Late but not too late, the November Hamnawa Select playlist's accompanying podcast is here! Zeerak and I dive into Natasha Noorani's album, great talk about language and lyrics, JANI, Strings, Cricket and more!

Things discussed in this episode:

00:00 Intro, timezones, revenge procrastination, end of year plans

03:59 Natasha Noorani’s “Ronaq” - constructing the album, subtle references, Zeerak’s linguistic contributions!

19:11 Speaker talk - if you’re into music “should” you get better hardware too? Tangent on defrauding swap systems

26:12 “Pinkman” by JANI - references! Also, so fun!

31:15 Umair’s production on “Lostalgia” with JANI, excellent work and high aspirations

37:18 Ali Pirzada - singer songwriter vibes, tongue in cheek yet considered lyricism

44:43 “Jaadu” by Faisal Kapadia - a vibe shift, and also a discussion on overused pop words and the wider linguistic contexts that might apply

51:43 Tangent on Bollywood connections in music, the bygone age of collaboration and the Strings Era

56:50 Zeerak’s experience with the 2024 Cricket World Cup, rollercoaster of sadness, watching Indian cricket with Indians

1:06:53 Outro

LINKS:

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