Khan originally recorded Chain of Light 34 years ago, and the project is scheduled to be released on September 20
A lost album by renowned Pakistani singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan is set to be released over three decades after he originally recorded it.
According to Peter Gabriel's Real World Records, the album was forgotten in storage and rediscovered when the label moved its archive in 2021. Khan first recorded Chain of Light at Real World Studios in April 1990 and the album will be released 34 years later on September 20
The album consists of four Sufi Islamic devotional songs called “qawwals,” including one that has never been heard before, Real World said. Recorded by Khan Chain of Light while also working on the 1990 album Mustt Mustt, his collaboration with guitarist and producer Michael Brook.
“I've had the privilege of working with many different musicians from around the world in my time, but perhaps the greatest singer of all was Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan,” Gabriel said in a statement. “What he could do and make you feel with his voice was something extraordinary and we were very proud to play a part in bringing him to a much wider global audience. It was a real treat when we discovered that this tape existed in our library. This album really shows him at his peak. It's a great record.”
Khan died of a heart attack in 1997 at the age of 48. Gabriel signed him to Real World in 1989 and Hahn gained many famous fans including Eddie Vedder, Madonna, Jeff Buckley and the Rolling Stones among others. Buckley once referred to Hahn as “my Elvis”. Rolling rock It placed Khan at number 91 on our list of the 200 Greatest Singers of All Time in 2023.
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