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Sublime Sufi / Khan
ARC Music

Sublime Sufi / Khan

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Details

Composer
KHAN, SHAFQAT ALI
Artist
Shafqat Ali Khan
Format
CD
Label
ARC Music
Released
Aug 28, 2020
Catalog #
EUCD2924
UPC
5019396292420

About

Sufism is the mystical branch of Islam. The Sufi strives for a direct connection with God. The rapture of music and dance is frequently used to create a transcendental experience in which the ego falls away, allowing direct experience of the divine. There is a saying: ‘If a man claims to be a Sufi, he is not, and any true Sufi will never claim to be one’. To call a music ‘Sufi’ is to thereby bring into question its authenticity. If we claim this is Sufi music, it therefore must not be. What we can say, though, is that Shafqat Ali Khan’s music is thoroughly rooted in the Sufi tradition. Many of the songs are ghazals, a poetic musical form in which the singer, taking the woman’s perspective, longs for the return of her lover. This longing, expressed in a romantic form, is understood to be a metaphor for the soul’s longing to be connected with the divine. The spiritual expression of Sufi music is robust and intensely emotional. This is no quiet background music for meditation, but deeply passionate music that wrestles with strong emotions, from melancholy and despair to rapturous ecstasy. By directly going into the emotion, in a way somewhat akin to how an American blues or gospel singer might, we find transcendence. The music takes us on a journey, and we emerge somehow changed.

Tracklist 8 tracks

  1. 1 Ish Kamal (Love Sublime) 08:08
    Track
    1
    Title
    Ish Kamal (Love Sublime)
    Duration
    08:08
    Composer
    Shafqat Ali Khan
    Performer
    Shafqat Ali Khan, Douglas McKeehan, Paolo Baldi
  2. 2 Yaad (Memory) 04:50
    Track
    2
    Title
    Yaad (Memory)
    Duration
    04:50
    Composer
    Shafqat Ali Khan
    Performer
    Shafqat Ali Khan, George Brooks, Ben Brussell, Douglas McKeehan, Paolo Baldi, Rais Khan
  3. 3 Sakhi (Oh Sufi) 08:17
    Track
    3
    Title
    Sakhi (Oh Sufi)
    Duration
    08:17
    Composer
    Shafqat Ali Khan
    Performer
    Richard Michos, Douglas McKeehan, Paolo Baldi
  4. 4 Sitara (Star) 04:15
    Track
    4
    Title
    Sitara (Star)
    Duration
    04:15
    Composer
    Shafqat Ali Khan
    Performer
    George Brooks, Ben Brussell, Douglas McKeehan, Paolo Baldi, Rais Khan
  5. 5 Raqsay Bismil (Dance of the Wounded Lovers) 04:38
    Track
    5
    Title
    Raqsay Bismil (Dance of the Wounded Lovers)
    Duration
    04:38
    Composer
    Shafqat Ali Khan
    Performer
    Shafqat Ali Khan, Matt Eakle, Douglas McKeehan, Paolo Baldi, Rais Khan
  6. 6 Tarasti Ankhay (Thirsting Eyes) 07:14
    Track
    6
    Title
    Tarasti Ankhay (Thirsting Eyes)
    Duration
    07:14
    Composer
    Shafqat Ali Khan
    Performer
    George Brooks, Douglas McKeehan, Paolo Baldi, Rais Khan
  7. 7 Journey to Marwa (Raag Marwa) 10:14
    Track
    7
    Title
    Journey to Marwa (Raag Marwa)
    Duration
    10:14
    Composer
    Shafqat Ali Khan
    Performer
    Douglas McKeehan, Dick Gale
  8. 8 Putah Butah (The Flower Doesn't Know) 06:11
    Track
    8
    Title
    Putah Butah (The Flower Doesn't Know)
    Duration
    06:11
    Composer
    Shafqat Ali Khan
    Performer
    Douglas McKeehan, Paolo Baldi