‘Politically handicapped Manipur’ is what Tapta really wants to picture in this album. Election and Dot Dot, tow numbers in this album to some extent captures the political landscape of the state. Tapta shows his political sensibilities and comments on the decadence of a mainstream politician’s honesty in the song like Election. “Hello, hello, maaikei asomda leibiriba ichin inao ... (Hello, hello, near and dear ones living out there ...)”. The track is a direct take on a popular candidate coming out in public to woo the voters for the coming state general elections. The lyrics talks about promises and vows to root out corruptions from all walks of life, if the candidate was elected by the people. Tapta develops use of folk elements in this album. Introductory part of Dot Dot contains khulang eesei (harvest song) juxtaposed into well-arranged Hindustani beat. Khasland on other hand is partially structured in the Karnatic1 form of music.
Tapta is quite adventurous in exploring all genres of music in and around Manipur. As far as composition of Ajanabi is concerned, it derives partially from a theme song of a popular TV soap of the same title. The song depicts extramarital affair of a married man. One day, the man’s illicit activity was unexpectedly busted by his young daughter while watching TV together with all his family members. Thus, the song starts with melodic reverberate of pahari beat2 inspired by the theme song of Denny Denzongpa’s Ajanabi. Tapta’s concept of composition has no bar as he transforms everything into an informal fusion structure. That is how Tapta phenomenally pushes his music in an extraordinary move.
Sa-Sani-Se commonly considered as well-composed song fractionally based on qawali3 beat. And lyrically it reads the mind of a married man who is seeking ways to escape from his wife to set his eyes on a sexy neighbour. Tapta’s sexual metaphor in every Volume series shows both human philosophy and social reality. Sou-2 is an excellent track with unusual drum beats with strong lyrical analysis of a wicked wife. Showcasing his root of simple village life, Stick is about fantasy of an ordinary village lad who feels jealous about girls in the neighbourhood dating boys from other localities. |