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1LP Vinyl – LPRW15

The late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is today acknowledged as the great master of Qawwali —the devotional music of the Sufis— who popularised this beautiful and inspirational music beyond Muslim peoples to a worldwide audience and into a whole new musical territory. This album shows Nusrat’s willingness to experiment with his music —to strive for new ideas and to listen to new styles —and to create more contemporary albums that could sit alongside the traditional collection.

In their Qawwali performances, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Party already modify their style to suit the audience. The Asian younger generation never used to bother with Qawwali —it bored them and was too slow. They wanted faster beats. “I made my own style,” says Nusrat, “We update Qawwali with the times.”

The opening song, ‘Mustt Mustt’, draws upon various devotional lyrics about a particular Sufi saint, upon which Nusrat has then improvised. ‘Tery Bina’ is a romantic song based upon the Qawwali style, in which a lover claims: “I cannot live peacefully without you for even a moment. I miss you terribly when you are away.”