It’s been a really long time since the last time I wrote on this blog. My laziness got the better of me. But then a couple of days back, while travelling, I realized that the making of good music (especially in India) is at its peak these days and it’s just too good to be ignored. So here it is, after a break, with one of the best produced and composed tracks of recent times.
Well, to begin with, who would have thought that when three people namely Clinton Cerejo, Vishal Dadlani and Sonu Kakkar get together, it would be purely magical. Cerejo went completely unnoticed even after singing Kya Karoon in Wake Up Sid. Vishal Dadlani brought up some of his magic with the Dewarists’ first song Minds Without Fear but the completely unexpected was the amazing voice of Sonu Kakkar which can be heard in Babuji Zara Dheere Chalo.
The aura and texture of this song is its primary beauty and that’s why the producer must be applauded. The song starts off with the main tune on the mandolin. Vishal Dadlani’s deep voice then kicks in with beautiful accenting on the keyboard and the bass guitar. At 3:00 the music goes silent with Sonu Kakkar bringing in purity in a wonderful manner. The bass guitar groove, the cry baby on the guitar and the rim shots on the snare make the voice sound even more awesome and the starting of beats on the Dafli at 3:52 add to the soul of the song. The snare drum tone at 4:12 is just heavenly. To take-off the song again at 4:52, Vishal and Sonu harmonize some beautiful lines followed by the Mandolin solo. And the start at 6:01 with dholaks is so unmistakable. All in all, there are so many amazing musical moments in the song including the song’s end that describing them would only be unfair to their depth.
I have listened to this track hundreds of times just to realize that producing music and getting together of musicians is what builds up the soul of a song and not shredding fast guitar solos without others contributing. Otherwise, when did cry babys on pedal-trains or mandolin or daflis or dholaks or the bass guitars sound this magical?
I have new found respect for Vishal Dadlani after this track particularly. Moreover, as a friend Surbhit says: "Imagine the level of joy and fun these musicians must be having being able to perform such an awesome track". Seriously, the joy and satisfaction is clearly visible on their faces!
I have new found respect for Vishal Dadlani after this track particularly. Moreover, as a friend Surbhit says: "Imagine the level of joy and fun these musicians must be having being able to perform such an awesome track". Seriously, the joy and satisfaction is clearly visible on their faces!
While ending this, I must mention that Coke Studio India’s Season 2 has been really awesome and this song is just the tip of the iceberg. One must listen to others like Husna, Saathi Salaam and Yatra to name a few. Signing off with that. Keep Rocking. \m/
