Morning Glory (16/01/2025)
Our mix today comes from the good people at Radio is a Foreign Country – tune into Soho Radio from 9am. Enjoy an exploration into the tempestuous yet mellifluous world of South Asian film and pop music. This mixtape journeys through Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Odia, and Urdu cinema from the 1970s and 1980s, featuring compositions by legends like M. Ashraf, Sathyam, and the maestro himself, Ilaiyaraaja. These artists and sorcerers, with their uninhibited ears, fused elements from every imaginable genre into an alchemical orchestral opulence—enhanced by the absurd vocal pyrotechnics of some of the region’s greatest playback singers and punctuated by some of the wildest and most raucous breaks ever pressed to wax.
