Queen of blends, Bjork remixes Abida Parveen
"Merging together some of my fav beats last year with some of my fav vocalists," she wrote
LAHORE (Web Desk) – The musician who introduced electronic dance music into mainstream pop back in 1993 with her album ‘Debut’, Björk has now made a remix of living legend of international music scene, Abida Parveen.
Björk who is known to be able to blend instruments the best way possible has played with some eastern tunes this time as she remixed Parveen’s music for birthday anniversary of Triangle Records in the United States (US).
The Icelandic artist reveals in her dedication that she wrote on her soundcloud handle that Parveen is among one of her most favourite vocalists.
She wrote that the mix she played was her present to them (Triangle Records).
“Merging together some of my fav beats last year with some of my fav vocalists,” she wrote.
Bjork: tri angle records birthday dj set
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The queen of blends has had at least 30 singles bag positions in top 40 numbers of both US and United Kingdom (UK) charts in her career. She got nominated for at least 13 Grammys, one Academy and two Golden Globes.
The audiences and the critics worldwide continue to agree upon the following statements over Björk’s brilliance:
“The forward-looking musician of her generation”
“The best non-pop female vocalist for the past 30 years”
This time she tried her magic over eastern music and chose Parveen’s tunes to do so. This only goes on to say that Pakistani legends including Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Alam Lohar, Farida Khanum, Mehdi Hassan, Iqbal Bano, Noor Jehan, Tina Sani and many others have held the international music audiences spellbound over the past decades that coming-of-age listeners have developed an ear and cravings for eastern compositions.
From left, Abida Parveen-Asha Bhosle-Runa Laila
More legends who commanded reverence from audiences across the boundaries
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan with Michael Brook (Canadian film music composer)
From left, Imran Khan-Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan-Mick Jagger
"The entire world loves his songs," said Lata Mangeshkar for the maestro, Mehdi Hassan
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It is a lesser known fact that Lata Mangeshkar is said to have imitated Noor Jehan at the start of her career and later she developed her own style of singing
On Jehan s visit to India, she met the then Prime Minister (PM) and was recieved by Mangeshkar and the original chocolate boy, Dilip Kumar.
