SOULGASM

We have a South Indian Musician in our list of favourites - O. S . Arun. Find him very different, creative, and interesting. 

O S Arun belongs to a family of renowned musicians - his brother is O S Thyagarajan. Arun has training in Carnatic, Hindustani and regional (folk) music.  Sings Bhajans, Devarnamas, Abhangs and Kirtans with equal comfort. His other DVD albums are: "Bhajans For U" and "Soulabhyam".

The unique ability of Arun is that he innovates and improvises the rendering all the time to invest his performance with freshness and novelty, making his music very rewarding to the listener. His music touches the soul and makes it soul-stirring. There are moments when the listener is taken to peaks of ecstatic experiences, touching the heart, head and body at once. It is a rare emotional experience. This is really the difference between technically perfect rendering that does not touch the heart and performance that combines technical excellence and emotional quality to make the music soul-stirring. The peak of soul-stirring experience is comparable to the orgasmic experience (climax) in a wholesome sexual act. I can only do full justice to the experience by calling it - SOULGASM (Meaning: Orgasmic experience to the soul).

I believe, a consummate musician must be able to touch peaks in technical excellence and soulgasmic quality. After all, music is the combination of 'sapthaswaras' (seven notes in an octave) to awaken the listener's senses and to impart a wholesome experience to it. Taking this experience to a climax results in soulgasm. That makes a consummate musician.