Fusion Music and Pakistan

Posted on October 14, 2008 | 1,072 views
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Wikipedia defines fusion music as a genre which combines two or more genres of music. Apart from it, to many old and new musicians, fusion has the meaning in a sense that it combines, two or more, different musical traditions. For example, the musical tradition of East combines with west to and  the kind of music then created, can be termed as fusion. There are many different examples like Abida Parveen and Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, the Pakistani music legends who are known widely for their Sufi music have done a great job in producing fusion of different musical tradition predominantly eastern Ragas and western instruments. Another such example can be found in this video by Ancient Culture (AC). According to AC, “the main melody is set in Rag Alhaiya Bilaval. However, the sitar improvisation flirts with Khamaj and even blues. It is world fusion music.”

I came to know about Fusion Music during my medical school days and I really was impressed with the stuff. Latter, the Pakistani Mekal Hassan band captured my heart and I am one of its fans. At the moment, Shafqat Amanat, the able son of Pakistani Musical Maestro Ustad Amanat Ali Khan, is producing quality stuff. Recently, the teen sensation named Coke Studio, started as media campaign for Coke in Pakistan is quite popular. The other day I happened to listen to Tufail Ahmed Sanjrani (now popular as Saen Tufail) and Ali Zaffar performing for Coke Studio. I was impressed with the moving and mesmerizing impact of their trach though the music arrangement had the colors from Khuda Ka Liya Film’s track Allah Hu and the famous Sultan Bahu’s Sufi tune of Alif Allah.

This genre named Fusion that has taken birth out of mixing of two of more genres and in cases music traditions has proved very good and I think it will go on and it needs to go on for the music lovers like me.

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3 Responses to “Fusion Music and Pakistan”

  1. Faiz on January 11th, 2009 10:41 pm

    amazing article blogger…Pakistani music is simply amazing…the best of Asia…

  2. Faiz on January 11th, 2009 10:45 pm

    Pakistani musicians are one of the best musicians of Asia….

  3. Faiz on January 11th, 2009 10:47 pm

    sorry “Pakistani musicians are one of the best musicians of the world”

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