M.I.A. has many interesting songs and is an incredible electronica artist. What is likewise exciting is that she went all of the manner from a little conflict-torn island, Sri Lanka, to a main pinnacle-ten artist within the usa and in Europe.
And at the same time as there are numerous videos she has with fantastic production and interesting sounds and all, and additionally high-quality songs from all the M.I.A. albums mixed, there’s one specifically which reaches out to her very own people, is going back to the homeland, and indicates the real spirit of what she is about. This tune is “chook Flu”.
On multiple ranges, she went again to the roots in this one. First, she went to India to a place close to where Sri Lankan Tamil refugees stay to shoot this, as Sri Lanka was quite dangerous at the time with the conflict happening. next, she borrowed factors from a famous Tamil music, “Thirvizha Na Vantha”, from the movie Jayam. She went to the Chennai temples and located musicians to file in an Urumi Melam ensemble, which itself is quite a statement, considering the fact that this the urumi drums is normally simplest played through the Dalits (better called the “Untouchables”). what’s notable about that is that she is a well-known recording superstar reputable in the west, and from all the factors she ought to have utilized in her music from India and Sri Lanka, she chose to apply ritual track of the Dalits. This become pretty the political declaration that she is with her peoples without looking at caste, and fittingly so.
The Urumi Melam ensemble consists of the nagaswaram (the loudest acoustic instrument inside the world which isn’t always brass, considered to be very auspicious, and used in ceremonies in South Indian Hindus), the pampai (a pair of double headed drums), one to 3 urumi drums, and a melodic device. what’s ironic here is that the Urumi Melam ensemble usually plays funerals and other inauspicious occasions, while the nagaswaram is considered to be a totally auspicious tool. The juxtaposition! i’m positive M.I.A. did this on cause.
She extensively utilized the Gaana format in her songwriting. Gaana are speedy Tamil songs sung at celebrations. again this changed into most becoming because the video surely displays those people all celebrating in track and dance. What is also interesting is that this is truely a nod to her native Sri Lanka, as each Gaana and the popular Baila track of Sri Lanka are each in 6/eight meter.
Each the video and the music are truely a party of her people inside the native lands, and written and recorded with the aid of the native songwriting codecs, including the Dalits’ arts as well. this can no longer be the maximum famous, but it’s far simply the best M.I.A. track and video out of all 3 of her albums via a ways.
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