Mumbai, Shomshuklla, the poet, the dramatist, the actor, the columnist, the singer, is a master of all trades, jack of none. She has been around for a while now and has grown personally as well as professionally. As a singer, she has established herself in the industry within a short span of time. Debuted in December 98, there has been no turning back since then! With six albums launched till date (Four Indipop and two Rabindra Sangeet fusion), she has become a sensation in the country, especially West Bengal.
Her soft and sensuous voice, with a great lyrical blend mostly appeals to the intelligent & mature listener. However, her fan-following is from the younger generation as well who idolize her in more ways than one.
Her seventh album, Sonic Frames, releases this October under the umbrella of TimesMusic. This album is different from her previous ventures with newer soundscapes and melodies. The composer and arranger on this album, Ankur Mukherjee has proven to be the best support to the songstress. Not only does he understand her voice, nature and attitude, but also tries to reflect her traits in the compositions, complimenting each other on making the album a success.
The album features 12 tracks, 4 from the previous Shom-Ankur release titled Elektric. The soulful tracks, CHALO SAATH MERE and AZAAD HOON MEIN touch your heart and makes way for the more up-beat AE RABBA TU.
To sum things up, SONIC FRAMES is the album for todays generation. The music cant really be typecast into one single genre, but it is safe to call it a really brilliant fusion album. And thats just to say the least!
Notes to Editor
TIMESMUSIC is the music production, promotion and distribution arm of The Times Group.
The intent of the music label was to create albums tailored to appeal to the discerning audience. TimesMusic pioneered the concepts of spiritual, world and remix music in India and is the No. 1 music label in the spiritual music genre.
Some of the leading names in the music scene rendered their voices to produce some of the best known albums for TimesMusic -The Golden Raaga Collection, Gayatri Mantra, Himalayan Chants and Hanuman Chalisa.
With the advent of digital music, the music industry once again started experiencing a boom. However, the revival was primarily led by commercial film music and therefore the group decided to launch its independent Hindi and regional film music label, JUNGLEE MUSIC.
Junglee Music took off in 2007 with the biggest commercial blockbuster, WELCOME starring Akshay Kumar, Katrina Kaif, Anil Kapoor, Mallika Sherawat, Paresh Rawal and Nana Patekar. The music of WELCOME has been composed by some of the biggest music directors of India - Himesh Reshammiya, Sajid-Wajid & Anand Raj Anand and has managed to climb to the top of the charts in no time. In 2008 Junglee Music made history again with SINGH IS KINNG starring Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif with music by Pritam. The music created ripples in India and overseas as well.
Junglee Music has now got the music rights for HORN OK PLEASSSS, DASVIDANIYA and KHALBALI which has some fabulous music.
