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New Delhi: Santoor player Rahul Sharma is all set to entertain music buffs with his new album ‘A Meeting by the Nile’, which is a fusion of Indian and Egyptian music.
Rahul Sharma is son of Santoor maestro Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, who himself has carved a niche for himself as a Santoor player.
Rahul has teamed up with Egyptian artist Georges Kazazian and Indian playback singer Sunidhi Chauhan for the venture.
Rahul said, “The album is a confluence of Indian instrument Santoor and the Egyptian Oud. The album comes under the category of world music and is a fusion of Indian and Egyptian influences. It is very contemporary and also features Sunidhi Chauhan, who has sung two vocal tracks, giving the album a mainstream touch.”
This is not the first time Rahul is collaborating with an international artist. He had earlier worked with French pianist Richard Clayderman and keyboardist Kersi Lord.
This 37-year-old artist said, “I have collaborated with international artists before, but this is the first time I have done an album with an Egyptian. Since Egyptian music is quite popular, especially Arabic music, I’m sure people will like this album.”
He has earlier given music for 2002 Hindi film ‘Mujhse Dosti Karoge’. He isn’t too happy with the music scene in Bollywood and says Hindi film songs lack Indianness and is moving away from Indian sounds.
Rahul added, “Today, film music mainly consists of fast beats and item songs. The tracks don’t seem like Hindi songs at all. They have nothing to do with Indian music or Indianness of any kind. Technology advancement has led to the moving away from Indian sounds to a great extent. You will hardly hear any Indian musical instrument in a song today. Also the kind of music created today doesn’t have retention value. I call it the ’soda fizz’ effect. The songs are temporary unlike older compositions which we still remember.”
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