One of the key things that is distinctive about himesh - the post ABA composer is that he never ever forgot the Indian rashan card holder Mr. Tabla, even his hard core sufi rwak numbers and songs with western orchestration (not to mention his semi classical songs).
He has made innovative use of various tabla patterns that at times catch the classical pulse of the listener.
The notable ones are:
> The tabla hit pattern from 1.23 to 1.31 in SONIYE from AKSAR.
> Off-da-hook quick reverse skip tabla pattern from 1.41 to 2.02 & 2.51 to 3.12 in DIL NE YEH NA JAANA from RED - THE DARK SIDE.
> The profound heavy tabla skip pattern from 1.10 to 1.17 in KUCH TOH BAAKI HAI from MILENGE MILENGE.
> The profound heavy tabla pattern from 3.16 to 3.22 in YAADAN TERIYAAN from DIL DIYA HAI.
> The fast paced tabla hits followed by profound heavy hits from 1.40 to 1.45 in TUTEYA VE from SHAADI SE PEHLE.
> The fast paced tabla hits followed by profound heavy hits from 0.54 to 0.58 in TU YAAD NA AAYE from AAP KA SUROOR.
> The lighter fast paced set of tabla hits followed by profound heavy fast paced set from 1.03 to 1.07 in ISHQ NE TERE from AHISTA AHISTA.
> The tabla hit pattern from 1.08 to 1.26 in NAMUMKIN from SHAKA LAKA BOOM BOOM.
> The profound quick tabla pattern from 1.30 to 1.31 in LAGI LAGI from AKSAR.
> The profound heavy quick tabla pattern from 3.01 to 3.05 & 0.43 to 0.46 in TERE HI LIYE from MR FRAUD.
> The profound tabla pattern from 1.49 to 2.34 in DAMAADJI from RADIO.
> The tabla hit pattern from 1.10 to 1.14 in ALLAH KARE from AHISTA AHISTA.
> The quick tabla hit pattern from 0.30 to 0.32 n so on in SANU GUZRA ZAMANA from KAJRAARE.
> The tabla hit pattern from 0.21 onwards in MASHAH ALLAH from KARZZZZ.
> The fast paced profound heavy tabla pattern from 5.08 to end in LAGI LAGI from AKSAR that was similarly used from 4.53 to end in TUTEYA VE from SHAADI SE PEHLE.
> The fast paced subtle tabla beats from 1.21 to 1.23, 2.53 to 2.55 & 4.10 to 2.20 in AASHIQ BANAYA AAPNE TITLE TRAX that was similarly used from 4.15 to 4.33 in TADAP from DARLING.
> Tabla hit pattern from 2.48 to 2.49 & 4.22 to 4.23 in AASHIQ BANAYA AAPNE TITLE TRAX.
> Underlying profound tabla hit pattern in YAHI HOTA HAI PYAAR MEHFIL MIX from NAMASTEY LONDON.
One of the reasons why Himesh's Sufi Rwak songs stand apart from other composers is because he still uses n retains a very traditional authentic Indian instrument in them, which is the Tabla
i.e. in Aashiq Banaya Aapne Title Trax, off-da-hook profound heavy tabla hit pattern at 2.47 & 4.22 n off-da-hook fast paced tabla hit pattern from 5.42 to 5.44 which catch the listeners pulse, are a major contributor as to why this Sufi Rwak song works big time.