Artist : VA
Title : Play That Beat Mr. Raja
Genre : Funk / Soundtrack
Year : 2011
Date : 04/2011
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks : 10
Label : Cartilage Records
Source : Vinyl
Encoder : Lame 3.98.4
Length : 40:25 min
Size : 78,8 MB
Tracklist:
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01.raaja, gansesh, hamsalekha - 03:43
japanil kalyanaraman - title music (198
02.raaja, gansesh, hamsalekha - vikram 04:12
- vikram vikram (1987)
03.raaja, gansesh, hamsalekha - 04:42
mangamma sabatham - cola cola coca cola
04.raaja, gansesh, hamsalekha - my 01:41
dear kuttichathan - passing out parade
05.raaja, gansesh, hamsalekha - 05:05
nattukku ori nallavan - nallavan nallav
06.raaja, gansesh, hamsalekha - angi 04:39
natchathram - raaja rajathi (1988)
07.raaja, gansesh, hamsalekha - 02:31
punnagai mannan - love theme (1986)
08.raaja, gansesh, hamsalekha - vetri 04:28
vizha - thakkum thalaangu thatthom (198
09.raaja, gansesh, hamsalekha - 04:40
aboorva sakthi 369 - puthiyaulagille (1
10.raaja, gansesh, hamsalekha - chinna 04:44
veedu - chittu kuruvi (1985)
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40:25 min
'Play That Beat Mr. Raja' is a
gobsmacking compilation of recordings
made for the Tamil film industry, taking
in all manner of bizarre mid-late '80s
sonics in the most beguiling,
mindblowing manner. Like Charanjit
Singh's 'Ten Raga's To A Disco Beat' or
the Tafo Brothers' 'Plugged-in Pakistani
Pops' it's an ear-opening exposΘ of the
nascent, yet hugely sophisticated,
electronic productions from this part of
the world, making for a potently
intoxicating experience to these Western
sensibilities. To be fair, we're being a
bit broad there, as this sound is really
most specific to the Kollywood film
industry based in the South Indian city
of Chennai (formerly Madras) at the
opposite end of the sub continent to
Charanjit Singh and the Tafo Bros. It
was compiled by the obsessives over at
Cartilage Records, a team of Parisian
bloggers/DJs and runs through eleven
ecstatic fusions of truly insane drum
machine acrobatics, slashing cinematic
strings, the nuttiest analog synth
sounds and the most charming vocals with
an innate feel for daring structures and
delirious composition. The sense of
freedom and creativity is utterly
endearing, placing familiar western
concepts in a whole other context to
leave us floored at every turn. Take the
almost avian vocals and fractal
arrangement of Japanil Kalyanaraman's
opening 'Title Music' (1985) for
starters, then just try keeping your
composure when the machine funk and
vocoders of Vikram's 'Vikram Vikram'
(1986) hit, because we certainly
couldn't! There's just too much to sink
into, from the demented drum flurries of
Mangamma Sabatham's 'Cola Cola Cola
Cola' to the lethal street funk of
Putham Puthu Nayagan's 'Nallmuzhuvathum'
or the Ghost Box-like charm of Punnagai
Mannan's 'Love Theme', all of it leaving
us dazed and (almost) speechless. If
you've checked the clips and need any
more persuasion, consider that it's
pressed on audiophile quality 140g
vinyl, all songs faithfully mastered
with no edits and contains notes for
each composer and main playback singers,
plus dazzling sleeve art and full
colour, printed inner.
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