Play That Beat Mr. Raja #1 - Selected Oddities From The Tamil Film Industry (1984 - 1991)

by Various

Release Details

Year: 2010
Format: Vinyl — LP, Compilation
Country: France
Label: Cartilage Records
Catalog #: CART003
Tracks: 11

Genres

Electronic Funk / Soul Folk, World, & Country Stage & Screen

Styles

Soundtrack Indian Classical Electro Funk Disco Tamil Film Music

Tracklist

A1Title Music
A2Vikram Vikram
A3Cola Cola Coca Cola
A4Passing Out Parade Part.1
A5Nallavan Nallavan (Be A Good Boy)
B1Raaja Rajathi (King & Queen)
B2Love Theme
B3Thakkum Thalaangu Thatthom (Magic Of A Tinkling Anklet)
B4Puthiya Ulagille (The Whole Day)
B5I Love You Interlude
B6Chittu Kuruvi (The Sparrow)

Notes

"Play That Beat Mr. Raja" is the very first compilation dedicated to Tamil recordings in the West. It explores the wild shores of these late 80's Kollywood music productions. With an avalanche of cinematic strings, analog synths, mind-blowing vocal punchlines and drumkit earthquakes mixed with folkloric percussive elements, it reveals the audacity of composers such as Ilayaraja, Shankar Ganesh or Hamsalekha. Covering an impressive range of styles, it features Kamal Hassan's vocoded rap "Vikra