Guys where is this available?? i checked out the stores in Bangalore it's not available anywhere...
On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 9:30 PM, Chord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Unbelievable....amazing...astounding.....mindblowing....awesome.....AR > Rsomehow manages to keep blowing us away with his magical > compositions and I just can't believe what a feast this is for us > fans! Is there any musical hat that this man CANNOT wear? How the > heck can one person compose a Jodha Akbar, Ada, and Jaane Tu and much > much more all in a single lifetime? Not going to give a song by song > review of Ada, but want to share my overwhelming thoughts and > feelings. > > ADA > This is by far the most passionate, stylish, sleek, sonically > contemporary, and lushest arrangement wise album we have heard from > ARR in a while. The album has such a beautiful flow from song to > song......truly a remarkable journey of sound and intricate sonic > sculptures ecapsulated by haunting melodies and the best of both > worlds of vintage and modern ARR. There is a spontaneity in this > album that I have been missing from ARR recently and which harkens > back to his earlier days...quite nostalgic indeed. In terms of > musical concepts, this is one of his most brilliant works. There are > incredible interludes everywhere with unpredictable twists and turns > within each composition that surprises the listener and takes you > deeper and deeper into musical bliss. Lots of classical dynamics with > contrasting moods as dissonance is juxtaposed with resoultion and > open-ness from interlude to antara and back (eg., second interlude of > Dar Hai with duduk and dark, musical dissonance which resolves > brilliantly into an open and exhilirating second antara.......also > heard in female Ishq Ada). Man, check out the range of sound on this > album not only in terms of acoustic instrumentation, but as a friend > rightly pointed out, innovative synth sounds and soundscapes!!!! > There are beautiful raaga based melodies combined with multicultural > and ethnic influences as Swaps rightly explained with Latin, Spanish, > Mediterranean, and Eastern European musical styles all thrown in. > The singing is fantastic and wide ranging and I am so impressed wiht > Parul Mishra's rendition of Ishq Ada....she sounds like a veteran > singer....so mature, precise, with great tone and feeling! The > lyrics nicely complement the music at each turn! Meherbaan is sung > so beautifully by Rahman and this style of ballad suits him so well > and I just love the electric guitar solo in the instrumental > version! > > Surely a difficult album to review concisely. It's a classy, classy > album that music lovers will enjoy but I am not too sure about its > commercial prospects since there are unusual and unconventional > musical styles, sounds, structures, etc that a common person may find > a bit too foreign sounding or out of his schematic realm to make > ssnse of. Nevertheless, another highlight of Rahman's career is > bestowed before us and I cannot be more proud to be a Rahman fan than > I am today. HAIL TO THE MAESTRO!!!!! > > >
