MUMBAI: Nimbus Communications Ltd, has launched its Music division Nirvana Music with the release of Guftagoo - a collection of ghazals.

Nirvana Music, a company release states, is positioned as a boutique label and will concentrate primarily on creating non-conformist and non-traditional sounds in the non film category. It will also scout for new talent.

The company has a a strategic alliance in place with Sony Music, giving Sony exclusive rights for manufacturing and distribution of Nirvana Music's titles worldwide.

Its first collection Guftagoo has been released in three volumes containing over three hours of music. Set to the verse of poets and thinkers as diverse as Amir Khusro, Mirza Ghalib, Momin, Insha, Meer Teqi Meer and Meer Dard, the music is composed by Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and arranged by Uttam Singh.

The singers include Asha Bhosle, Hariharan, Anup Jalota, Milind Ingle, Roop Kumar & Sonali Rathod Suresh Wadkar and Penaz Masani.

Some of the outstanding ghazals from the album are available for free and legal download from the website http://www.planetm.co.in/.