Eliza Marshall releases New Birth EP on Real World X
Renowned flautist and composer Eliza Marshall releases her debut New Birth EP via Real World X.
Fri, 23 May 25
Dust to Gold
Released 17 June 2000
- Khawaja Tum Hi Ho (Master It Is Only You)
- Data Teira Durbar (Master In Your Court)
- Koi Hai Na Ho Ga (There Was No One, There Will Be Not Anyone)
- Noor-e-khuda Hai Husn-e-sarapa Rasool (The Light Of God Is The Embodiment Of The Prophet)
Liner notes
The title ‘Dust To Gold’ reflects upon Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s philosophy of life, as he considered himself a pinch of dust from a holy place. Touched by genius, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was undoubtedly, spiritually and technically, one of the greatest voices of his day. He was a great bearer of the tradition —the most significant qawwal of his generation and at the same time a great innovator— a visionary who explored a new and daring contemporary musical language.
From unique archives in Nusrat’s hometown of Lahore in Pakistan we have discovered some wonderful recordings which we are now proud to release. This is the first album of these archive recordings —a traditional qawwali session with the complete party.
A common factor in these qawwalis is that they are panegyrics (praise songs). The first qawwali Khawaja Tum Hi Ho (Master It Is Only You) is in praise of a Sufi saint whose shrine is in Ajmeer, Rajasthan; it is in Rajasthani Hindi (a sister language to Urdu) and is in the classical style where the singer takes on a female persona. The following three qawwalis are in Urdu and have simple verse structures: Data Teira Durbar (Master In Your Court) praises a Sufi saint who lived in Lahore, Koi Hai Na Ho Ga (There Was No One, There Will Not Be Anyone) and Noor-E Khuda Hai Husn-E-Sarapa Rasool (The Light Of God Is The Embodiment Of The Prophet) are in praise of the prophet Muhammad.
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Released 05 June 1989
The emotional intensity and soaring power of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s voice transcends all boundaries of language and religion, and has popularised Sufi music beyond Muslim peoples to audiences worldwide. Amongst Real World Records’ most emblematic artists, Nusrat was known as Shahen-Shah-e-Qawwali: The Brightest Shining Star in Qawwali. -
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Released 22 July 2001
Proud torchbearers of Sufi devotional music following in the footsteps of their late great uncle, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. The two brothers return with ripened, masterly robust voices and sing of romantic love and alcoholic intoxication - metaphors for spiritual adoration and mystical enlightenment.
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