Published 14:57 IST, August 6th 2020
The Malcolm Project comes up with an Urdu song that blends rock and Carnatic music
A Hyderabad-based popular band named The Malcolm Project recently launched a single titled 'Moutjza' which blends several genres. Read on.
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A Hyderab-based band named Malcolm Project has been launched recently. project is heed by Melvin Malcolm who is a music producer and a composer. Hyderab-based band recently launched ir first single and track is titled Moutjza. highlight of new single is that it is an EP in Urdu that fuses rock and Carnatic music. Re on to kw more details about this song:
' Malcolm Project' - East meets West and South in music
Malcolm Project has come up with a track called Moutjza that fuses several genres -- incorporating elements of rock and Carnatic music with Urdu lyrics. It is kwn to be one of its first kind in India. Melvin Malcolm, who is creator of Malcolm Project, in a conversation with Deccan Chronicle, spoke about his journey in launching track.
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Melvin Malcolm said in interview that idea of launching such a rock fusion track came up amid Coronavirus lockdown, that is in month of May. Talking about medium through which tracks were shared, he said that whole single was shared virtually through video calls.
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composer, Melvin Malcolm, who also produced track, shared how he thinks Urdu lyrics would sync into music. Malcolm said he thought it would be some kind of 'out-of--box initiative' and that one has done something like this in India. He spoke about process of rock and Carnatic music blending with Urdu lyrics. He shared that he wanted to give track an international appeal.
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Malcolm Project's Moutjza is mastered by hiraj Singh, who is a sound engineer in Cana. Melvin explained, in interview, importance of mixing and mastering for a fusion track like Moutjza and praised hiraj Singh as a 'world-class sound engineer'. Melvin also shared that his far, Mohan C. who is a musician, was also a composer of popular number, Mayari Maisamma. Guitarist Joshua, vocalist Sri Charan, drummer Aaron Wesley have also contributed to song.
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14:57 IST, August 6th 2020