The Mozart of Madras
May 5, 2008
I would like to introduce the man whom they call “The Mozart of Madras” … his name is AR Rahman.
He is an incredibly talented musician, composer, arranger, producer, performer .. you name it , AR does it. And he does it very, very well. So far I have “only” listened to a double-CD collection entitled “Introducing AR Rahman” but when I listen to something intriguingly new, it means that the particular CD is in permanent rotation in my car’s cd player, for weeks on end.
AR manages to blend the Indian concept of melody-over-rhythm with our Western concept of Melody-over-Harmonies, and the result is almost always sensationally beautiful.
It is quite remarkable that although I do not speak a word of Hindi ( do you? ) AR’s music flows so naturally that it needs no explanations at all. Same was true for Mozart, the master of masters.
A great example of AR’s craft is “Thirakkaatha Kaattukulle”.
Peace and Love,
Erik
