The Music Box.
Entries about the music I like.
Omicron Records // Apoorva Raagangal
As someone interested in Apoorva Raagangal's soundtrack, not the film itself, I can speak to the high quality of the music. However, listening to the record really does make me wonder: why are old recordings so treble-heavy? The standard answer is that magnetic recording and 1970s-era microphones just couldn’t catch low frequencies. But why?
Funktuation – Funk Katcheri
I’ve been listening to Chennai-based Funktuation’s 2019 EP, Funk Katcheri. The songs on the EP are mostly sung by Benny Dayal, known for his work on Rahman-composed songs like Pappu Can’t Dance, Nazrein Milana Nazrein Churana, Rehna Tu, etc. It’s a straightforward Tamil electro-funk EP, with its first two songs, Oora Paaru and Poovey being the EP’s standouts.
The Folk Songs of Tamil Fishing Communities
I find the latest Tik Tok fad of people singing sea shanties particularly fascinating. This trend has got me thinking of the sailors from my own neck of the woods. For millennia, Tamil Nadu’s fishing communities have sung work songs set to the rhythm of oars beating the sea. With the advent of motorboats, the rhythms of the oars may have disappeared, but the songs remain.