''Samaya'' is the third studio album by Indian singer-songwriter

Bipul Chettri Bipul Chettri is an Indian singer-songwriter who sings in the Nepali language and plays Himalayan folk music with a contemporary touch. His debut album, '' Sketches of Darjeeling'', was released in July 2014 and his follow-up album, ''Maya'' in ...

. Bipul's EP, ‘Samaya’ (which means time, period or juncture) was written during the

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. It was praised by critics for its minimal, yet evocative, compositions.

Production

All songs of the album are written, composed, arranged and produced by

. Recording, mixing and mastering was done by Anindo Bose at Plug n’ Play Studios, New Delhi.

Reviews

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Finds Endless Beauty In Solitude. His lockdown EP ‘Samaya’ is without doubt one of best collections of indie songs this year. ‘Samaya’ doesn't have much in the way of instrumentation or elaborate production. It doesn't need it. Bipul's voice and songwriting does all the work and everything around it just accentuates that. This is an EP that is a statement of the time we’re all in and the thoughts of a man stuck in it. We should be thankful that these feelings can be put into song, because some of us don't know how to do that. Bipul Chettri does, though. And we can revel in listening to it. Find a quiet evening and be blown away. ''

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'': Kalimpong-origin, New Delhi-based songsmith

crafts a patient, adorned and sagacious EP with Samaya. Singing in Nepali, flittering acoustic guitar melodies form the bed for Chettri's journeying stories. ''First Post'': In Chettri's first two albums

Sketches of Darjeeling ''Sketches of Darjeeling'' is the debut studio album by singer/songwriter Bipul Chettri. The album is a collection of songs inspired by Bipul's life around the hills of Kalimpong and Darjeeling, two hill towns inhabited mostly by people of Nepale ...

(2014) and

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(2016), the Kalimpong-born, New Delhi-based musician heart-warmingly evokes scenes of life and love in his beloved mountains. But in Samaya, he laments; albeit in his distinct velvety voice — a heady palliative. Having composed Samaya during the 2020 lockdown, he says, “every song was written with a purpose to describe the sense of my or the world's being at that particular point in time, which is also why it is called Samaya (time)”.https://www.firstpost.com/art-and-culture/a-solitary-journey-indian-nepali-singer-bipul-chettri-on-his-new-lockdown-ep-samaya-9656791.html

Track listing

Personnel

– vocals, guitars, harmonica, backing vocals * Anindo Bose– organ on Samaya * Pranai Gurung– slide guitars on Samara and guitars on Naya Din * Rohit Prasanna– bamboo flute * Sonam Tashi– executive producer * Anindo Bose– recorded, mixed and mastered at Plug 'N' Play Studios *

– producer

References

Samaya Review on RollingStoneIndia.com

External links

Samaya on AppleMusic.comSamaya Playlist on YouTube
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