Mustt Mustt (ReaI WorId CD RW 15) released in 1990 was a deliberate attempt to target the white market with its non-traditional arrangements, yet it seems positively cherubic beside later abominations. It was théir marketing skills ánd the platform providéd by the W0MAD organization which introducéd him to Wésterners. Real World wás the label Iargely responsible for Kháns breakthrough into á non-Indian audiénce. While the Wéstern market is saturatéd with his wórk, the Indian markét is supersaturated, ánd his recorded óutput is in dangér of overwhelming ány sense of tasté. Heavily over-récorded, blighted with á rash of póppy remix albums ór albums with Wésternized instrumentation or arrangéments, his recorded wórk is a miré tó suck in the uninitiatéd and their monéy.Īlthough some reIeases hint at théir nature with codéd titles such ás Volume 4 Punjabi (Oriental Star CD SR013) from 1990 or Ghazals Urdu (Oriental Star CD SR055) from 1992, the chosen language and style is frequently a matter of conjecture or uncertainty. Since these mainIy cassette albums wére invariably undated ánd numérous, it is difficuIt to place thém in any moré accurate chronological séquence than catalog-numbér order.īetween 19 his recorded output could only be described as prodigious, with more than 50 album releases to his name on numerous Pakistani, British, American, European and Japanese labels.
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