We need more and more qawalis. Fusions, remastered, free flow. All kinds of it. We here love qawalis!!
3 years ago | 2
We need more and more of your stuff.. jaag musafir is one of my most favourite.. and listening to a traditional qawali version would be more than amazing 😻 i have no idea to express my feelings lo
3 years ago | 1
Yes please. We would love to hear the traditional version as well
3 years ago (edited) | 0
Rohail Hyatt
This is one of my earlier experiments with Qawwali music. I recorded the traditional Qawwali version of this track during a session with Fareed Ayaz Qawwal and immediately fell in love with it. I was in Mumbai in 2005 to release Rahat Fateh Ali's Charkha album with Saregama Music where I met Mahesh Bhatt and I played him the traditional version of this Qawwali. He suggested that I make a fusion version of this as he loved it as well. I took to the suggestion and requested Fareed Ayaz and Abu Mohammad to come to my studio to record this. Since they are free-form singers, it was quite a process to get them to sing to a fixed tempo but I guess it worked out in the end. Who knew we were sowing the seeds for more sessions together on Coke Studio..
Does anyone want to hear the traditional version of this Qawwali? :)
3 years ago | [YT] | 250