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Passion of Pakistan

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Nice pieces of work taken from traditional Sindhi musicals.

I have lived in Pakistan and this relives the music I experienced there. This recording is an excellent example of the special and pulsating music coming out of the culture of Pakistan. Long before Nusfat Ali Khan- this collection of pieces bring forth the rhythm and beat that dates far back into the history of this area in South Asia. I have many collections of music from Pakistan and India, and this ranks as one of the best. The sound is fresh, and rejuevnating-it is a shame it went under "snake music" because it captures the deep spiritual influences of Sufism that yet needs to be appreciated. If you are interested in music of Pakistan, I would definitely buy this cd...and you will be hooked!

The music on this recording is sufi trance music of the most stirring and powerfull kind,great shawm playing with circular breathing tecnique supported by the incredibly powerfull beats of the indian percussions tabla and of the dholak,a barrel-shaped double-skin drum played orizontally with both hands and with metal rings on one hand.
You have also sarangi,the pakistani fiddle,playing,sound of
which is very stirring.
I would highly reccommend it for anyone looking for natural trance and ecstatic music from islamic spirituality.
The only dissapointment are the sleeve notes which don't explain much at all about the instruments and the music played,it's rather poor of informations.

..and i have listen to a whole lot through the years.
Mesmerizing and minimalist, trance, ambient, techno, beats and outer-planetary melodies all rolled into pure bliss.
Listen to this and regret that we are destroying those same cultures that spawned all this folk music. The minimal and ever so slight changes resemble what would come out of the New York minimalist composers some years later, and it wouln't be surprising to find-out that Glass, Reich, Young and the others had listened to the recordings such as these during those years.
So natural, that it seems that the timeless melodies sung by the breath instruments are coming out of a child's mouth. Really there is not much to say as the music speaks volumes for itself.