Zindagi

Ali Khan | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 18, 2000)
• Original Release Date: April 11, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: City of Tribes
• ASIN: B00004SAZJ
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #653,093 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Mere Zindagi

2. Piyar Piyar

3. Mast Kalander

4. Sindhri Da

5. Deem Dana

6. Bhairagi Jungle

7. Gorak Kalyan

8. Surat

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars excellent, May 2, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Zindagi (Audio CD)

Bother and sister Qawwali singers Sukhawat Ali Kahn and Riffat Salamat. Are the main vocalist behind this debut Album from the San Francisco based Ali Khan Band. The first song "Mere Zindagi" "my life" is melodious and hypnotic in the way that Sheila Chandra 's classic European Indian fusion hit "Ever So Lonely" was. Not as successful are the two rap numbers Piyar Piyar "Love Love" and Mast Kalander. A tribute to the Sufi mystic of Sind, Hazrat Lal Kalander. For some reason the rap as sung by Issac Frierson is not integrated sufficiently to prevent it appearing as an after thought. This is not an album for traditional listeners of Qawwali because at various points the album drifts into fast paced dance tracks. The Bangra elements are especially good here. The album is so languid at the beginning that you could be fooled into believing that this will set the mood for the remainder of the CD. However this album leans closer towards dance-trance than to meditative New Age music. The stunning front cover "Beyond Surfaces" is by the artist Shahzia Sikander