AR Rahman (electroaccoustician/musician - India)
In the summer of 1992, A unique and strange soundtrack was circulating well in audio shops and radio waves in India. it did not exibit the characteristics of a typical Indian song
A song opens with a "fairy Dust" mesmerising sound effect...
ALmost magical disney -like
Months later this album and its creator won the State NAtional Award .
India's equivalent of a nobel prize. A new Phenomenon had arrived in India.Just in time when globalisation and post-mordenistic ideals of the 90s
were slowly creeping into India
THe internationally acclaimed composer AR Rahman widely regarded as the John Williams of Asia introduced a new trend in 1992, like a whirl wind....
every sound of his turned out to be
sheer magic. Yet nobody even seen the face of this new phenomenon or any of his interviews in the first few years when this was happening,
Was pretty ironic. He is unbelievably humble as they say.
Many have seen him be a shy and reluctant guest on shows or rarely gives interviews
He carries the aura of his super genius in a light and down-to-earth manner.
Because to him music is a journey inward and all the trappings of wealth and fame
are superfluous.
Years later everyone wondered ,
it was indeed Electronics and computer music,
can you really define it. The answer is most probably No. it was something more unique than what Hollywood has to offer
A simple guitar fex processor has a chip that is computer controlled,
90% of scores from Rahman has this concept running
By this being from the Advertising world AR Rahman has managed to have a" concept "for each one of his songs".
This concept which will bring him around the world. 15 years later to present day, A quick search on the net reveals that he's a phenomenon in Asia
The awesome impact he had on the music scene in India and the entertainment industry as a whole and undoubtedly the rest of the world seems have left him unfazed. As he contines his life long philosophy
" "If a music artiste wants to blossom into a fully-fledged
person, it's not enough if he only knows classical
music or if he's well versed only in ragas and
techniques. He should be interested in life and
philosophy. In his personal life there should be, at
least in some corner of his heart, a tinge of
lingering sorrow".
seriously. u are creating negative feelings for your idols. i am not kidding.
