THIS NEW YEAR, I WANT YOU TO DANCE ON GURU…
The other day I was at an upmarket lounge in the city where as usual the inhouse DJ was playing garbage music. I walked up to him and asked him to play some stuff that is known, and he instantly started off with Dhoom 2 .He played this track 5 times in 2 hours.
I walked up to him and asked him to play Guru. He said no one requests Guru because the tracks are not for common people. Apparently people find it too ‘contextual’! Wonder what that means.
As a freak co-incidence, I had got a mail from a certain DJ Kenny asking if I can attempt a new feel to some tracks therein.
I came back home with a vengeance. To mix select tracks with a club feel. Part of my vengeance was due to my prejudice towards folks rejecting ARR’s music!!!
Although I was a bit hesitant to try a mix on the Rahman’s recent gem as I had promised myself and other fellow Rahman fans of not attempting a mix until the movie releases - the trigger factor is the plethora of assembly line mixes of today’s average sound tracks out in the market.
Who says one cannot dance to the tracks of Guru?
This New Year, I want people to dance to Guru in the same blend as that of the party sound. I want all to recall these tracks and eventually listen to the great original. I want you to dance.
Consider these
Tere Bina – The Asian Underground Mix
The track Tere Bina is a genre from Rahman’s core competence – Ballads. Only he can infuse so much romance in a track without any specific lyrical brilliance. My version is what I call as the ‘Asian Underground Mix’. A drum heavy version tuned to the sound of the likes of Talvin Singh, only a little faster. It might be all noise to a listener alien to ‘Trip n scratch’ sound of the Asian Underground. Nonetheless, you may even find it interesting.
As always, this is just my experiment of mixing ballad with a diametrically opposite sound genre. My true tribute to AR Rahman!
Barso Re – The Old School Disco Mix
Barso Re from Guru is peppy and impish. It has the freshness of the rain and it has the sound that is real and catchy. However, there is a section of folks who want plastic music and they say the song is too ‘Indian’ to dance! I did show the finger (in my mind) to one such person, but I did decide not to let such a fresh song stay away from the doors of plastic people. This version of mine is a take from the old school disco sound that has a running base line and a fast and peppy groove.
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