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li Zafar recently released a rendition of the Balochi folk song Laila O Laila in which he folk melodies, case in point Folk Studio. The audio barely synchronises with the video of the per-
has collaborated with the 12-year-old, Urooj Fatima. The young singer from Baloch- formance; it even lacks the mystic folk soul that on any given day, can teleport you to the rugged
istan is also a UNICEF adolescent champion. Urooj shared her excitement on twitter, landscape of the province.
Athanking her inspiration for having performed with her. While Zafar also shared a BTS However, the performance of the singers begins in the studio and ends in the studio, quite
of the song before its release, addressing that it will mark the young talent’s debut. literally. While the beauty shots of Quetta and the province at large don’t really help the cause of
In their rendition, Zafar turns the folk anthem into a peppy pop number, stealing all the ethnic the song, but stand tall on their own. The visuals are full of grand and mesmerising shots of the
elements and leaving behind an empty vessel that sinks sooner than Sohni’s clay-pot. Yes, it is a province and the Quetta valley. You also get a slice of life’s element as you see young girls in
really catchy song, but that is the magic of the folk swing and not this particular take on it. uniforms, going about their daily life juxtaposed with glorious mountains.
The audio sounds like a highly-processed take out of the MIDI keyboard, with the exception Laila O Laila was brought to the mainstream by Faiz Mohammad Baloch who performed the
of the flute in the beginning and the Rubab kicking in half way. Since Zafar’s forte is a mid-to- song on his Damboora for state television. Various versions followed after that. The song once
high vocal range, it’s not hard to tell that the scale suit’s the girl’s range more than his own. again came under the limelight when the popular Iranian-Baloch singer Rostam Mir Lashari sang
The audio production seems like a rushed, pre-digested snack for an audience that thrives on it in Coke Studio 6 along with Swede musicians.
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