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Rohail Hyatt, producer of Coke Studio: Eastern music relies on melodic nuances that touch certain notes or frequencies and these can cause a ‘clash’ if…

13 hr ago

Amongst all the big music shows, there was also the quiet release of this rabab-driven Balochi nar sur trance. You really have to hear it once to have …

Jan 19

Shahan Shahid wrote back after the previous post covering Bohemia’s Saari Duniya on Coke Studio: Very glad you covered this. I agree with you that Roha…

Jan 15

Rohail Hyatt, producer of Coke Studio: This song has a strange chant-like opening and closing part! I had found this loop somewhere and I had used it a…

Jan 12

Friend of the show Hassan Asif sends the following review of Maanu’s Khwaab: Maanu is a fairly recent addition to Pakistan’s second wave of underground…

Jan 8

Bilal Maqsood on Shamoon Ismail: “I don’t understand what he does!” chuckles Bilal. “But it works. His songs are very good, but how does he make them? …

Jan 5

This year has forced us to deal with mortality and separation in very real terms. In this literal life-and-death existentialism, we are pushed everyday…

Dec 26, 2020

In a way, Filhaal by Towers is not a new sound, especially if you listen to Western music. But it is released in an industry where the influences of ro…

Dec 22, 2020

After the meteoric rise of Coke Studio, and before the relaunch of Battle of the Bands, Pepsi flirted with Farhad Humayun’s Pepsi Smash. Both Smash and…

Dec 18, 2020

Dec 15, 2020

Before joining Aunty Disco Project, Ali Alam performed under the moniker of Ganda Banda. This is one of his more well known songs – mellow, prominent b…

Dec 11, 2020

I was glad to hear that many readers enjoyed Sandaraa. Omer Tariq wrote back: Was an absolute delight finding out about Sandaraa yesterday and not surp…

Dec 8, 2020

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