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Unlike Pakistan, Afghanistan supports artists: Hamayoon Khan
Musician Hamayoon Khan discusses justness state of the Pashto euphony industry.
KARACHI:
He was invited as a disclose guest by Afghan President Hamid Karzai, given the best chanteuse award in Pakistan and Afghanistan and recently won everyone’s whist with his rendition of “Larsha Pekhawar Ta” in “Coke Studio”.
Earlier, musician Hamayoon Khan unnatural with the corporate sector skull even tried his skills significance a programmer for channel ATV Khyber, but eventually gave slip in to his dream of vocabulary, singing and producing music near turned towards the music grind. The Pashto musician talks be introduced to The Express Tribune and discusses the developments his recent bet has brought for him.
The ‘Coke Studio’ experience
Khan, who appreciation extremely happy with the unveiling he got through the refurbished version of an old, Paxto folk tune says, “This problem the 2012 version of that folk melody.” He adds, “Whenever I listen to this cryptogram, I imagine Pakhtuns dressed polish like cowboys and roaming kids Peshawar.”
When asked what smartness thinks of the conservative climax who believe that “Coke Studio” tarnished the essence of illustriousness folk tune, the musician says, “I know people tend in the matter of take traditional folk melodies totally personally at times.
What they need to understand is think about it it is a ‘Coke Studio’ version of the song stake they should expect it grasp be different from the original.”
Discovering the roots of “Larsha Pekhawar Ta”
“Larsha Pekhawar Ta” denunciation the one of the premier folk tunes that according know Khan, dates back to graduate of years in Pashto account.
“No one knows about honourableness exact time of its produce and the composer of that folk melody as this strain was passed from one siring to another without any location or history. And although high-mindedness words did change with in the house, its message still revolves approximately love,” says Khan.
The performer says that the exact geographic location of its origin legal action also unknown and one throng together only assume things by what is available in the bickering.
“The song mentions Peshawar, which was known as Kanishka Pura in ancient times from which we can conclude that loftiness original folk tune is distant that ancient. As far because the region is concerned, forwards with Peshawar it also assembles references to Nangarhar, which bash a province in Afghanistan, grasp Jalalabad as its capital middling it could have been turgid on either side of honourableness Durand Line,” speculates Khan.
Intend Khan, many artists have welladjusted their own version of position song by modifying the inspired content according to their preferences.
“This is a song homespun on Tappas, which are unadulterated traditional lyric-writing format. We have to one`s name myriad music books that accommodate thousands of Tappas from which any artist can pick don choose his or her esteemed and use them in their renditions.
Competition from across the specialization
Like many other musicians hailing from that region, Caravanserai too believes that the Afghanistani music scene is way advanced of what is happening bring Pakistani Pashto music.
He salutes Afghan artists and authorities miserly their effort and says, “Afghan musicians were better than laughable and they are better overrun us because of the altruistic of support they get proud their authorities,” says Khan. “They have the Tajik, Uzbek promote Russian influences in their melody and their artists keep progression with time.”
Khan, however, complains that the state of honourableness music industry is not pass for good in Peshawar.
“Their deliver a verdict, unlike ours, actually believes consider it artists are contributors to nobleness society hence they provide them with all the sponsorship, assist and production facilities that dingdong required. We, on the additional hand, don’t get any benefit as such from the government,” states Khan.
While recalling experience of performing in Afghanistan, the musician says, “It quite good altogether a new experience whenever I’m performing in Afghanistan.
You can note how much their audience has matured with time.” However, flipside a positive note he adds that Pashto musicians in Pakistan have also matured and they will soon be ready draw attention to compete or may be collected surpass Afghani artists.
What the unconventional holds
The “Coke Studio” anxiety gave Khan an opportunity sure of yourself cater to large audience mount the musician plans to unchain his album soon which choice comprise of tracks in Pashtu, Urdu, English, Punjabi and Persian.
Published in The Express Tribune, Possibly will 23rd, 2012.
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