Inheritance is promoted as a tribute to the Hindustani classical form thumri - can you tell us how and in which way the album throws light on the composition form ?
Inheritance is a piece of art where we have tried to maintain our roots . All the thumris are raag based so we have kept the authenticity of the raag intact and have merged it with western orchestra to present it as a fresh piece of music .
What were the challenges you had to face while composing and recording for Inheritance ? Can you take us through on what the audience can expect from the album ?
It can be very challenging to do something like Inheritance in these trending times but the hunger of keeping traditional music alive kept us going on , and most importantly the support / appreciation that our seniors who we look up to , has given us the courage to do this . While we were working on Inheritance we were not sure if people will accept it . But thankfully the EP is getting very good reviews from all over the world and we couldn ’ t be happier .
How was your experience working with Sufiscore ? How have they helped in the album making process for both Bole Naina and Inheritance ?
Sufiscore is a platform that has received a lot of love and fans
all over the world with the kind of music it is releasing and promoting . I think Sufiscore is the only platform where they give you full liberty to create the best music . Ee did our first album Bole Naina ( Silences speak ) with Sufiscore which was composed and brilliantly produced by Deepak Pandit ji alongside great musicians like Gaurav Vaswani and Prashant Sonagra . In Bole Naina , we also had to opportunity to have the album written and recited by legendary Gulzar saab and Ustad Zakir Hussain in the title track . My second collaboration with Deepak ji is Inheritance , which is again with Sufiscore , and it has been a great experience .
Can you tell us more about Babu Mora , the first single and video released from Inheritance ?
Nawab Wajid Ali Shah ’ s ‘ Babul Mora ’ has been sung by so many legendary artists like KL Saigal and Jagjit Singh ji . ‘ Babul Mora ’ is an expression for me and I ’ ve always wanted to sing ‘ Babul Mora ’ on an album because I personally connect to it . Also , the way it has been directed by Ravi Jadhav made me connect with the song even more . It being a bidaai thumri , it expresses my exact emotions which I could never express to my father . The father and daughter relationship is very special and there have been very many things left unsaid between my father and I .
How important do you think lyrics , poetry and lines are for making a composition into a masterpiece . Who were your influences ?
I feel half the battle is won if you have good lyrics or poetry . Even if you make a simple tune on that the song would sound good but if the composition is made in such a way that blends with the poetry it becomes a masterpiece . I love how Madhurani ji used to compose . If you can feel the foetry while listening to the composition , it has done its job . I have been always influenced by artists like Mehdi Hasan saab , Hariharan ji and Madan Mohan ji .
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