4 days and more than a million hits..:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG8PWUgAIiM
4 days and more than a million hits..:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG8PWUgAIiM
mh,
gvm will be using all the songs and would not like to waste any gems...
equanimus,
yethi yethi by itself was delibrate 90s Ir style song attempted by hj... apram enga 'in their own game' ?
Saayndhu Saayndhu Composing session Ilaiyaraaja Gautham Yuvan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H9jy4e9lJ4
http://www.kollytalk.com/audio-launc...-ponvasantham/
After a first listen, Vaagai Sood Vaa composer M Ghibran says, “Lived my Childhood period for 42 minutes through 8 songs. Thanks to NEPV and Raja sir. Soaking music!”
Ardent Raja fan Karthik says, “Can’t even count how many instruments Raja has used in all the songs. And everything sounds so nice.”
:thumbsup: aakarsh.Quote:
Originally Posted by aakarsh
If one were to recall the 'speculation' phase after Raaja was declared MD for this film, there was this rant doing rounds that bits of jazz and WCM is all that he can do and that people had had enough of it already. Now, with the audio out, we know who has had the last laugh! Rock, pop, jazz, wcm, kuththu.. that too pudhu style, pudhu singers... raajaa.. besh besh!
sahala, nandri, aana no access to the video at the moment. Is this from the Aug15th TV show or is it something new?
KV, no! this was actually aired during the Audio Launch, b4 Saaindhu x2 is played. Gifted are we! Wait till Telecast :D
Self correction: I have to rephrase my earlier sentence. It's not "especially the charan", rather it should be (only) "The charan".Quote:
Originally Posted by KV
Agree that it seems 'new', and radical. However it does not sound like any other contemporary number/composer.
The take off from "Vaangi pona en idhayathin nilamai enna da" the haunting way she sings "da" with a glide downwards and "Thaangi pidikka un tholgal illaye" ("thaangi" la oru glide, and the helpless/pleading effect). The whole melancholic longing (even spooky/haunting) feel in the tune is so Raaja, isn't it? Which is why Raaja has mentioned "devadhai ilam" to GVM after he composed this song
The operatic orchestration has his signs, doesn't it? As Nerd mentioned, mild Polla Vinaiyen feel towards the end
The pallavi and the singing at a couple of places is not typical IR, agreed
See, the sites where masses visit, they shud put an article, which is enuf(audio making waves...) all that site can do is act as a link so that the visitors who are into other work, not accesing twitter/facebook etc can get interested and grab the audio. Thats ALL i expect from any online/offline/both Media.Quote:
Originally Posted by San_K
See what idlebrain has did! This is not even Telugu movie launch. Just for Tanil version, and that too for an article intended to only post the images, see the short writeup they give :notworthy: :clap:
http://www.idlebrain.com/news/functi...araja2012.html
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The latest concert of Ilayaraja was held at Jawaharlala Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai on 2 September. This concert also featured music launch of Ilayaraja’s latest film Yeto Vellipoyindi Manasu (Nani & Samantha) and Neethane En Ponvasantham (Jiiva & Samantha). Maestro Ilayaraja was given a standing ovation by the crowds when he was invited on stage. Ilayaraja prefers his Harmonium on stage and it was reported bought for Rs. 85/-. Hungarian National Philharmonic orchestra has performed for this Ilayaraja’s concert.
SKV,
Everyone keeps saying Hungarian orchestra but I think it is a London orchestra. Only around 4 guys are the regular Hungarians for Raja. Atilla, the drummer and couple of others isnt it?
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...3075690&type=1
ஒரு நீண்ட இடைவெளிக்குப்பின் இசைஞானிக்கு ஒரு City Lifestyleன் பின்னணியில் நிகழும் Youthful ஆன கதைக்களம் அமைந்திருக்கிறது. அதற்கு என்ன தேவையோ, அதை சிறப்பாகவே கொடுத்திருக்கிறார். அதிமுக்கியமாய் இயந்திரக்கலவை இல்லாத சுத்தமான பாடல்களைக் கொடுத்திருக்கிறார். உதாரணமாக ஒரு பாடலைச் சொல்லவேண்டுமென்றால், ‘சற்றுமுன்பு’ பாடலில், எந்த ஒரு சாதாரண Keyboardன் Rhythm Folderல் இருந்தும் கொண்டுவந்துவிட்டிருக்கக் கூடிய சர்வசாதாரணமான ஒரு Rhythm Pattern’ஐ Manual Drumsல் இருந்து கொடுத்திருக்கிறார். இதுபோன்ற வித்தியாசங்கள் / நுணுக்கங்கள் மிகுந்த முயற்சி எடுக்காமலேயே, செவிகளில் சுகமாய் கேட்கிறது.
"Saaindhu saaindhu", charanam, singing is atypical of IR. The feel, chords, the pace, the whole freakin mood is radical for the entire industry. I've never heard anything like this before. Indha madhiri oru 'close' louu song remba pudhusu, unusual. Penn-a maari compose panna madhiri irukku :oops: Of course, the male psyche will repel against mushy stuff, but idhu oru surreal feel kudukkudhu. After the charanam, when the pallavi starts, and the chords (low notes, slow)
And here is the thing, for all the Yuvan-bashing i(we) did - i still haven't listened to the Telugu version (only opening 2-3 lines) but from whatever LITTLE i listened to, it's a different song in Telugu. The mood didn't feel quite right [Oru nerdy geeky thayir saadham ushaaring a model figure effect]
Something Equa also posted in twitter. Shaan 'correct'-a paadraar but then that becomes a different song. Or i should have listened to the Telugu version first. If only Yuvan had got the basics right....
Hey KG, songs ruin Indian films right? :P :poke:
Oh yeah, the glides are all patented Raaja IP, especially the 'thaangi pidikka' phrase, which is oh-so-beautiful.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bala (Karthik)
Anyway, like I'd said earlier, I haven't 'embraced' this one and mudhal murai fully yet, and I'll blame my in-built voice filter for it. I'm able to appreciate the musicality in them but still got a slight apprehension in accepting it as 'ours'. The bond's growing; I'll get there in sometime.
NEPV making waves in the public is more heartening and to see the biased sites marking this album as HIT is good news (when was the last time, we heard anything like this). Now, sify,behindwoods, indiaglitz and likes are alll appreciating the album and sales and not seen any negatives about the album yet..BTW, i got my physical CD today
http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/t...cle/85737.html
:shock: Outrageous'nga. The prelude and the 1st interlude, heavy strumming / electric guitars / jaws(?) drums (almost invoking Mumbai Xpress for me), karris 1500 jenmam eduththaalum mudiyaadhu. But the tune / melody (just the first half) harris enna g v pragaas kooda seyyalaam.Quote:
Originally Posted by equanimus
Anyway like you mentioned the 2nd half is superb. Karthik's best work in the entire album. And a 70 year old with a 20 year old's enthusiasm.
:lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Bala (Karthik)
Welcome to the saindhu-dhaan-top-pick club! (I'm assuming you are indeed signing up with this post!)
Yes, Shaan, though he hits the notes better, does lose out to yuvan on the 'feel' aspect; the latter's lazy singing suits the song quite well (only to be screwed up here and there by his technically abachaaram range skills).
Ore conpees :oops:Quote:
Originally Posted by KV
"Saaindhu saaindhu", "Kaatrai Konjam", "Sarru Munbu"
Ramya, what a find/choice :clap:
Vaanam ellaam should have been DK2 Shreya. Period
Someone here mention about the drumming throughout the album. It is top notch and so much clarity in the drumming. If Raja himself is impressed, that fellow has to be on 'appa tucker' only no? (The thread is growing so fast that when I want to quote someone it takes quite a while to search. So whoever spoke about drumming, please stand up :D )
Alright, so UKG doesn't want to indulge in this 'musical' drivel; pity the poor feller.Quote:
Originally Posted by kid-glove
Now give us a piece of LKG. This guy, I think, digs MGR songs and WCM; strange I tell you.
Here is Sony India's all-in-one youtube, for enthusiasts like you (seekkiram ellAm kEttuttu oru long post pOdunga):Quote:
Originally Posted by thumburu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=yIuFL8nQoRY
KG will find a way to praise Ilaiyaraja. With all technicalities. He'll come out with eulogies. But remember this man says that songs ruin films and the industry by letting talentless conmen become successful filmmakers. Someone has to sweep under the rug.
I guess only the conductor Nick was the only person from Angel Studios, London and and the whole rest of others are from Budapest, Hungary only! Angel Studios guys or the ones they recommend shud be a costly thing to fly down and pay for the performance. Budapest have been much cheaper and thatswhy Raja even did Hey Raam and Mumbai Express there! So even now, flying them down and paying shud be considerably lowQuote:
Originally Posted by Sureshs65
2 days listening this amazing album still can't move to other album...there something special in every songs.
Awesome work by Raja sir & GVM ..... :bow:
Muthal murai...satru munbu....Ennodu va va.....katrai koncham....Saaindhu Saaindhu :2thumbsup:
R u saying this?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sureshs65
Quote:
‘சற்றுமுன்பு’ பாடலில், எந்த ஒரு சாதாரண Keyboardன் Rhythm Folderல் இருந்தும் கொண்டுவந்துவிட்டிருக்கக் கூடிய சர்வசாதாரணமான ஒரு Rhythm Pattern’ஐ Manual Drumsல் இருந்து கொடுத்திருக்கிறார்.
Pudikkala maanu- folk portion. It looks like IR reused some structure which he compsed and demostrated in one of funtion on "how in our culture music flows through all parts of our life". He knitted the folk from youth part of that composition into this pudikkala maamu very well.
Each song deserves its own thread lol
I still think an instrumental version (vocals replaced with violin/sax/flute) will be outstanding than the current version. The best thing Raaja did was to use Frenec Nemeth. Awesome drum work ! They both have respect for each other and that can be heard very well in the album. The placement of mic's on the drum is the reason for the clarity of all parts of the drums (snare, rim click, toms and cymbals) that can be heard in all of the songs.....
:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Sunil_M88
Even in 'review' point of view this is a milestone album. Everybody coming with a full length song review rather than album review. Suresh65, V_S, Baradhwaj rangan, and milliblog karthik (to some extent for ennodu vaa vaa alone :lol:). who is next?
thumburu :But "mudhal murai" ? I would have accepted if some one said a GV Pragaasam did it. Correct me please
I beg to differ. IMHO its a Sin to even dream that GV Douche Kumar is capable of composing a track like this. THIS HAS RAJA STAMP WRITTEN ALL OVER IT.
[QUOTE=San_K;947205]:)
Even in 'review' point of view this is a milestone album. Everybody coming with a full length song review rather than album review.[QUOTE]
That's because each song is an album in itself
I did today after listening to Youtube versions.. & did work.Quote:
Originally Posted by jaiganes
KG
a) I'm not deriding meesicals at all(!)
b) I'm only against it because it had helped grow many crass/crap filmmakers, who all owe their careers to Raaja.
c) I don't think Gautham belongs to this group. He's definitely not that bad, but he does depend a LOT on songs. Seeing the song output over the years with MANY composers however seems to suggest that he is very organically linked to songs at some level. Now that kind of ordeal is extremely fine with me.
d) But even if I'm against this, this shouldn't exempt me from appreciating songs in isolation.
e) Even actor-filmmaker like Kamal have expressed this sentiment, despite being Raaja's biggest colloborator over the years. That even he couldn't get rid of songs completely, and had to indulge in it, in a compromised way, is saddening. Of course.
:exactly: even the melodies have lovely drum work, and what a significant difference it makes to the listening experience.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vinodkumar
Like I've been koovifying always, cyanide-death to synth beats! Acoustic drums/percussion vaazhga! :yes:
Telugu theatrical trailer has been released y'day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMCb4...feature=relmfu
Similar to what Suresh had posted on drumming, someone here had asked about usage of flutes in this album, but I can't recall who (and I'm too lazy to flip through the pages, sorry!). From whatever I've heard so far:
1) The whole of vaanam mella is punctuated with beautiful flute runs.
2) There's some lovely flute work in both the interludes of kaatrai konjam (though they aren't lengthy passages).
3) Satru munbu has flutes in the background orchestration (though it doesn't quite stand-out) and in the interludes.
vERa yArellAm pEsi irukkAngannu therla...but nAn at least oru posttil slAkiththirukkEn :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Sureshs65
(I think when boasting about the "Bose"...also posting about mudhal muRai song...ada,ada enna oru adi! I'm goosebumpified at the way the interlude ends with drums, to lead into saraNam).
From a Source:-
30000+ sold.
second lot in making!
Gold CD is closer!
total ACD sales value till now: Rs. 29,70,000
New records created!
:clap:
As I begin writing this - the fingers tremble at the keyboard..
There is a unsettling feeling that this all might be just a dream and such a thing as "NEPV" has never happened.
OK.. let me narrate the silly story of a kid who found NEPV album in iTunes.
After downloading it , he went on to connect the sound bar and pair it with his iphone and played the songs on shuffle.
The first song that played was the 80's pop reunion rejoinder 'Ennodu vaa vaa endru' . Something was wrong - Karthik's voice
was not very clear and the kid was worried now - really... work and other chores intervened and the kid had no time to correct the sound settings, or so
he thought.. Then the day got over and the night was spent mostly dreaming about listening to this world conquering album from his idol.
The next day dawned and the kid got ready to rush to the car and play it there. The shuffle hesitated for a while and then
yuvan 'shaker' raaja started singing in 'God knows what pitch' 'Pengal Endraal' - the car was being automatically navigated through
the 'fastest route' but the song was even faster than that - This evil twin of emotional athyachar rock version - goes uber high on rock..
Lyrics - muthukumar - some oft repeated similes and metaphors - but work well within the framework of a guy burnt by playing with love...
particularly 'anbaal seidha aayudhangaL' - Really? Awesome...so the kid had no recourse but to avoid the highway that would have gotten him to the
destination in 10 mins to a local route and 'pengaL endraal' in repeat mode... Then as the destination neared, the kid let go of the rewind button to hear the same song repeat again???? no it was the female version - and Sunidhi chauhan got the billy goat gruff by its neck and belted sixers off yorker length deliveries...
and "Nee dhaaane en pon vasandham' - again .. Really? Awesome - Rock Raaja Rocks and how? he puts on the professorial cloak and teaches kids on block on
how to create the perfect rock love ballad... - the high point in instrumentation of "pengal Endraal" was the way minor chords of piano were resonated with elec guitar to produce a new sound that thumps the chest in bass... Freaking awesome songs these two -
Now the kid has a full day and headphones - provided no one is interrupting - he is gonna be lost in this candy land of awesome songs... for a while..
PS: the rock guitar strumming in the 'poyya poi dhaana' - DARK STUFF.... EVIL GUY THIS ILAIYARAAJA...