Ilectro, by Ilaiyaraaja

Ilectro

by Ilaiyaraaja

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Destructa Not as many memorable songs as on "Solla Solla" but still interesting Tamil film electric pop. Keep it coming, Finders Keepers Records! Favorite track: Poo Poo Kkum (featuring P.Susheela).

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1.	Vel Muruganukku (featuring Malaysia Vasudevan) 05:07	buy track
2.	Don't Compare (Instrumental) 04:42	buy track
3.	Kadal Mele (featuring S. Janaki and S.P.Balasubramaniyam) 04:21	buy track
4.	Thullum Ilamai (featuring S.P.Balasubramaniyam) 04:15	buy track
5.	Ilasa Sirusa (featuring Gangai Amaran and Malaysia Vasudevan) 03:49	buy track
6.	Aththi Marakkili (featuring Malaysia Vasudeva) 04:43	buy track
7.	Poo Poo Kkum (featuring P.Susheela) 04:37	buy track
8.	Sirikkum Mattum (featuring S.P.Balasubramaniyam) 04:30	buy track
9.	Adi Rani (featuring Mano) 04:25	buy track
10.	Nan Koduthathai (featuring Malaysia Vasudevan) 04:03	buy track
11.	Ponmani (featuring K.S. Chitra and S.P.Balasubramaniyam) 04:28	buy track
12.	Mancha Podi (featuring Malaysia Vasudevan and S. Janaki) 04:30	buy track
13.	Unithaan (featuring. S. Janaki and S.P. Balasubrahmanyam 04:20	buy track
14.	Poongatre (featuring K.S. Chitra, Mano and S.P.Balasubramaniyam) 04:31	buy track
15.	15. Sangeetham (featuring Vani Jairam) 04:06	buy track
16.	Needhi Idhu 04:25	buy track
17.	Eswarane (featuring Malaysia Vasudevan) 04:36	buy track

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For the uninitiated the composer of the music on this record is also a master craftsman who throughout the 1980s combined his off-the-wall ideas and sky high expectations using craft, experimental technology and a trusted team of participants to help concoct some truly bizarre local produce in mass quantity without compromise. Ilaiyaraaja, known to his family as Gnanadesikan, and to many of his zillion strong fan base as Isaignani (meaning musical genius in Tamil) represents the epitome of a nostalgic national treasure especially for a single solo composer in the Tamil micro music industry. His euphoric electrified music of the 70s and 80s (and beyond) captures every essence of joy and jubilation and is still used in celebration as much as it is celebrated in its own right. Ilaiyaraaja, a man of humble physical stature, sparsely equipped with a self-sufficient studio of compact electronic devices literally COMMANDS celebration with his single handed symphonies.

Defying any fair comparisons in the Western world (besides inadequate parallels to Joe Meek and Jean-Pierre Massiera) it is also virtually impossible to find similar electronic mavericks in the East. Imagine a mixture between Turkey’s Ilhan Mimaroglu and the acidic synthesiser ragas of Charanjit Singh and you're still left short of the songs. Essentially, Ilaiyaraaja is to the local Kollywood film industry what RD Burman/Bappi Lahiri or M.Ashraf/Tafo are to Bollywood and Lollywood but then remember that Ilaiyaraaja is a one-man band, with a single vision and zero competition.

This compilation reveals more tasty treats from Finders Keepers ongoing obsession with The Crown Prince Of Tamil Pop - focusing on his growth in the mid-1980s as a confident young composer adding freak pop fuel to the flickering flame of Kodambakkam's Kollywood film industry, while embracing domestic synthesiser technology and fusing the power of elec- tro and synth pop to his Carnatic canon.

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released February 29, 2016

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