Originally Posted by
V_S
Hulkster,
Idha vida clear'a express paNNa mudiyaathu. Thank you. :clap: We can develop a beautiful story behind his orchestration and every lude. He goes away beyond the tune (main melody) during the interludes taking our imagination beyond this world only to come back in time for the charanams. There are more twists, turns and surprise at every interlude and in every line of the melody (both in terms of tune and orchestration). The dense layer of orchestration in his interludes each can lead to a different story altogether which we can hardly see these capabilities in others.
Even in bringing new sounds and new instruments he is the pioneer. The beauty when he brings new sound is out of his own thoughts. Integrating (and playing) two or more contradicting instruments together brings a new sound. I have written about this many times in Raja Duets thread. I can happily say that the new sounds he is accomplishing is indigenously built by him rather than borrowed. We can see the pain and hardwork in every note he creates. If anyone is talking about instruments (especially live instruments), it can never be other than Maestro. In NEPV, he brought back the lost instruments of Middle ages, Renaissance up to the current new age instruments starting from the forgotten bagpipes, oboe, oboe'damor, bassoon, harp to the classical piano, guitar, violins, cellos, flutes to new age beautiful synths. The highlight of NEPV is how he integrates all these instruments of various periods in one composition and yet feel friendliness among each instruments and also bringing in contemporariness and appeal to every listener of today. If this is not path-breaking, yes I agree, the path is not breaking, instead Maestro expands our path beyond our imagination.
That's why when I say his music is pure, it is pure not just in terms of genres or novelty, it is 100% pure and original from his brain to our ears and souls, no adulteration in between. It takes decades to understand Maestro's music, let's leave them alone who are always stuck with new sounds and instruments when it is right in front of them to identify, when they don't want to see this deliberately.
