Karsh Kale and Buddha Bar (album cover)
What brought pentagram vocalist Vishal Dadlani and classical musician Shekhar Ravijiani to compose together is probably fickle chance but they appear to have struck the right chords. With 'I hate love stories', the duo who prefer to sign off as Vishal-Shekhar have created another popular album to follow up the retro-remix mood of 'Bachna Ae Haseeno' and OSO. Over the years have tried listening to various fusion artists. I remember pulling out Shakti, Buddha Bar and Karsh Kale labeled CDs with great curiosity. More often than not the discs bounced back into their dust jackets returning me to my prosaic little island of quaint compositions.
(clockwise) Vishal and Shekhar, Atif Aslam, Sukhwinder, S-E-L, Kailash Kher Rahman
Bollywood music since Rahman filled in the gap in an adorable way. Shankar, Ehsan and Loy, a trio with classical and western classical expertise appeared with a few notable scores. It is an arena we could interpret as fusion, for lack of a better alternative. Maybe it is because of our jugalbandi tradition and the strict popularity meter aur audience imposes on film music that these hybrid products could well be among the best in the world of fusion music.
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