Rock ‘em shock ‘em:
Maheen Sabeeh
Karachi
Deciphering the numbers
The music winners at Lux Style Awards ’09 indeed came as a surprise. Who would’ve thought that Najam Shiraz would walk away with Song of the Year over Ali Azmat, Shehzad Roy, Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan and Zeb and Haniya? But he did.
In reality, the toughest competition for Najam‘s ‘Khwabon Key Rishtey’ was neither Ali Azmat nor Strings. As it turns out, it was Shehzad Roy’s ‘Laga Reh’. The reason one can state this as fact, more than just an observation is because of the numbers that each category generated. In other words, thefinal result list (by the Lux Style Awards) given to the press validates these claims. Instep Today takes a closer look at the votes…
Best Music Album
As far as music awards go, this is the most prestigious and coveted trophy. And last year saw some incredibly tough albums go up against each other. Ali Azmat returned with Klashinfolk. Leaving behind the sonic effects that were the driving force behind his solo debut record Social Circus, Ali opted for a raw, fierce rock sound that was neither redundant nor monotonous. Klashinfolk really was the second coming of Ali Azmat. {Read More…}
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Even though their album Koi Aanay Wala Hai released in early 2008, Strings have managed to keep themselves in the spotlight since then. Koi Aanay Wala Hai has become one of the best selling records in recent time. Strings produced a number of exceptional videos for it; including roping in John Abraham for the ‘Koi Aanay Wala Hai’ video and shooting the ‘Humsafar’ video in Moscow. They put in a brilliant cameo appearance for the second season of Coke Studio and sparked an intense amount of buzz with plans of a duet with Atif Aslam. {Read More…}
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Sadaf Fayyaz speaks to upcoming musician, singer, song writer and producer Zeeshan Hayat of “Feedback”, about his latest song “Aankhon Mein” and explores some interesting facts regarding his music.
Q1. Tell us something about your background and education.
Zeeshan: I have done my B.com from Islamia College and hold a fine arts degree too. Besides music, I am an interior decorator too and have worked on some official projects as well. Basically I am Urdu-speaking. I have my own café in Defence too. Besides this, I have also worked as sound engineer. I have my own studio too. {Read More…}
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The South Asian Bands Festival – organized by the Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India and Seher, is a one-of-it’s-kind festival for bonding India with its neighbours, keeping the youth in mind. First held in 2007, when India was the chair of SAARC, the festival invited popular bands from South Asian Countries like Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka amongst others.
It will be a 3 day long festival with crowd of 20,000 for each day. The interesting part is the inclusion of bands from Afghanistan. {Read More…}
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Fashion rocks!
Strings put in a surprise appearance at the Veet Celebration of Beauty show
Saba Imtiaz
Karachi
From a very personal perspective, I hate surprises. Particularly surprise phone calls, where you spend at least three agonizing minutes while the caller makes you guess his/her identity. Or surprise birthday parties, which are a pain to organize and by the time the victim is ‘surprised’, one’s fake-ooh-look-at-what-we-pulled-off expression has been plastered on for hours. And even though surprises at a fashion show are rare, the organizers of the recent Veet show pulled a rather lovely one off. {Read More…}
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The ‘Titliyan‘ video is undoubtedly one of the most poignant videos to have been released this year. The song itself gained a new lease of life this summer via the reworked version for Coke Studio’s second season. But this newly released video will definitely compel fans of Strings to revisit the original on the 2008 album.
The video itself is a fitting tribute to Pakistani icons that have passed away – some long forgotten and scarcely remembered, and others, who have left us so recently that the shock of their departure hasn’t settled in yet. {Read More…}
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Pakistani music band set to wow at the cricket
Strings are set to thrill the Dubai International Cricket Stadium at Dubai Sports City ahead of the Cool & Cool Cup Twenty20 Internationals between world champions Pakistan and New Zealand tonight. Strings will play before the match encounter. Concert will begin at 7 o’clock with the cricket action getting underway at 8 o’clock.
Concert, presented by 106.2 HUM FM, TEN Sports and Dubai Sports City.
Attendance of the concert is included in the ticket price for the match, with tickets starting from just Dhs75.
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Maheen Sabeeh
Karachi
While Mekaal Hasan takes a step away from production (to concentrate on his music), Faisal Rafi is taking young artists under his wing and as it turns out, is working on a plethora of records at his Silent Studio (rather silently).
Faisal Rafi is no stranger to the music industry and with has jumped into urban pop music production alongside his other classical projects. In the contemporary music scene, the most prominent record that has Faisal Rafi’s stamp includes Kaavish‘s Gunkali, which remains the talk of the town. {Read More…}
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