DAUD
Somewhere around 1997 ARR released this quiet experimental high tech venture , an ingenious craft of fusion music relies heavily on technical wizardry. Such a unique experiment never repeated again by ARR
This music is cool and racy, Great usage of wind instruments, percussive beats out of this world computerised sounds and an amazing tempo. complimenting the film's title; that is pronounced 'Daur',
meaning 'Run' or 'Generation'..As the title suggests , the music sounds like a futuristic interlude to what's going to come in the millenium from ARR..This is a classical example of Rahman's abiding trick : stun listeners with voices and sounds they hardly expect...Something seems strange with this release, though all other ARR cds sounds great regardless of the type of equipment you play the music on,
Daud can only be appreciated using a good audio system due to the high use of synthesized sound and the recording seems to be deliberately made that way..Sources suggested that Rahman was reportedly upgrading his studio at the time and maybe this could a test of new equiment.Unfortunately , all the bells and whistles could not save this album from its ultimate demise..Overshadowed by the excellent Vande Mataram at the time..Rahman had outdone himself
It failed to click with the masses but
Nevertheless will be really interesting because the music is very different from what ARR used to do at the time.
a genius, and that assertion is undebatable!