Name: Raag, called Aiman by Tahir Yousaf
Duration: 5 min 28 s
Description: Its one of my favorite raag, called aiman. Yay teen ganoun ka medley hay, shayed apny koi aik adha suna hu is mai say. ~ Hatee

One of the most recognizable, respected and iconic South Asian voices of the new millennium, Javed Bashir returns to Coke Studio with a rendition of Baba Bulleh Shah’s eternal classic, Charkha. A song which has been graced by some of our most beloved voices, Javed describes its central message being one of commitment - a commitment to one’s passions, one’s beliefs, and one’s ideals. The lyrics speak of the revolutions of the spinning wheel - how their movement mimics the relentless, unending cycle of life, and how the yarn which gets spun out provides testament to the quality of one’s life and purpose. Coke Studio chose to keep two parallel sets of compositions for this breath taking performance, allowing for the traditional to run alongside the modern. Javed Bashir also added some of the hallmarks of the signature styles of Southern Indian classical singing, thus ensuring that even if the fusion of the aesthetic elements is new, they retain the reverence of those who sang it before. The song was composed on a popular raag while Javed added elements and sur’s from other rags to give a sense of an extempore performance.

Javed Bashir – Charkha

Its one of my favorite raag, called aiman. Yay teen ganoun ka medley hay, shayed apny koi aik adha suna hu is mai say. ~ Hatee

Raag, called Aiman

Tahir Yousaf

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