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LAHORE (Newsdesk) A lost album of legendary singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan will be released three decades after its original recording. According to Peter Gabriel’s Real World Records, the album Chain of Light was recorded 34 years ago and will be released on September 20. The album contains four Islamic Sufi poems called “Qawwals”, legendary Pakistani Qawwal A the rare recording of singer Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan will be released after 34 years.
The official Instagram account announced that the title of the album is ‘Roshni Ki Zanjeer’ and it will be released on September 20. The recording was recorded in April 1990 with his full team and consists of four Qawwal recordings buried the A legendary Qawwal in the ‘Real World Studios’ warehouse when the studio was moved in 2021. This album was discovered.
Recorded in April 1990 at Real World Studios. “Chain of Light” was rediscovered in 2021 when Real World Records was moving its archive and found forgotten tapes in a warehouse storage Peter Gabriel, who signed Khan to Real World in 1989, recorded his excitement about the release.
He said, “I had the privilege of working with various musicians from all over the world during my time, but perhaps the greatest singer of them all was Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan.” What he could do and make you feel with his voice was quite amazing and we were very proud that he played a part in expanding the global audience. �
It was a real pleasure when we discovered that this tape was in our library. This album shows him at his peak. It’s a great record.
This period marked a turning point in Khan’s career as he combined traditional Qawwali music with contemporary sounds, reaching a wider global audience Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan died of a heart attack in 1997 aged 48.
His influence on music was profound, gaining fans including Eddie Vedder, Madonna, Jeff Buckley, and The Rolling Stones. Buckley once called Khan “my Elvis”. In 2023, Rolling Stone placed NFAK at number 91 on its list of the 200 Greatest Singers.
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