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Review
of "Shauq" by DJ Aphlatoon
I came across
DJ Aphlatoon's music when I
heard the samples on muziq.net. I started searching on the
net and found that I can buy the CD on pakhits. Well I
live in Tennessee and it's not easy to buy Pakistani music
in stores. Anyways, I bought the CD and here is the
review.
The CD had 22 tracks! The intro is pretty
good with arabic tunes remixed with Eric sermon's song
'music' and also the guitar by Junoon. Next is Majajani by
Abrar, it's pretty old but ok remix. Then comes "the
beginning", first Pakistani hip hop song? nice effort with
a Paki touch in it. At number 4 is Fakhir's remix of
Marjawan, this is my favorite remix and I heard it so many
times and still listening..lol Then comes 'Judai', it
don't sound like a remix but a nice song with melodious
beat. Next is another one of my favorite 'pop maleeda'
this remix is like 3 minutes long and is a mixture of
songs by Haroon, Jawad, Abrar and Junoon. That's why the
name "maleeda" :-)
I also liked the remix of Humera Arshad's
'Mein nain boldi' but it's remixed with another punjabi
song, I think it could've been better if dj had remixed
only Humera's song. At number 8 is my favorite song by
Carlos Santana remixed with some old paki song, well I
only listened to it because I like santana..lol...Next is
a remix of Ahmed Jahanzeb, which is not that good but ok.
At number 10 is the remix of Jawad's hit song 'Bin tere
kya hai jeena', I'm sorry I like the original better. Next
is 'Aankhain' by Nazia Hassan which is a weird
remix..lol..i don't know what it's supposed to be.
Fakhir's remix of 'dil ki baaten' is done nicely with good
bass. Then comes two tracks 'arabian sounds' and 'raag
aphlatooni', one gets a feeling that these tracks were
just forced to be in the CD. Including track 15 'asman ko
laganay hath', another weird remix.
Vital Sign's song 'Yeh Shaam' was my
favorite song and I didn't even like the remix that Junaid
did in his remix album then why should I like this
version? Following are some other remixed of old paki
songs and then a Dedication song to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
which I liked and is nicely remixed. Next is the remix of
'Sama Hai Yeh Mastanaa' from his new album Mehndi. I
didn't know that Jawad copy another song to make his song
but dj aphlatoon actually remixed the song with the
original song which is Italian I think? Then is outro to
shauq and the CD is done.
I think that the whole cd was not a bad
effort from dj aphlatoon (considering that this is his
first cd). Hopefully his next remix cd will be better than
this done.
Reviewed by:
Saima Qureshi (Tennessee, USA) |