Mustt Mustt Redux

Mustt Mustt Redux is a track by Canadian-Indian vocalist and composer Kiran Ahluwalia. The song appears as the seventh track on her studio album Aam Zameen: Common Ground, released on October 24, 2011. The album was issued under her independent label Kiran Music in CD format.

The track runs for three minutes and forty-two seconds. Ahluwalia reinterprets the 1990 qawwali classic Mustt Mustt, originally composed by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and produced by Peter Gabriel for the album Mustt Mustt (1990). Ahluwalia adapts the composition with a contemporary folk and Sufi fusion arrangement, incorporating acoustic instrumentation and her signature vocal phrasing. The album Aam Zameen: Common Ground explores cross-cultural musical dialogues, blending Ghazal, Sufi, and Western folk traditions.

Production details for Mustt Mustt Redux remain partially undocumented in public sources. Ahluwalia co-produced the album with Rez Abbasi, who also contributed guitar work to several tracks. The recording sessions took place in studios across Toronto and New York. The album received recognition for its innovative fusion of South Asian classical elements with global sounds, though specific reception data for the individual track is not widely cataloged.

Aam Zameen: Common Ground marked Ahluwalia’s fifth studio release and followed her 2007 Juno Award-winning album Wanderlust. The 2011 project featured collaborations with musicians from India, Pakistan, and North America, including tabla player Vijay Chantry and sarangi player Dhruba Ghosh. The album’s liner notes emphasize themes of cultural unity, with Ahluwalia describing the work as an exploration of shared artistic heritage across geographical divides.