But I do keep listening every now and then

All thoughts on Ninna Nenapu got disrupted by work, work and work!

Review in Kannada Times

This week's edition of Kannada Times (it's a news and features weekly published from Bangalore) gives the album a flattering review. Catch it if you can. It says no album in Kannada has been so intoxicating in years!

Buying in the US

Music lovers in the US can order Ninna Nenapu from Kannada Store:
www.kannadastore.com/product_info.php?products_id=1802&osCsid=af130df07d331a1 - 31k

The CD is priced at $ 2.50.

Ninna Nenapu

(Field of) associations, references, (dis)connections, perceptions (part/whole) that Ninna Nenapu album evokes - relevant and not-so-relevant

*-Alaipayuthe (Pacha Nirame)

-Minnale (Vaseegara)

-Kaakha Kaakha (Uyirin Uyire, Ondra Renda, Thodhu Varuma).

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* Among unself-conscious, casual (untrained?) listeners: younger lot could take to Suchitra's songs (except Kalla Bekkanthe?), older/elderly - Nitin's, Supriya, Kalavathi. The young say Suchitra's songs are filmy,peppy, dancy,playful, bindass, and the older/elderly see Nitin and co' songs as peaceful, emotional, moving, nostalgic, relaxing, restrained; Suchitra's songs modern and Nitin's traditional.

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* That album on a larger plane is divided between or characterised by fundamentally two moulds/frames/moods/styles - Suchitra on one hand and Nitin on the other. The songs/mood/pace infact follow in that order one after the other and acquire a pattern?

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*To continue...

Translation plans

I've been planning to sit down and translate Bageshree's poems into English for the benefit of those who do not follow Kannada.

Will do so as soon as I can. Tarave marave, whose transliteration I posted here earlier today, is characterised by an angst against time passing us by.

We put in two verses in English in the course of the song. Suchitra wrote them:

Mock away all you like
Only whisper your secrets to me.

Store away all my tears
And I know renewed I will be.

These lines are not translations of what Bageshree has written in Tarave marave, but a sort of thematic summing up.

Tarave Marave (Words)

edeya gUDa kattalalli
koraLu kaTTi kUta hakkiya
hIge hasira hottu niMtu haMgisuvudu
tarave, marave?

jalada jADa arasi aledu
sOtu koraDalu Ata jIvava
hIge hasira hottu niMtu haMgisuvudu
tarave, marave?

saridu hOda sogasanella
seLedu taruva guTTa usurade
hIge hasira hottu niMtu haMgisuvudu
tarave, marave?

kariya kalla keLage siluki
konaralArade koragO bIjava
hIge hasira hottu niMtu haMgisuvudu
tarave, marave?

Where can I buy it?

Lahari, south India's biggest label, is distributing Ninna Nenapu. They have a big network, and its director Velu told me last week he would be sending copies to the stores soon.

I am now in Mumbai, so I really don't know if the album has reached the stores, but I can give you the number of Lahari in case you have trouble finding a copy.

Lahari Recording Company: (080) 2670 6519 (Shaila is usually in charge. In her absence you could ask for Murthy. I presume they should be able to guide you to stores where Ninna Nenapu is available).

In case they can't help and you are desperate for a copy, you could call The Music Mint on (080) 2663 8845. The studio has some copies as of today, maybe 15 or so...

The CD is priced at Rs 30.

Preview on themusicmint.com

themusicmint.com updated with Sound clips of Ninna Nenapu

Ninna hejje daniyilla (Words)

ninna hejje daniyilla
ninna neraLa suLivilla
aadarU
nanna mAtella ninna joteyallE

nasuku bidda kanasinalli
nusuLi baMda bhrame nInu
aadarU
nanna mAtella ninna joteyallE

saMje kaDala tere Eri
kaLedu hOda jhaLa nInu
aadarU
nanna mAtella ninna joteyallE