes find his
cassettes for only $3. And at the same price you can check out Bhangra
music, which is a recent London mixture of traditional Pakistani music and
techno/house.
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respect to all,
Ken ken@snowcrest.net (primary address)
(if no answer, try ken.stuart@tigerteam.org )