Kshitij Tarey has been the voice of quite a few iconic songs like Tose Naina Lage from Anwar, Madno from Lamhaa and Saaware from Shor In The City. With a strong footing in Bollywood, Kshitij Tarey has made his segue into Independent music with a fusion enterprise that brings two Grammy Awards winners on board. Titled as Classical Crossover, the undertaking serves as an eclectic amalgamation of genres like Classical, Jazz, Funk, Thumri and EDM weaved into songs which might be sure to ring a bell with the listeners.
In an unique interview with News18 Showsha, Kshitij Tarey talked about his dream undertaking, deconstructed the tracks which might be but to be launched, and quipped in regards to the state of Bollywood music in current instances and extra. When requested in regards to the origin of this undertaking, the singer answered, “Whenever we speak about fusion from previous couple of years, there may be an concept that to take pleasure in fusion, it is advisable to perceive Indian Classical, Jazz, Blues or no matter type the artist is utilizing. So I wished to create an album which is within the fusion zone and will be loved by everybody no matter whether or not soembody understands the technicalities of the musical style. They ought to take pleasure in. So the concept got here from there and the way in which I’ve composed, structured all the pieces, it’s in a tune format. So you will notice the tracks are three and a half minute lengthy or 4 and a half minute lengthy. It’s not like a ten minute fusion observe. So it has a really business therapy to it. You is not going to see too many technicalities. It is offered in a manner that ordinary folks can groove to it and hook up with it emotionally.”
The first song ‘More Ghar Aye- Classical Funk’ released on 24th March on Kshitij Tarey’s official Youtube channel while the audio was out on Strumm Music and other leading platforms. It features Camille Frillex from Paris. The track is a fusion between Indian Classical singing along with Funk and it captures the true essence of the album. Breaking down the song, Kshitij Tarey explained, “I am a huge fan of Bruno Mars. I follow a lot of his work. So I was thinking of creating something that has Indian classical touch and additionally it has a funk feel to it. Funk musically has very high power and has a very prominent bassline. And which gels with the drum. So we are very high on drumming and very high on jazz. So if you notice the track, it starts from a very powerful bassline. It’s a signature bassline. It is something that people will remember that they can recognise..I wanted to use a very heavy bassline with drums and Indian Classical. Since you asked about Raag, I composed the song on Bheempalasi when I started but I wanted to have the feel of very good chord structure also. So just in that Bhimpalasi, I added a shudh nishaad into it to give that funk feel and incorporated the chord structure also. So I used Bhimpalasi as the base but didn’t use pure pure Bhimpalasi. The mukhra and antra is in the bandish format and why I used that shudh nishad is to have the beauty of the chord structure because I wanted to fuse it and didn’t wanted a pure Indian classical track. And for fusion, you have to change a few things according to the other genres. So the point is, if you are doing the fusion, it should not be a forced thing. It should be like the same track has everything. It should be fusion and not confusion. I have created it in a way that it has a song structure, it is enjoyable. It has the essence of Indian classical and the essence of funk.”
Meanwhile, the subsequent tune in line has extracts of thumri which were organized in a approach to let the jazz parts mix like the proper components, “The subsequent observe that will likely be launched this month is a jazz thumri. I’ve used a really well-known thumri Ka Karu Sajni Aaye Na Balam. And I’ve created in a manner like in the event you hearken to More Ghar Aaye, it’s primarily based on funk. I’ve not used the jazzy or bluesy chords. So in the event you hearken to the thumri. Thumri Jazz. It can have a pure jazz chord formations. And Ruslan Sir is a jazz pianist who has labored on many initiatives. When I created the observe, at any time when you might be speaking to a legend who has completed it for years and years, biggest of the musicians. When I despatched him the tough observe within the jazz format,
I requested him if he needs to alter any chord construction in keeping with him. I had been following his work and I DMed him on Insta that I’m engaged on a undertaking , there’s a observe and I need you to collaborate as a that includes artist. He stated ship me the observe I’ll hear after which I’ll get again. He liked it and he stated he’ll play solo and chords and all the pieces.
So I requested him if he needs to alter any chord construction, he can go forward. He stated no that is sounding very good. We’ll preserve it. Send me the observe with out the piano, he’ll play on it. So I despatched him the observe and what an impressive piano solo you’ll hear from him,” he shared.
Kshitij Tarey also has another track, a lullaby composed in Raag Khamaj, that has been embellished by the legendary Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt and his Mohan Veena. He shared, “The third track is with the evergreen, legendary Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt Ji. One of the pillars of Indian music. I wanted to do a track with him so I had sent him a track of lullaby. Then he messaged me you are brilliant. It’s like he would record it and send it to. So when legends compliment you, it means a lot. So then he played outstanding. I am very small to say anything. that’s the track that will be coming after the jazz and it’s a lullaby which is very smooth. Even the singing and composition changes. It will not have too many harkats or taans. That is a very nice fusion. And after that, there is one more track which is a very dark track in the EDM zone. So EDM and classical have never been used. We have made an outstanding EDM track which is classical based. There are two raags. It is something completely different. It will be two raags fused with EDM.”
Kshitij Tarey’s playback debut with 2007 romantic thriller Anwar starring Siddharth Koirala, Manisha Koirala, Rajpal Yadav and Nauheed Cyrusi. While the movie was revered by critics for it’s layered story, it was Mithoon’s music that attained cult standing. One of the songs ‘Tose Naina Lage’ was voiced by Tarey. Recalling that chance, Kshitij stated,
“It was Mithoon second launch and first compose. It was excellent. So Mithoon and I began profession collectively and he was composing and I exploit to go for scratch dubbing. So that point we recorded Tose Naina Lage. And I nonetheless keep in mind when the ultimate dubbing occurred, it was late evening at 11:00-11:30. We began dubbing and after two hours, the producer and the director Manish Jha and Rajesh got here. They heard the observe they usually liked it. I didn’t know whether or not the tune will likely be sung in my voice or not. There was this uncertainty. They stated it was good in order that was a nice shock at 1:30 AM. I’m grateful to everybody from Anwar film who gave me this chance. I related with the tune as a result of he briefed me about it’s picturization, what’s the really feel of it. And throughout dubbing, he created the observe. Hasan Kamal ji wrote good lyrics. He is a legend of Bollywood. So I used to be very fortunate to sing that tune.”
He also answered if a song like that can ever be conceived again by any music composers. He explained, “Whether it will be created again I don’t know. Once you create something, then nobody can create it again. But this sort of song it won’t and I am very happy to be associated with it. So everyone is doing their part. Whether these kinds of songs will be created, I don’t know.”
Although Kshitij Tarey has been a golden voice for a number of movies, the singer took a sabbatical from Bollywood. He lastly revealed why, “So there are two causes for that. The foremost motive is that finally after fews years of delivering hit numbers, I made a decision that I need to compose additionally. I received into music composition so I labored on quite a lot of motion pictures as a composer. One film that’s releasing quickly is Radhika Apte’s Undercover. I’ve completed the background rating. So I received into composing plus I wished to create my very own inventory additionally. So as a consequence of that, playback took a backseat. Because when somebody turns into composer, there’s a battle of curiosity. Plus I used to be going by some dangerous instances in my private life. So that’s why I used to be out for 3-4 years and now I’m again and I’m very blissful. Things are wanting good for me,” he said.
Commenting on the current musical landscape, Kshitij explained, “I’ve always seen that every few years, the trend changes. Jo 80s mein music tha woh 90s mein nahi tha. So every ten years , something new comes and everything changes. So I would suggest this is a new transition period we might see and because of social media, one minute reels and half a minute reels, the landscape of music has changed drastically as to how music is made. If you see previously, interludes used to be a minute long but now one minute mein mukhra khatam ho jata hai. Punchline aajati hai. I personally don’t like to comment whether it is good or bad. It is what it is and if you don’t like a trend, it will change eventually. It will not stay the same. Music always evolves and adapts to the society. At the end of the day, good music is good music. Irrespective of trend, timeline and genre.”
The singer concluded by sharing his ideas on how the impartial music scene has change into a parallel trade. He said, “See within the 90s, there was a parallel impartial music trade. KK Lucky Ali, Silk Route, Mohit Chauhan have been there. There have been so many parallel artists and I feel proper now in the event you see, there are numerous particular person artists, impartial artists who launch singles and change into an enormous hit. And then many instances , then they get picked up in Bollywood. So I’d recommend that already the time is right here that there’s a parallel trade. Only factor is that, due to a lot content material, it occurs that many songs don’t get the listeners and are ignored. But the parallel trade of impartial artists is already right here and it’s a good factor as a result of if it will get picked by Bollywood then why not. So parallel trade is already there I imagine. There is nothing incorrect and there’s no competitors. Music is music. Art is artwork. Just like theatre and cinema, music is equally vital.”
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