The long-lost Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan album will be release in coming September
The 48-year-old Pakistani maestro passed away in 1997, yet his legacy lives on as he is still highly regarded worldwide. Three years ago, while Peter Gabriel's Real World Records was moving archives, the missing album was found.
ISLAMABAD: According to a statement released on Wednesday by Real World Records, a new album including previously unheard melodies by Pakistani music superstar Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, recorded 34 years ago, will be released on September 20.
Peter Gabriel founded the firm in 1989 to record Khan's fusion music, which is a result of the two musicians' collaborative choice to combine Western instruments and sensibilities with the ethereal Eastern qawwali sound.
The lost "Chain of Light" record by the Pakistani maestro was found in the tape vaults of Real World Records. It was created after the label signed him in 1989 and collaborated with him on a number of highly regarded albums during the course of the 1990s.
throughout a statement issued by the business, Peter Gabriel said, "I've had the honour to work with a tonne of different musicians from all over the world in my time, but perhaps the greatest singer of them all was Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan."
"We were very proud to have played a part in getting him to a much wider global audience. What he could do and make you feel with his voice was quite extraordinary," he continued. "Learning that this tape had been in our library madae us very happy." He is truly at the top of his game on this record. It's an amazing record.
In 2021, the label discovered the record during an archive relocation.
At the age of 48, Khan sadly passed away in 1997. Nevertheless, some thirty years later, his legacy is still drawing in new generations of followers, as seen by the six million average monthly Spotify users and the over one billion views that his music videos have received on YouTube.
Producer Michael Brook, who worked with Khan on the well-liked "Mustt Mustt" album, considered the album's importance and said that the Pakistani singer's voice had a deep emotional impact on listeners.
He declared, "It is an experience of a lifetime." These songs transcend and evolve beyond linguistic barriers, just like the record's title suggests—like the impermanent light. Whatever the listener's expectations, it captures their attention. He expressed his happiness that Khan's voice had come back.
