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Recommended by us on 3rd February 2011
...according to our Phil on Thu 03 Feb, 2011.
Sublime Frequencies are back with a beauty! A brand new 2 LP set of funtime folk and pop instrumentals from Pakistan circa 66-76. So it's more older music for your befuddled ears. Listening to it though you can hear bits of Omar Souleyman and Omar Khorshid in between the surf rock 'n roll, sitar and other joyousness so if you're familiar with the Sublime sound then this album will sit comfortably in your ears. I've only heard half of it so far but already it sounds right up there with the Pomegranates and Sound of Wonder comps on Finders Keepers. If you're into all of this crazy kitsch sounding archive otherworldly shit then you'll totally love this. You can hear the western influences of bands like the Shadows being mixed up with crazy instruments giving it a totally exotic flavour. Quite a few of the tracks sound quite a bit like the Sound of Wonder tune so if you know that one you've got a great idea of the exotic pop sounds on offer here. I've listened to one record and it sounds ace. I can't wait to get home and listen to the other one. Woohoo!!
Classic groovy pop instrumentals from 1960s/1970s Pakistan
Rock and roll beat, surf guitar, organ & sitar solos from "the land of the pure."
Limited 2LP full-color gatefold with great photos of the bands and extended liner notes
Compiled and researched by Stuart Ellis of Radiodiffusion International. Spending the greater part of the last decade assembling this masterpiece while tracking down most of the musicians in the process, Stuart Ellis of Radiodiffusion International has compiled a mind-blowing set of Pakistani instrumentals spanning the period between 1966 and 1976. It's all here: rock and roll beat, surf, folk traditional mixed with pop, film tunes, electric guitars, sitar and organ solos, brilliant percussion and arrangements crafted by the grooviest bands of the period: Rana. Situated between Afghanistan, India and Iran, the collision of cultural influences in Pakistan gave birth to music that was, and still is, unlike anything heard anywhere else on the planet. By the late 1960s, previous restrictions on musical expression began to soften and bands that were playing American and British pop covers became popular in Karachi's burgeoning night club scene and at private dance parties. Long hair came into fashion among young men and hashish became the popular drug of choice on college campuses across Pakistan. Soon, hippies from both North America and Europe began flocking to Karachi, Lahore and Peshawar. Very few of the bands that formed during this time actually got to record. Like their neighbors in India, the Pakistani record industry was more focused on releasing "filmi" music, which had just started to incorporate the electric guitar and electric sitar. Pakistan's musical revolution ended in June 1977 after a coup d'état and the establishment of a pure Islamic state governed by Sharia law. This marked the end of the "Swinging '70s" in Pakistan as night clubs and alcohol were banned throughout the country. Television and cinema, as well as popular music, were now subjected to government censorship. After the clamp-down, many Pakistani musicians left the country and moved to America, Canada and England. The audio quality here is top-notch, sourced straight from the original EMI Pakistan masters.
A1. The Panthers – Malkaus A2. The Mods - Spring Dance A3. The Bugs - Theme From "Do Raha" A4. The Blue Birds - Hussani Lal Qalander A5. Sohail Rana - The Khyber Twist B1. Nisar Bazmi - Aesi Chal Main B2. The Abstracts – Mahiya B3. The Fore Thoughts - The Boat Man's Cry B4. The Panthers - Simmi Dance B5. The Aay Jays - Lal Qalandar Lal B6. The Mods - Bondure C1. The Panthers – Bhairvi C2. The Abstracts - Sindhi Bhairvin C3. The Fore Thoughts - Shahbaz Qalander C4. The Aay Jays - Mirza Ki Dhun C5. The Mods - Garba Dance C6. Nisar Bazmi - Pyar Ki Ik Naee D1. The Aay Jays - The Aay Jays Theme D2. The Abstracts - Lotus Flower D3. The Panthers - Khatak Dance D4. The Fore Thoughts – Jungee D5. The Blue Birds - Sun We Bilou Akh Waliya
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