''Timeless'' is a multilingual album by Assamese musician Jim Ankan Deka. The album was recorded in 2012. The CD contains seven tracks while the digital version has only five tracks. The album is a tribute to Indian music maestros

Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Bhupen Hazarika () (8 September 1926 – 5 November 2011) was an Indian playback singer, lyricist, musician, poet, actor, filmmaker and politician from Assam, widely known as ''Sudha Kontho'' (meaning cuckoo, literally "nectar-throated"). His ...

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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan ( pa, ; born Pervez Fateh Ali Khan; 13 October 1948 – 16 August 1997) was a Pakistani singer, songwriter, and music director. He was primarily a singer of qawwali — a form of Sufi music, Sufi devotional music. ...

, writer

Bhabananda Deka Prof Bhabananda Deka (19 August 1929 – 4 December 2006) was a pioneer Assam economist and author who conducted novel research on the economy of the far eastern part of India. He was also a leading Indian-Assamese litterateur of the famed 'Awah ...

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Overview

The album is a collaboration with

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singer Ritwika Bhattacharya, Carnatic

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veena The ''veena'', also spelled ''vina'' ( sa, वीणा IAST: vīṇā), comprises various chordophone instruments from the Indian subcontinent. Ancient musical instruments evolved into many variations, such as lutes, zithers and arched harps.< ...

player Suchethan Rangaswamy and US based poet Mardee Agen. While three of the tracks ''Eastwards'', ''Independence Awekening'' and ''Remember your Faith'' are

instrumental An instrumental is a recording normally without any vocals, although it might include some inarticulate vocals, such as shouted backup vocals in a big band setting. Through semantic widening, a broader sense of the word song may refer to instru ...

, ''Shabd'' (

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), Ganga (Hindi) and Tere Bin Nahi Lagda ( Punjabi) are sung by Ritwika and Xobdor Porisoy (Assamese) by Jim himself. ''Eastwards'' is the only fusion track of the album. It has the essence of Carnatic music and

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. ''Remember Your Faith'' is based on a poem by Mardee Agen. The album is produced by

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based music institute

Eastern Fare Music Foundation The Eastern Fare Music Foundation is a music school, as well as a production and publishing house in Guwahati, Assam, India. The institute provides training for instrumental music in Western Classical music, Carnatic music and contemporary style ...

. Before the release of the album, two of the tracks ''Ganga'' and ''Tere Bin Nahi Lagda'' were released as singles in the same year. ''Ganga'' was originally composed by Bhupen Hazarika and ''Tere Bin Nahi Lagda'' was by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Two months before the release of the album, two of music videos - ''Tere Bin Nahi Lagda'' and ''Xobdor Porisoy'', were released online. Both the videos were directed by Parmita Borah. About ''Xobdor Porisoy'' Jim says, "The lyrics of 'Xobdor Porisoy' just occurred to me two years back as I sipped a steaming cup of tea on a rainy summer afternoon. It was gathering dust tucked away in a diary for quite sometime when, after a gap of two years, I suddenly found it, and like an ex-flame, it stirred unspoken feelings inside me. I worked on the music composition for a couple of days and things fell into place,".Musician/Songwriter Jim Ankan Releases New Assamese Music Video ‘Xobdor Porisoy’
''Indianmusicmug.com'' Artwork of the album is done by Bangalore-based artist Trinayan Bora and Pranjal Barua.

Track listing

# "Shabd" – 4.26 (Jim Ankan, Ritwika) # "Ganga" – 4.37 (Jim Ankan, Ritwika) # "Tere Bin Nahi Lagda" – 5.06 (Jim Ankan, Ritwika) # "Xobdor Porisoy" – 4.28 (Jim Ankan) # "Eastwards" – 4.76 (Jim Ankan, Suchethan) # "Independence Awekening" – 4.17 (Jim Ankan) # "Remember Your Faith" – 2.37 (Jim Ankan, Mardee Agen)

Personnel

* Jim Ankan Deka -

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*Ritwika Bhattacharya - Vocals *Suchethan Rangaswamy - Veena

References

{{Authority control Jim Ankan Deka albums 2012 albums Hindi-language albums