Kailasa Chaandan Mein

Prathamesh Pathak takes us through this melodious journey of the Kailasa...

Kailasa Chaandan Mein…A Musical Odyssey

Kailasa, a name synonymous to quality music, has recently launched its third album “Chaandan Main”. This album has classical, folk, sufi, jazz and a touch of rock. Combining all these genres together in a single album is no mean task, but Kailasa has done it competently. The secret lies in the use of instruments. The instruments Kailasa used to create music are Bass Guitar, Electronic Guitar, Drums, Santoor, Sitar, Sarod, Tabla, Sanvadini, Ektari, Mandolin, Dafali, Flute, Saxophone, Chordphone, Ghungroo and many percussion instruments.

Here once again Kailash Kher steals the show with his amazing earthy voice, charismatic rendition of sargams, soulful harkati in the songs and the touchy lyrics! He has the ability to pick a song on off-beat and complete the circle to meet “Sum (The first beat of taal)”. He makes listeners revolve around the beats especially in the songs like Na Batati tu and Kar kar main. No doubt the title track “Chaandan Mein” remains top of the mind because of its effective use of guitar and drums and percussions to support the beats. There are songs in the album where Kailash Kher comes out as a fabulous lyricist, to mention a couple, Teri yaad and Kar kar main. Check this amazing 1st stanza of Kar kar main:-

“Yu to teri yaad main bhi swad hain tera,
Par aankhoko manaoo kis tarah,
Hothoki majal kya jo kare ye sawal,
Par dil ko main samzaoo kis tarah,
Sat ya asat hain ye main kya janoo,
Jaise saanse tere bina hui goom,
Kar kar main hara har jatan,
Teri tadap terihi lagan,
Parda ye jab hat jayega,
Ambar ko dhartise milaunga main…”

Kailash Kher learnt folk music from his father. People who inspired him to move to Sufi and Classical music are Ustad Nusrat Fateh ali Khan and Kumar Gandharva. And this fact you can witness in his songs Piya ghar awega and Bheeg gaya mera mann. There is an amazing symphony of classical and western instruments to support the solid words. But the USP of the album as the previous remains Kailash, Paresh and Naresh. They succeeded in differentiating what instruments can do for them, also understanding for the particular mood of the song and which instrument will suit it best. Like with the song related to rains, there is a use of Flute and Tabla “Bol”, for songs coming close to Sufi, Mandolin is used with percussions, for songs with Folk touch, Ektari (An instrument like guitar but having a single string) and Dafali is used.

All in all a very good album to listen to and to have at shelf as a classic collection. One can surely say this band did not disappoint us and gives value for money.
So guys, Monsoon is here, stand at window, smell the rains, have a hot coffee at hand, and feel “Kailasa Chaandan Mein”…… amazing combination.

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Songs you must listen in Monsoon:

1. Bheegi Bheegi Raton mein- Leslie Lewis- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV2wfemKjgc&feature=related
2. Rimzim gire sawan – Manzil (1979) http://www.dishant.com/album/Manzil-(1979).html
3. Rimzim Rimzim Rumzum Rumzum – 1942 A Love Story (1994) http://www.dhingana.com/1942-a-love-story/movie/songs/hindi/latest/280
4. Ab ke Sawan aise bares- Shubha Mudgal http://www.dhingana.com/shubha-mudgal-ab-ke-sawan/movie/songs/hindi/pop/5058
5. Barse kyun barsaat – Khoobsurat (1998)
6. Chak dhoom dhoom – Dil to Pagal Hain (1997) http://www.dhingana.com/dil-to-pagal-hai/movie/songs/hindi/latest/831
7. Sawan bares tarse dil – Dahek (1999) http://www.dishant.com/album/Dahek.html

Enjoy the monsoon.