29/03/2025
a mixtape for maladies
B:Side
And that's a wrap, and what a ride it has been!
As we close off this epic mahi, here is a look at the B: Side of the mixtape!
🎵 Anubhavam pudhumai - Watching Kadhalikka Neramillai (There Is No Time to Love), Suthan deciphers the song’s hidden meanings, each man hoping the other will confess—just like the film’s lovers or the forbidden pair in the play. The melody feels familiar because it was inspired by Bésame Mucho.
🎵 Chinna Maamiye - Nithi Kanagarathnam’s ‘Chinna Maamiye' was composed in the mid-1960s, and the singer put it to the test during a cricket match in Jaffna. A Tamil song set to racy Baila music was greeted with enthusiasm and this cult classic anthem was created. Nithi’s songs were satires or questioned society in a comical and ironic way.
🎵 Eternal Flame - The music is a stylistic fusion of the Byrds and the Beatles and who can forget the bridge of the song? A dramatic bridge that takes the song to a wonderfully emotional place, and adds to the overall dynamics of the song and the scene.
🎵 Ilaya Nila - The love affair between Ilaiyarajs (the composer) and the acoustic guitar has been an eternal one in tamil film music. The song Ilaya Nila features in the film Payanangal mudivathilai (Journeys never end).
🎵 Kathal Oviyam - An amazing achievement and a game changer of the times in terms of musical production, arrangement and sheer musical brilliance on display. what makes this composition stand out and sound fresh every time you listen to it is the melody, the use of l complex beats that peps up the song, the choir and the breezy, dreamy way in which Raaja and Jency render this song. The song exudes romance at its best – innocent, warm and fun.
🎵 Kuyile Kuyile - This song is a rumination on the idea of loss. Sung by dynamic duo of the 80s tamil film music S Janaki and SP Balasubramaniam.
The composer uses various woodwind instruments to recreate bird calls and sounds throughout the song.
The remaining songs in the comments.
Thank you to all of our audiences and collaborators who came on this journey with us.
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