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MUSIC BOX: Sad in love
Faakhir’s highly anticipated album, Aatish finally hit the stands recently. The album was expected last year (an announcement Faakhir entertained throughout 2001) but due to various reasons, the singer never made his product public.
However, things turned out for the best as Aatish made its debut on Valentine’s Day. The basic theme of the album is love; from plain to tragic to mischievous, Faakhir manages to cover all the equations of sentimental feelings which are important between two souls. And though this is Faakhir’s debut since going solo, his compositions have driven the country hopping mad — thanks to the heat surrounding the songs. And this, Faakhir proves with the very first song, Eik wari. An Urdu cum Punjabi rendition, the singer resents himself for not getting, when he had the chance, his loved one. Musically the song is a fusion of eastern tabla with a touch of Spanish strings; the western input has played the part where the song goes into dance mode.
Next is the Latin Dil Ruba; the details of this song have been made known ever since its release last year. But for those who don’t know word is that the thousands spent for making the video of Dil Ruba in US dollars — is the most expensive ever made in Pakistan. The song is popular with the masses. Deewane is a fun beat full of colours: the song is balanced between pop and bhangra. The most interesting track has to be Sassi Punnu. Heavy on the guitars, the song has words ‘aatish’ and ‘sawan’ constantly rumbling through it. With Marjawaan, Faakhir hones on to the bhangra beats, and with the amount of desi keyboard involved this little ditty will make certain occasions hot and spicy.
The good thing about singers is that they never forget country and here it’s with Jaan pay bhi that Faakhir commits total loyalty to his motherland. Also included are the award-winning Kabhi kabhi pyar mein as well as two bonus instrumentals. In the end the album can be summed up as love all the way but nothing to dance to, only something to play to when feeling sad.—K.A.K
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With her eighth album Fever, Kylie Minogue has finally arrived with this disco pop album selling like hot cakes.Fever is startlingly slick, a combination of house beats, fashionable electronic effects and choruses designed to make you want to listen to them again and again. The tracks are similiar — all easy digestible pop compositions. The hit single Can’t get you out of my head with its infectious la la la may make you want to dance. Love at First Sight features stuttering disco samples; Give it to me sounds similiar to quite a few previous songs by Ms Minogue.
The lyrics of In Your Eyes is again a lot like Kylie’s earlier hit, Spinning Around, but this trance number manages to stand out. Fever is most definitely not a work of musical genius, but it sure is making a lot of money by doing the tried and tested.
On the negative side, the relentless beats eventually become numbing. KM’s voice, meanwhile is devoid of emotion. The title track, though funky, is lifeless and mechanical but whosoever buys a Kylie Minogue’s album knows what to expect. The album is aimed at a girl’s night out and is full of techno-pop, but of durable quality. Mercifully it has no pretensions to be anything else. Packed with hits, Fever does exactly what it sets out to achieve.—Xooni
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