Man, your covers are amazing. Please do more of them.

Tracks I have collaborated with other folks led by @krishashok.  Other featured collaborators in this set include raghuthaatha, @suryaragunaathan, @indian_music_fan, @ashwinvinayan, @ranjani-shanker, @hariflute, @sarthakdev and @anu-mccartney

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Poonkatte Poyi Chollamo...

My tribute to one of the greatest lyricist Tamil cinema has ever seen- Vaali. This is a cover of the song 'Poove Sempoove' in my voice. The song is from the movie 'Solla Thudikuthu Manasu', originally composed by Ilayaraja and sung by Dr. K J Yesudas. Pls do forgive me for the mistakes. Your blessings are my motivation.
music and keyboard: Ramu Raj
recording: RRNOS, Amrita School of Communication, Ettimadai

Poove Sempoove Cover

Nangelipoove Video Song | Malikappuram | Vishnu Sasi Shankar | Unni Mukundan | Ranjin Raj.mp3

Movie : Thegidi
Singers: Sanoop Robert
Composer: Nivas K Prasanna
Lyrics: Kabilan

sang a song from movie "Thegidi" tamil. I was sick on recording time..so couldn't make this perfect.. :( :(

Vinmeen Vithayil - Thegidi tamil movie feat Sanoop robert

I hear the sound of trains
Police cars screaming away
Here I am in a stranger’s room
Dabbling away my thoughts

Finally everything is fine
It’s just fine, doesn’t feel wrong at all
Was it worth it? I asked that time
I took the gamble, I paid the price

Being with you is the sweetest thing
I could have hoped for, no turning back
All that matters is one stone away
Hold on to me, give me a chance

This is not a shooting star
Nor a market for human flesh
What I mean is what I just said
I wish only it could last forever

I will do everything I could
To make you laugh every time I speak
If you only say my name
I’ll wait for you as long as it takes.

Soon will winter come back again
But I’ll cherish these memories
You and I on a foothill’s step
The blowing wind scrambling your hair

Your laugh will keep me warm
Through the season of discontent
I’ll be happy once more again
What we were, what I was

This is not a shooting star
Nor a market for human flesh
What I mean is what I just said
I wish only it could last forever

I will do everything I could
To make you laugh every time I speak
If you only say my name
I’ll wait for you as long as it takes.

Acton Main Line

ദറജ പൂമോളല്ലേ ലൈല നീ എന്റെ കൽബല്ലേ...♬
മജ്നുവായ് ഞാൻ നിന്നെ ദുനിയാവകെ തിരഞ്ഞില്ലേ...♬

 യാ ഹബീബെ എന്റെ മുന്നിൽ നീ എത്തി ചെർന്നില്ലെ...♬
മൌത്തോളം വേർപ്പെട്ട ജീവിതം ഇനിയില്ലല്ലോ...♬


ദറജ പൂമോളല്ലേ ലൈല നീ എന്റെ കൽബല്ലേ... ♬ ( Darajapoo MoLLalle)

An adaptation of Ilayaraja's "En Iniya Pon" from the film Moodu Pani with fellow Raja enthusiast @mediumcoffee . This project is called "Le Rogeur" and the idea was not to do a literal cover but improvise liberally while still retaining the semblance of the original song. Here we take Raja's original harmony/chord structure & use more jazzy variants. The other improv happens in the interludes, where we start out sounding like the original interlude but wander off into different territories. We hope to do a few more of these under the "Le Rogeur" moniker over the next few weeks. And oh, another thing. For this project, in recognition of the technical challenges of Ilayaraja's golden years (the 80s), we will only use real instruments live-recorded without any software programming. 

Piano, Tonewheel organ - @Mediumcoffee
Vocals, Cello, Guitar, Bass - @krishashok

En Iniya Pon

A moderately Chennai tamil revolutionary adaptation of Nirvana's Smells like Teen Spirit 

Lyrics: Raghuthaatha (https://twitter.com/raghuthaatha) & @krishashok
Drums & percussion sequencing: @mediumcoffee & @krishashok
Violin, guitars, bass, vocals: @krishashok

Ration arisi, queue la ninnu (Ration rice, we stand in a queue)
Vaangarom, vera vazhi illa (to buy, we have no choice)
Fulla Kushtu, black la ticket (fully drunk, tickets in black)
eduthu, padam paatha (we buy & when we watch the movie...)

Ayyo Ayyo Ayyo ayyayo x 3
Ayyo Ayyo Ayyo

TASMAC kadaila, appan mabbu (Dad's drunk at the TASMAC bar)
Kelvi ketta, periya thappu (if we question, it's a problem)
Current cut, yeppo padippom (power outrage, when do we study?)
Kerosene light la padicchu mudippom (we will study in the light of a kerosene lamp)

Naanga ezhai (We are poor)
eppadi vaazha (How do we live)
Kelaya pudichu (holding on to a branch)
Yeri vaarom (we will rise up)
Yeah, hey, yay

College Saentu, edho padichi (we joined college, studied something)
kizhichi, kadla potu (hit on girls)
vela thedi, gaandayi, (searched for jobs, frustrated)
Ola cab ottina traffic jam (drove Ola cabs only to get stuck in traffic jams)

Ayyo Ayyo Ayyo ayyayo x 3
Ayyo Ayyo Ayyo

Nirutthi ottina, horn tholla (If we drive slowly, everyone honks)
rash-a ottna, mama tholla (if we drive rashly, the police trouble us)
adaki vaascha, pammureenga. (If we stay docile, we are oppressed)
nimundhu keta, amuthareenga (If we question that, we are oppressed)

road-u illa (there are few roads for us)
medu pallam (roads full of obstacles)
ellam thaandi (we will cross all those)
yeri vaarom (we will rise up)
Yeah, hey, yay

Mayila pudchu, kaala keela (if you catch a peacock)
odachu aada sonna (break its leg & ask it to dance)
Kuyila pudchu, goondla geendla (if you catch a songbird)
adachu, paada sonna (cage it and ask it to sing)

Ayyo Ayyo Ayyo ayyayo x 3
Ayyo Ayyo Ayyo


Aana ippo Murattu Kaala (But now we are raging bulls)
Seeri paanja, merusal aava (as we pounce, you will be dazed)
Cykil gap la, Auto pola (in a narrow gap for cycles, we will drive an auto)
nozhanju vaarom, odhungi nillu-a (and come through, give us way)

Vasadhi illa (We have no opportunities)
Asadhi illa (No laziness)
muyarchi senji (but we will try)
yeri vaarom (we will rise up)

Yeri Vaarom x 9 (we will rise up)

Smells Like Kerosene

An acoustic arrangement of "Raah mein bicchi", a thumri that originally featured in the soundtrack of the Shyam Benegal movie, Sardari Begum

Vocals: @suryaragunaathan
Acoustic Guitar: @mediumcoffee 
Classical Guitar: @krishashok
Flute: @indian_music_fan (Vijay Kannan)
Piano, Bass, Violin, Arrangement, Mixing & Mastering: @krishashok




Raah Mein

An alternative arrangement for James Vasanthan's hit "Kangal Irandaal" from Subramanyapuram. 

Vocals: @ashwin-vinayan
Percussion & backing vocals: @mediumcoffee
Guitar, Keyboard, Bass, Arrangement, Mixing, Mastering: @krishashok

Kangal Irandaal

An ambient adaptation of Ilayaraja's "Mandram Vandha" (Cheeni kum hai in Hindi) from Mani Ratnam's Mouna Ragam 

@mediumcoffee - Electric guitar, Keyboards, backing vocals
@krishashok - Cello, classical guitar, bass & lead vocals

Mandram Vandha

An ambient adaptation of Ilayaraja's "Elangaathu Veesudhe" 

Keyboards, Bass, Cajon, Kanjira, Percussion Arrangement: @mediumcoffee
Vocals: Easwar Prasad
Guitar, Violin, Mixing & Mastering: @krishashok

Elangaathu Veesudhe

Kattappanayile Ritwik Roshan Official Song 2016 ¦ Parudaya Mariyame ¦ Vishnu Unnikrishnan

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