Shashaa Tirupati
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Hours after their single ‘Ik Raanjha’ was launched on June 30, singer, songwriter and composer Shashaa Tirupati, vocalist Shivam Mahadevan and composer and producer Sid Paul take part on a Zoom video name to relive the making of the track and video. Amid pleasant banter and laughter, the trio shows a deep sense of respect in the direction of one another and the enjoyment of engaged on the track as they take turns to go with one another’s contribution to the track.
Impressed by the poetry of Sufi mystic Bulleh Shah, the track is handled with a mixture of conventional Sufism and modern parts. One of many two singers, 22-year-old Shivam, brings alive the freshness and timelessness of people music aligned with the 33-year-old Shashaa’s husky and highly effective vocals.
Shivam Mahadevan
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“That is the primary time I sang a conventional Punjabi people track,” says Shivam with palpable pleasure and provides, “I’ve a whole lot of Punjabi associates and I used to be nervous about my pronunciation; I needed to get it proper. I’ve been wanting ahead to working with Shashaa and there was extra pleasure than nervousness.” For Sid Paul who labored on many variations of the track, it was like “Travelling by means of the world and at last coming again to 1 sound that every one three of them favored.”
‘Ik Raanjha’ took delivery throughout a highway journey to Lonavala throughout monsoons, says Shashaa who had stopped by a bookstore and chanced upon the Bulleh Shah’s common poem Ik Raanjha dolidaa and was struck by a melody immediately. “I’m not a seasoned songwriter or composer however sensed the liberating high quality and earthiness in Bulleh Shah’s writing. Once I was placing collectively the melody, I needed to remind myself {that a} Sufi or a saint is not going to sing in a cultured approach. They’d sing in unadulterated and unembellished method. Shivam got here to thoughts instantly as I’m conscious of his superb pitch and Sufism that comes naturally by means of his vocals,” says Shashaa who roped in Sid Paul with whom she had collaborated earlier.
Mahadevan nod
“I performed the track to my dad and he and I agreed that we by no means heard something like this starting of the track. It’s so completely different… I don’t know the best way to clarify it, she composed it so superbly,” gushes Shivam whereas Sid says with amusing, “A technical individual would attempt to decode that. She composed a easy melody that has a whole lot of depth. She made the track sound simple to the listener however it isn’t.”
On her half, Shashaa says, “Sid has fairly advanced that approach. To establish what the requirement of the track relies on the premise it’s worthwhile to construction the association of the track that comes from a really mature area. As a producer, you wish to go loopy and utterly disregard the composition and vocals however he understands the tonality of his singers and the necessities of a composition. He’s accomplished it extra tastefully and maturely giving simply the correct amount of melodic and rhythmic elements. The way in which he included stay devices utterly uplifted the track.”
Sid Paul
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Sid affirms that having two powerhouses of expertise is half the job accomplished. “When you’ve gotten the proper of artistes the whole lot will get aligned midway. Ultimately, it’s all concerning the track for me and the way to not overpower anybody and see everybody comes collectively. The extra you do these items within the artwork type you might be a part of, you realise that much less is extra and also you realise when to not do it. Shivam and Shashaa may have gone berserk with the track however they didn’t. That is what music teaches you, you don’t need to overpower something, you need to complement and let it circulation.”
Shivam says, “I don’t know a lot about technicalities however the half between mukdha and antara (refrain and mid-stanza) is so superbly organized by Sid. I’m glad Shashaa had me on this track. I’ve been her co-singer earlier, that is the primary time I labored underneath her as a composer. She gave me a lot freedom but she will be mad, she is going to give you a difficult one and says, ‘Shivam, you need to sing this.’ We managed to place it collectively,” he laughs.
Open to future collaborations, Shashaa says at this level, she hopes and prays ‘Ik Raanjha’ is accepted and liked.
