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On This Day: Jim Morrison From ‘The Doors’ Passed Away

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6 years ago

July 3, 2018

Shibul Pavithran

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Jim Morrison was one of the most Iconic and influential person from the history of rock music. The legendary vocalist from The Doors was found dead in a bathtub in his Paris apartment due to heart failure in France, on July 3, 1971. On his death he became the most famous member to join the mysterious club 27

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On July 3, 1971, Jim Morrison’s body was found in the bathtub of the Paris apartment that he was sharing with his girlfriend. While his official cause of death was listed as heart failure, many theories have circulated in the following years, with suspicions being raised due to the lack of an autopsy by French authorities. Jim was a manic alcoholic and frequent drug abuser during his days of charm in the music industry. The official cause of his death was recorded as “heart failure”. However, since his death there have been a few claims that state that he was killed by a bad batch of heroin and his death was then allegedly covered up by a pair of lower-level dealers.

James Douglas Morrison, popularly known as Jim Morrison was an American singer- songwriter and poet, best remembered as the lead vocalist of The Doors. His poetic lyrics, unique voice, wild personality, active performances, and the dramatic circumstances surrounding his life and early death has intrigued millions of his followers. He was absolutely the bad boy of rock and roll era. Widely known as the Lizard King and Mr Mojo Risin, the frontman of the Doors was referred to as the “first major male sex symbol since James Dean died and Marlon Brando got a paunch”; He was the leather tiger; the ultimate “shaman-serpent king”.

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To his followers he represented everything they found occult: he was sex, drugs, rock ‘n’ roll personified; a man who rejected organised religion, had a lot of sex, lived off a diet of canned beans and LSD (allegedly), and sang about getting high and having mad sex. Sporting a long mane of brown curly hair, Morrison had a wardrobe that matched his bad boy reputation – leather trousers were his trademark, often worn with a leather jacket, an unbuttoned shirt and a Native American belt; he was the ultimate picture of a unruly romantic rebel.

“Everything is broken up and dances”- Awake, The Doors

Morrison’s downfall began at a 1969 concert in Florida. There, he was accused of exposing his genitals in front of the audience. Afterward, he was convicted of indecent exposure and profanity, leading many promoters to cancel shows for the band. Then, with his appeal pending and in the midst of personal and legal troubles.

After spending an explosive streak of worldwide hits with his bandmates, Jim Morrison reconvenes with The Doors to record what would become their final album, L.A. Woman. By the time the recording sessions were completed, Morrison had moved to Paris in March of 1971 with his girlfriend, Pamela Courson. While in Paris, it’s said that the Lizard King gained so much weight that he had become unrecognizable, leading many to believe that his health was in danger.

On 3 July 1971, Jim Morrison left the world, dying of heart failure aged just 27 and in the process joining what would become known as the Club 27 – a list of cultural icons who passed away at that age which includes Brian Jones, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Kurt Cobain,(Amy Winehouse and Chris Cornell recently joined the club) among others. Since there was no autopsy performed, some believe that Mr. Mojo Risin’s death did not happen as it was reported by the media, and some even believe that he never died at all. But the electrifying legacy that he created through his music still lingers around in the playlist of the Rock and Roll fans who were bedazzled by the sixty’s magician, for them there is no end of Morrison.

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Ashwin Bhaskar I Making Waves In The K-pop Universe

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2 years ago

February 9, 2022

Jeslin Sebastian

The limelight is nothing new to the 27 year old Singer-Songwriter Malappuram native, Ashwin Bhaskar who went crazy viral last year for his insane dialogue remix – Perfect Ok. He is back and is making waves in the world acclaimed K-pop music universe as well.

Ashwin has released a cover collaboration of the Korean hit single Tattoo with the original singer herself – AleXa and is racking up raging views. The music video currently Trending #24 on YouTube Music is a huge shoutout to all the K-pop die hard fans right here in Kerala and we couldn’t be prouder!

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Checkout his music on Spotify and his latest single Story In A Nutshell.

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The Upcoming and Released Album Calendar

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3 years ago

September 11, 2021

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It’s nearly impossible to keep up of everything that’s coming out each year, with more music being released every year. The options are seemingly unlimited, ranging from pop to hip-hop to alternative to K-pop to country, not to mention vinyl, re-releases, and collectible editions.

Check out these upcoming and released Albums-

Sept 3-

Drake, Certified Lover boy

Sept 10-

Diana Rose, Thank You

September 17-

Daughtery, Dearly Beloved

September 24-

Diddy, Off the grid Vol 1

October 1 –

Lady Gaga and Tony Bennet, Love for sale

October 8-

Lala Lala, I Want the Door to Open

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The Musical Journey of Adheef Muhamed

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3 years ago

August 27, 2021

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The 15-year-old boy, who won first in Urdu recitation at the 47th Kerala State Kalolsavam from Trivandrum, is now waiting for his upcoming Tamil movie track release, mesmerizing many.

Playback singer, Adheef Muhamed with his new release ‘Vidhooram’, found his passion at a very tender age through various school curricular programs like singing Mappila pattu and Urdu recitations. Later the baby steps he took as part of having fun during school days, turned to a passion driven career with his magical voice behind many songs mumbling on many lips.

Adheef came into limelight with his viral cover of ‘Mukkathe Penne’ which was released in the year 2014. The friendship bond between the friends and culmination of talents has made the cover happen along with the band ‘Elayappam’ featuring Nipin, Vishnu, Ebi, Sanu, Ramkumar. ‘Pazhamthamizh paattu’ was the first cover from the band, with an entirely different mood with Arabic arrangement. Their cover songs were more captivating to the audience during that time, and that paved the way for many other opportunities for them.

“During break times, we used to go to a nearby tea-shop to enjoy our tea break in between the jamming sessions along with discussions, and ‘Elayappam’ was the snack we all used to order unanimously which later became the name of our band. It was also a realization of how food and music were connected,” he said, reminiscing the initial days.

Adheef being the first person to suggest this name for the band had a genuine connection to the title, as it was closely knitted to their friendship and life.

His last independent work named ‘Goodman’ was an experimental track which was released before the pandemic as a visual treat. He gives the credit to the amazing crew which consisted of the lyricist Vinayak Sasikumar, DOP Venu Sasidharan Lekha and the wavelength they have in terms of unique output of the track.

Talking about his works he says “The future is all about independent music, which I knew right from the beginning, and I was always interested in collaborating with different talents and that’s how the beginning of my official YouTube channel happened. ‘Muthu Nava Ratnam’ is a song which is closely gelled with my family since it was the song my mother used to sing for me to sleep. And I always wanted to do a cover version of the song as it’s very much relatable to us”.

“I don’t compromise on video as I believe it’s an important element in every track of mine and I give 50-50 efforts to both audio and video. I strongly believe that the visual element was one of the main reasons the song has got its reach, although the song itself has its essence of magic no matter what the visual was.” he added.

‘Maraigirai’, a Tamil track released in the year 2019, is a familiar track with 12 million views in YouTube trending even now with a huge fan base. When asked about the success of the song Adheef says.

“For me success is the impact the songs have on people who listen to them. I happened to talk to a person who was a survivor in life, who told me once that ‘Maraigirai’ helped him throughout his healing process which made me happy, and I think responses like these are the true definition of success for me.”

He says, the places or people surrounding him were not into a professional music career and he is grateful to himself and to the evolving process along with the band, in trying out new things and this drive was the push for stepping onto the next opportunity.

“I never dreamed about becoming a playback singer and I’m very content with whatever I have right now and I’m grateful for all these opportunities I got, and the path I have come across.

I have seen both the phases of Malayalam cinema, where becoming a playback singer was a difficult opportunity, and the current scenario where many talents are finding opportunities in movies and they are growing through different digital platforms in the social media.”

Adheef has sung in many different languages. “The pulse of Malayali audiences are different from other industries in terms of acceptance” he remarks.

The fast phase of the growing Malayalam music industry with upcoming talents can be seen everyday with many drastic changes. As time goes by, I think there might not be typical song sequences in the Malayalam movies. As a drift comes in the making of the movie the growth of independent music can also be seen evidently” he says.

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“This is the first time I’m approaching something like this track which is very much ambient, and I’m experimenting with a low base tone in my singing. I’m getting many positive responses for this track” he said while talking about his recently released Independent track ‘Vidhooram’ by Ryan Biju Sam and mixed by Abin Paul.

Out of the box thinking and understanding the pulse of the audience is what makes Adheef Muhamed different, and drives him to go ahead with his passion.

Check out his new Tamil track from the movie ‘Lift’ named ‘Hey Bro’ starring Kavin and Amrita Iyer, Music by Britto Micheal.