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that’s it. i’m about to leave home in a few hours, flying back to reality. these few weeks in homeland Mauritius with family and friends have been exquisite. this collage is an overview of my best holiday moments. i’ll publish more hopefully.

that’s it. i’m about to leave home in a few hours, flying back to reality. these few weeks in homeland Mauritius with family and friends have been exquisite.

this collage is an overview of my best holiday moments. i’ll publish more hopefully.

2009 Best Albums

Here we are. With 2010 closing up, a music blogger would traditionnally publish his top 10. This is tough job. I’ve gone through countless records this year but few have remained for long on my ipod. In fact, I cannot really make a top 10 while knowing since January 2009 that nobody would make a better album than Delhi-6 other than A.R. Rahman himself. Let’s say, Blue just didn’t reach that level.

So yes, the winner is *drumroll* A.R. Rahman for Delhi-6 ! These are the songs I’ve listened to and sung the most. In fact, Rehna Tu is the best song of the year, in my opinion.
Remember, this represents solely my musical taste. I’ve been trying since the later half of this year to single out my monthly best. These albums, plus my listening stats at lastfm, have been useful in drafting this top of 2009.
You’re most welcome to refute my choice. If there’s something I’ve missed, please add it in the comments. Obviously, each person is listening to something else on his ipod. We are all in our own micro-genres. I love this diversity, but I’d also like this diversity to be shared. Never be ashamed of your musical taste.

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On Air In The Air

Today, i’ll talk a bit more about music. My friends usually picture me as a singer of bollywood songs. Sure I am. I still try to listen to each and every song that comes out. But now i’ll delete those that don’t appeal to me on the 1st hit of play. I won’t say, ‘Maybe if i listen to it more, i’ll get to like it.’ I know my tastes now., tastes that have changed during these few years abroad. Bollywood is only part of my library, but i still look for that Indian touch in every song. My favourite artists remain A.R. Rahman and Nitin Sawhney, because they are the only composers that have been able to blend Indian influences to occidental styles, and have kept doing it consistently, mesmerizing us with every new song.

Now, here’s why i’m actually writing this post. I wanted to share my playlist during my 16 hours of travel from Bordeaux to Mauritius. Here’s the opportunity to appreciate a few albums with shuffle turned off.

I can’t even take a nap in the TGV or the plane. I’ll keep my laptop if wifi is available in Paris or for a movie eventually. So if there’s nobody interesting beside me to talk to, here’s what i’ll listen to: music that won’t make me sing but that will nonethelessly activate my facial muscles out of appreciation or in a bid to attain a very low or very high pitch. Music that i’ve had in my library this year but which i never listened to on one go.

Anoushka Shankar & Karsh Kale | Breathing Under Water | 2007

Ensemble Badila | Qalandar Express | 2006

Badmarsh & Shri | Signs | 2001

Susheela Raman | 33 1/3 | 2007

Nitin Sawhney | Philtre | 2005

Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly. | The Chronicles Of A Bohemian Teenager | 2006

Rahat Fateh Ali Khan | Charkha | 2007

Asa | Asa | 2007

A.R. Rahman | Vande Mataram | 1997

That should be enough for the trip. In case I manage to refill my ipod, it’ll have the following too.

Shankar Mahadevan, Shivamani & Louis Banks - SILK Fusion Show
Sigur Rós - Hvarf / Heim (2007)
Grand Corps Malade - Midi 20 (2006)
Susheela Raman - Music For Crocodiles (2006)
In the Mind of Nitin Sawhney (2007)
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly. - Searching For The Hows And Whys (2008)
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Micheal Brook - Mustt Mustt (1990)
Jagjit & Chitra Singh - Beyond Time (1987)

I’ll end this post with these two songs that always remind me of a plane flight: the Swades Theme (A.R. Rahman) and Flight IC408 (State of Bengal).

That’ll be all from Adarsh.

See you in Mauritius as from July 11.

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