Ilaiyaraaja - Solla Solla

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4...according to our Ant on Thu 31 Mar, 2011.

Some insane lo-fi electronic pop/psychedelic funk here from 1977-1983. Lovingly compiled from no less than sixteen Indian Tamil language feature films - an industry known as Kollywood! Tracks were sourced from rare 45's and EP's. Reading the sleevenotes, at the height of his career, this man was averaging 50 full-length scores a year. That's like one a week! No slouch then, but he did have a habit of recycling other studio stock which I guess can be viewed as an early form of sampling. However the naughty chap managed to erase many original master tapes during the process - Whoops! The music is all decent fun here but if I was torn between this release and last weeks Play That Beat Mr Raja - Selected Oddities From The Tamil Film Industry, 1984-1991 I would choose the latter as that is totally bonkers. The vinyl comes as two separate volumes.

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“Ilaiyaraaja’s music is anachronistic in the best possible way: were it not for its glorious low-fidelity, one would be forgiven for thinking his psychedelic funk was recorded recently, with forty years of global groove studies under his belt” - Egon (Stones Throw).
• Ilaiyaraaja, Ilayaraja, Ilayaraaja, Isaignani, The Maestro... The undeniable prince of Kollywood cinema, India's second largest film industry, Ilaiyaraaja is more than equal to his forward thinking contemporaries in Bollywood and Lollywood in both productivity and experimentation.
• However, once you have exhausted all possible leads using his various names (and the numerous misspellings) you're faced with the unenviable task of sifting through a 34-year career spanning more than 900 film scores in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada in order to unearth some the heaviest dancefloor friendly electronic pop to ever emerge from Southern India.
• This not-so-modest collection of lesser-spotted electronic Tamil pop features many tracks previously unavailable away from their original rare as hen’s teeth vinyl pressings.
• Available on CD, two separate LPs and digital download. Each physical format offers exclusive tracks.

Tracklisting

CD (FKR041CD) & DA (FKR041DL) Kuen Kuen Lueng Lueng - Sroeng Santi
Kholapurase Kudasathrivasi - S.P. Sailaja & Chorus Thanimayil - Vani Jairam & Chorus Mayakkama - Vani Jairam Vaa! Naailukku Naall - S.P. Balasubrahmanyam
Solla Solla - S.P. Balasubrahmaniam
Raja Rani Jaakki - S.P. Sailaja & Malaysia Vasudevan
Thithikkum - S.P. Sailaja & S.P. Balasubramanyam
One And Two Chachacha - T.M. Soundarajan & L.R. Eswari
Disco Sound - Hariram & Ramola Yennadi Meenakshi - S.P. Balasubrahmanyam Kanavu Ondru - S. Janaki Naanthaan Ungappanda - S.P. Balasubrahmanyam Sorgam Madhuvile - S.P. Balasubrahmanyam &
Chorus
Ponnana Neram - S. Janaki
Rasigane – Ilayairaaja
Aadal Paadalil - T.M. Soundararajan & Chorus
LP (FKR042LP) Solla Solla - S.P. Balasubrahmaniam
Vaa! Naailukku Naall - S.P. Balasubrahmanyam Thanimayil - Vani Jairam & Chorus
Raja Rani Jaakki - S.P. Sailaja & Malaysia Vasudevan
Manathinil – B.S. Sairekha Thithikkum - S.P. Sailaja & S.P. Balasubramanyam Yennadi Meenakshi - S.P. Balasubrahmanyam Sorgam Madhuvile - S.P. Balasubrahmanyam &
Chorus Rasigane - Ilayairaaja
LP (FKR043LP) Disco Sound - Hariram & Ramola
Mayakkama - Vani Jairam Kanavu Onru Thonrudhe - S. Janaki Paari Jaadham - S. Janaki & K.J. Jesudosss Kholapurase Kudasathrivasi - S.P. Sailaja & Chorus Aadal Paadalil - T.M. Soundararajan & Chorus One And Two Chachacha - T.M. Soundarajan & L.R.
Eswari Naanthaan Ungappanda - S.P. Balasubrahmanyam Ponnana Neram - S. Janaki