Monday, August 11, 2008

BIG Music in association with Crossword Bookstores releases Madhushree's first album

BIG Music in association with Crossword Bookstores releases Madhushree's first album
By Radioandmusic.com
Posted on 11 Aug 2008


MUMBAI: BIG Music, India's leading Music and Home Entertainment Company and Crossword - India's leading lifestyle bookstore today announced the release of 'Lagi Lagan' a debut album by Madhushree. Madhusree's live performance at the bookstore's Nirmal Lifestyle outlet was the highlight of the evening.

After creating ripples in the world of Hindi film music, with hits like, 'Mahi Ve', 'In Lamhon Ke Saaye Mein', 'Hum Hai Is Pal Yahan', 'Pal Pal, Tu Bin Bataye ' and 'Kabhi Neem Neem' Madhushree is all set to rule the music charts with the launch of her debut album - Lagi Lagan. The album is a fusion of modern and classical music.


Excited about the launch of her first music album Madhusree expressed, "I have worked on this album for more than a year, and have put my heart and soul into it. I am happy that my fans and the music aficionados will be able to hear it now. I am really grateful to Big Music for this."

'Lagi Lagan' illustrates a tale of untold emotions of love through an embellishment of nine romantic and smooth tracks composed by her talented husband and music composer Robby Badal. Adding value to the compositions of Robby include Dilshad on Srangi, Shyam Raj on the Saxophone and Aditya Pushkarana on keyboards.

Speaking about the Music Madhushree said, "We wanted to do something different with Lagi Lagan. Thumri is a style which in present day is not understood by everyone. We wanted to present Thumri in a way that is understood by all kinds of audiences. We have used notes from world music such as jazz, latino & western classical music. The trend today is that everyone wants to do something different, and this trend was set by A.R Rahman and I am honored to have had an opportunity to work with him. I am sure his presence at the music launch of my first album is a blessing in itself."

Speaking at the occasion, Mr.Kulmeet Makkar, CEO, BIG Music & Home Entertainment said: "We are happy to release the latest album of Madhushree. The release of Lagi Lagan will take forward our initiatives to offer best music to our consumers in the genre of Non Film Music. Madhushree is a versatile singer and has contributed to many hits in the film industry in the past and continues to do so time and again. We are sure that the tracks of her music album will top the charts."

The musical style in the album is eclectic with world music genres like Latino, jazz, and western classical used liberally to decorate the traditional Indian melody. The mood in the album is romantic, largely tender and covers all emotion associated with love. This album showcases "Thumri" in the original singing form couched in contemporary style.

Each track of the album has been crafted with elegance and stands out for its uniqueness of style, both vocal and compositional. Rekindling the glorious tradition of the Thumri, by giving it a renewed popular appeal that stretches its audience-appeal is also one of the noble attempts behind the making of the album.

The songs include the evergreen "Aye Na Balam" and "Babul Mora" besides a host of fresh melodies making Lagi Lagan a melodious and complete musical album.

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