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Non-stop remix hungama!
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The punchy album `Non-stop Party Shots' features 29 tracks in a non-stop format. It has 70 minutes of back-to-back music, mixed skillfully by Jatin Sharma with creative inputs from Abbey and DJ Akbar Sami.
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Remixes have given a facelift to popular olden goldies and re-invented some not-so-popular ones as well. In the early years of Indi-pop, remixes only meant adding some synchronized beats keeping the vocals intact and ultimately ending up in a loud and spoilt version of the song.
Later with artistes like Bally Sagoo entering the scene, the vocals began to be re-sung, and some rap, percussion began to be added and songs like Chura Liya were beginning to become club favourites.
Today, remixing has become a professional genre of music with club DJs ripping albums, adding their own musical bits and finally giving us a product which is often groovier than the original versions. 2002 was boom time for this form of remixing with albums being released almost every month and if an album is released featuring all the popular numbers, it is sure to be a sellout. This is exactly what `Non-stop Party Shots' (Times Music; CD: Rs. 195) hopes to do. Featuring 29 tracks in a non-stop format, this is one punchy album with 70 minutes of back-to-back music, mixed skillfully by Jatin Sharma with creative inputs from Abbey and DJ Akbar Sami. Kicking off with Flute Fantasy, the album glides from one popular number to another, maintaining the smooth tempo, while keeping the listener interested through the whole 70 minutes of track time. Evergreen favourites like Yamma Yamma, Saara Zamana, Yeh Mera Dil along side newer remixes like Ojha Awake, Raat Baaki, Jalwa and the rest are beautifully mixed with occasional rap sequences. Other tracks featured are Makossa, Kajra Mohabbatwala, O Haseena Zulfonwali, Jahan Teri Yeh Nazar, Aye Sanam by Abbey and many more.
All in all, it's an ideal album if you want to have a blast with your friends or maybe when you are driving your car on the highway.
Though this concept of rearranging remixed songs back-to-back is something new in the album, the concept of non-stop songs was started for Hindi film soundtracks quite early, especially during the dandiya season. Essentially, these are the earlier form of remixes where jhankar beats were randomly added according to the tempo of the song. Though things have advanced much beyond that, the non-stop trend has not changed completely.
The sixth volume in the `28 Non-stop Remix' (T-Series; CD: Rs. 99) was released recently. Featuring the top hits of 2002, in Indipop (mostly Bhangra) and Hindi films, the album kicks off with Haaye Meri Billo and goes on to feature popular songs from films like `Kaante', `Aap Ko Pehle Bhi Kahin Dekha Hai', `Kaho Na Pyaar Hai', `Biwi No. 1' and many more.
Often the extra accomplishments over and above the originals are jarring to the ear and are too loud. The flow from one track to another is often jerky. You wonder why jhankar beats are still used for remixing. We deserve something much better. Given a choice between the two albums, ignore the second and run for the first before it disappears off the stands!
A. VISHNU
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