Star Rise

There is a review below here which makes the suggestion that the remixes on this wonderful tribute to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan are acts of butchery. Please ignore that review or risk missing out on an excellent and at times thrilling album.The remixes on this album are the perfect companion to Nusrat in his more 'traditional' form. There can be no denying that NFAK's music is delightful and at times trance-like. However what the A-list celeb musicians who have remixed this music have done here is to make Nusrat not only essential (he was anyway) but also exciting.The remixes are very danceable and at times thrilling with brisk bpm but are nonetheless respectful. If you like any of the artists who have remixed this album then you'll love what they have ALL done to the music.If unmixed Nusrat makes for wonderful late night listening then these remixes are the ones to get your party started. This is a great way to get to know Nusrat before digging deeper into his vast back catalogue (good examples being the 'Mustt Mustt' and 'Night Song' albums).

i bought this record as the two collaboration albums between nusrat ali fateh khan and michael brooks,night song and musst musst are my two favorite records and i so hoped to to add to that collection. nusrat fateh ali khan is a very spiritual musician, but to western listeners his music can sound at times a bit monotonous. the work with michael brooks bridged the cultures without taking this great artist out of the central position. star rise however has simply pilfered songs from these two albums and pasted some very loud completely unrelated beat on top of them. the outcome is comparable to my cd player playing quietly in the back ground to my washing machine spinning in full action.... or maybe sitting somewhere in a dug out with a little radio playing nusrat ali fateh khan while there is a machine gun battle going on above. the beat rolls like a tank over the music completely obliterating the calm, uplifting spirit. i cannot think of anybody to whom i could give this record so it has to go into the charity shop.

Just after the New Year of 1999. I bought this as my sixth CD collection involving Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - with a difference in that it was a re-mix with Michael Brook and other new underground stars that were around and started to emerge & interpret Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's Qawwali.The other artist's contributions in this CD and their combinations had my fullest attention and were listening to it with great interest. The final track (9): "Nothing without/Teri Bina Remix - by The Dhol Foundation & Fun^da^mental", I was more than satisfied with this new addition. The Dhol beats were exquisite! The other tracks that stood out for me was 'Ta Deem' by the Asian Dub Foundation (ADF), Tracery Remix by Nithin Sawhney, Sweet Pain Remix by Joi. The rest of the tracks were good and I did not find a bad track!This was a very good attempt to mix traditional and contemporary `Asian back-beat' with a mix of Qawwali sound. I remember playing it on Burngreave Community Radio (PCM) RSL broadcast in March/April 2001. This also included a track from the Musst Musst & Night Song album(s) called "Ta Deem" & within the Community Music Album by ADF and another track called "Nai Zindagi Naya Jeevan: New Way New Life" (which was about the popular & stereotypical 1960s & 70s BBC-TV Asian weekend TV programme) within the same ADF album! I had also purchased the Asian Dub Foundation Album after listening to them in this Remixed collection under Star Rise before 2001. This I believe, was instrumental in creating an increased interest in Community Music - with a revitalization of under ground fusion & crossover beats within Sheffield and elsewhere.It's a good idea to buy 'Dub Qawwali' by Gaudi (2007) and this interestingly is the best 'fusion' attempt to recreate Qawwali in this way in recent times since 1997. If you like combining the old and new, east and west, sacred and secular then this is the one to buy as well!

Quando Michael Brook osó armeggiare con la musica qawwali molti snorsero il naso: musica devozionale orientale processata con l’elettronica. Un sufista pakistano ed un geniale musicista occidentale, due mondi improbabilmente accostati.Ma, bisogna dirlo, graze alla Realworld, si aprí una porta su un mondo ai più sconosciuto. Il risultato fu un disco, “Night song” , molto interessante, onirico.Quanti notti passate a godere dei virtuosismi vocali indecifrabili sui letti di note sintetiche…Questo STAR RISE post-processa un elaborato, un qualcosa di già forzatamente messo insieme da Brook con un equilibrio precario, tra rispetto della tradizione e modernità.Qui, trovo più squilibrio, allontanamento dal tradizionale intento introspettivo, religioso, trascendente.Comprato per curiosità; ascoltato con interesse.Meglio perdersi nei vocalismi puri dei dischi di Nusrat solista.Magari questo disco però, può avere il merito di incuriosire una generazione, così come lo fu per noi “Night song”.Buon ascolto.Per chi non l’avesse già ascoltati, Night Song e Musst Musst sono, a mio avviso, preferibili.

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...das mir diese Remix-Scheibe gefallen würde und habe beim damaligen Erscheinen auf den Erwerb verzichtet,alldiweil ich von den original Stücken des Duos Brooks/Kahn derartig hingerissen war,dass ich dieses Werk nach dem Tod des pakisistanischen Ausnahmesängers.für überflüssige Leichenfledderei hielt.Werch ein Illtum ! Durchweg tolle Mixe mit Respekt gemacht jedes Stück eine Verbeugung vor dem Großmeister des Quwalli ! Kaufempfehlung vor allem auch für Leute die ihre RealWorld-Sammlung verfollständigen wollen.

Alors, j'ai 3 albums de Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (Night song, Mustt Mustt, et Shahen-Shah), que j'adore, mais celui-ci, c'est un peu genre "Nusrat version techno", j'avoue que je ne l'aime pas.