Following the simplistic Bombay + Hollywood = Bollywood name game (that would in later years spawn Nollywood in Nigeria), Lollywood's Lahore based film industry was a profitable and vibrant one that found great success in the modest boundaries of its own country but was seldom savoured outside Pakistan. However, the hugely important musical business spawned a bi-product that was viewed as a potential earner for international entertainment industry, EMI, which allowed talented musicians to create ambitious music with world class mediums at there disposal, which throughout the 60s and 70s ranged from fuzz-guitars, space-echo machines and American and European synthesizers, [...]
The Monks/ Complication Artesians/ Trick Bag Jacques Dutronc/ Les Cactus Group Doueh/ Eid For Dakhla Nahid Akhtar/ Toune Kaha Aa Aa Aa Jorge Ben/ Ponta De Lanca Africano (Umbabarauma) Johnny's Guitar/ Kratae Ros Sereysothea & Seang Vanthy/ Jam 5 Kai Thiet (Wait 5 More Months) [...]
Finders Keepers are plugging our ears with new releases on a seemingly weekly basis at the moment, and this week's compilation of soundtrack material from Lollywood 's Lahore-based film industry is a particularly special little archival wonder of experimental Eastern pop. Many of these songs are dual language, schizoid bursts of punchy Pakistani funk, all of which have a cross genre appeal. Rhythm and melody, here it is folks, you need only turn your attention briefly and the hooks will catch you. Ahmed Rushdi - Dama Dam Mast Qalander Nahid [...]
Nahid Akhtar appeared on the Pakistani film scene in 1974 and her voice pretty much ruled it until her 2000 retirement, running the gamut of every kind of style. "Toune Kaha Aa Aa Aa" (MP3) kicks out some blasted psychedelic organ/fuzzed out wah and over-the-top accompanying Yma Samac-like growls, and if anything it's worth mentioning because there's a killer collection of Lollywood sounds due in April on Andy Votel's Finders Keepers label. The Sound of Wonder , like Pakistani film music, is dominated by [...]
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