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01. Md. After Hussain & Paq - The Whole Day Slipped Away (Helay Khelay Moner Anonde Din Furailo - Intro)
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02. Md. After Hussain & Paq - You Fed Me Poison And Called It Honey (Modhu Hoi Hoi Bish Khawaila)
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03. Md. After Hussain & Paq - Where Has My Beloved Gone (Kar Bashore Roilo Bondhu)
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04. Md. After Hussain & Paq - The Whole Day Slipped Away (Helay Khelay Moner Anonde Din Furailo)
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05. Md. After Hussain & Paq - My Soul Is A Bird In This Cage Of Earth (Matiro Pinjira Amar Koira Gela Khali)
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06. Md. After Hussain & Paq - Pakhawaj
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07. Md. After Hussain & Paq - This Golden Cage Of Mine (Shonaro Pinjira Aamar)
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08. Md. After Hussain & Paq - Harmonium
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09. Md. After Hussain & Paq - The Day Our Souls United (Attate Mishaia Atta)
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10. Md. After Hussain & Paq - Shomapti
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ARTIST
MD. AFTER HUSSAIN & PAQ
TITLE
Matir Gaan (Songs of the Earth)
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
HIVE MIND RECORDS
CATALOG #
HMRLP 017LP
HMRLP 017LP
GENRE
WORLD
RELEASE DATE
8/26/2022
Matir Gaan
is a collaboration between young Bengali migrant,
Mohammed After Hussain
and Italian electronic artist,
Andrea Rusconi
(aka
Paq
). The resulting album delightfully combines the ancient folk songs of Md After's homeland with Paq's cosmic synth exotica. Mohammed After Hussain escaped Bangladesh in 2015 and arrived in Italy in 2017 after a long and dangerous journey across the Mediterranean from the violence he found in Libya. In Italy he found safety and hospitality as an asylum seeker in Rimini's Associazione Ardea, where Andrea is involved with "Ardea Recordings" -- a project aiming to create an archive of songs, stories and sounds by some of the people who spent some time with Ardea's refugee program. Md After was invited to sing and play the folk and village songs he knew on the harmonium and pakhawaj (two headed drum) while Andrea immersed himself in the songs providing a bed of warm Crumar synth and Veena drones to create a finished album of totally unique renditions of the mystic Baul folk songs known so well by people across the Bangla speaking regions of India. The Bauls are a famous group of wandering minstrels from the region of Bengal whose culture is derived from the teachings of the early Sufi mystics and Hindu Fakhirs. The Baul devotees are considered to be mad, or possessed, with the love of God. While transcending religion the Baul compositions celebrate celestial and earthly love and expound the key philosophy of "Deha tatta" or truth in the body, epitomized by the aphorism "whatever is in the universe is in the body." They reach for divinity here in this world and they seek to access it through music and dance. They seek spirituality in the music, they live for the music, wandering from village to village offering ecstatic sound waves in exchange for sustenance. Their presence remains an important part of village life in Bangladesh, and this is why Md After knows the songs despite the fact he would not consider himself part of the Baul ascetic tradition. A wonderfully psychedelic album with unique interpretations of ancient, mystic songs from the earth. Includes printed inner sleeve featuring sleeve notes and lyric translations by
Brian P. Heilman
.
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