Thursday, March 3, 2011: Ustad Sultan Khan - Tarana (Thievery Corporation Remix)

Music is everywhere.

But why? What is the purpose of music? Especially when it's everywhere?

And I mean everywhere. Remember when it was just in elevators? Now whole shopping districts have loudspeakers pumping out tunes for the masses.

Seems to me like music is a means to an end, rather than and end unto itself.

Today, music, even more than being a commodity in and of itself, is mostly used to push other commodities. Products, sure, but people as well. The curse of "branding".

For me, music should transcend the normal, and transport the listener into something other. Not even "higher", whatever that means, but just other. Takes the listener to a place other than where they are. Whether telling a story, making a statement, or just evoking a mood.

This track, for me, does exactly that.

And what a glorious mood it evokes.

Enjoy.