He entered into the musical field after his I.Sc., formed a band named “Steel Wheels” with his friends. This album which most people haven’t heard of but for me it still is one of the best album I have ever heard. Time and again he has re-recorded and released most of the songs from that first album in his further albums.
G-Major the first cord of his first hit number “Aankhama Timi lai”, Album named after this cord.
G-Major comprises of 9 songs and is released under The Rebel creations banner after he had some problem to cope with Music dots com from where his previous album was released.
Out of 9 songs 6 are written by Rajan Raj Shiwakoti (one of which, English rap verse is written by Sandhya Banskota), 2 by Bijay Shivakotee and one by Bibek Pokhrel.
The lyrics writers have done a great job with nice words. On this department Navin has always been lucky and picky. Before he was supported by Nepal’s best Pop lyricians Manoj Acharya (Journalist – Kantipur currently in USA) and Naresh Dev Pant but now Rajan Raj Shiwakoti is behind him. However most of the lyrics are short, it might give a newcomer the impression that Nepali dictionary is short of words or should I say shortage of perfect words to meet the harmony of orchestra. Personally I got the feeling that some songs would have been better with one more verse.
Music composition:
Nabin himself composes six of the songs, while two are by Rajan Raj Siwakoti & one by Lochan Rijal. Overall Music is well arranged, recorded and mixed. For this they deserve a pat on the back.
As usual he has given second name (sub title based on the main theme of the song) to all his song titles which he never misses in any of his albums.
1. Aai Yai Yai Ya (Aakanksha)
2. Chahana Hoina (Badhyata)
3. Yaad Le Timro (Jhajhalko)
4. Ma Ta Jiudai Chhu (Awastha)
5. Sabhya Chhau Timi (Garwa)
6. Bhetna Maan Lagyo (Trishna)
7. Kasto Rahechha Bato ( Astitwa)
8. Dherai Dherai Maya (Jigyasha)
9. Ali Alikati (G Major)
Aai Yai Yai Ya (Aakanksha), The perfect harmony and a superb number to start an album. The melody is smooth and easy. The song is about wishes and dreams and request to one’s beloved. The song is so beautiful but the ending? I simply can’t get why Nabin is in hurry to stop such a beautiful song. After listening to this song the listener does not want the song to end and yet the song is short they should have added a few lines more.
The second song Chahana Hoina (Badhyata) is one of my favorites from this album. This song is also current chart hits. Nabin has tried to please RNB lovers by including Rap inserts.
The third song Yaad Le Timro (Jhajhalko) has the most Soft beautiful melodious and is a heart touching number. Likewise, the fourth number is an ear mellows one with the fusion of rock and music. After listening to the song one can understand the command Navin has over vocals.
The other number Kasto Rahechha Bato ( Astitwa) is another experimental music composition form our experiment lover singer/composer Lochan Rijal. As you are aware of Lochan’s compositions and depth in the composition and difficulty to singing. Navin’s vocals did perfect singing to meet the ups and downs in noted and to diversify the vocals.
Ali Alikati (G Major) is of course the heart throb number. The guitar work is superb, G-major’s notes are well played around. Music is well arranged, sweet melody, beautiful lyrics. This is my personal favorite number from this album.
Looks like they were trying to do something unique with their cover design but I am sorry to say its a waste of time and disgrace to creativity as instead of being an eye catcher it turned out to be an eye shore.
In the entire, album is superb as these days we rarely get an album with more then half of the songs with excellent rating. Well done Nabin K Bhattarai and G Major Team. Who says Nabin don’t rock? Nabin is still the Pop king of Nepali pop music.
– Zekid
