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Touring for freedom
Courtesy of Sangeet Records, Call and Noori are due to perform for a ‘Freedom Tour’ in New York in October 2006. Sangeet Records, which launched Call in North America will soon be launching Roxen’s album there as well.
Making music for tomorrow
Concerning their next album, Bilal Maqsood of Strings released a statement that “The [...]
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The Godfather of Pop music in Pakistan, Alamgir recently performed a gig in Karachi. Courtesy of The Musik with a set designed by Omar Amanullah —inspired by Andy Warhaul’s Pop Art— Alamgir came and rocked all those present off their feet. Otherwise known as The French Kissers, a name coined by Gumby during one of [...]
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The Hints
What started off with little teasers cleverly depicting the mysterious appearance of the letters TMA before they would vanish with the effect of a television screen turning itself off, turned into one of the most talked about events in the music industry— The Musik Awards.
The invitations were hand-delivered in a black velvet envelope-type thing [...]
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If there is anyone making waves on the Pakistani music scene these days, it is two guys called Sajid and Zeeshan. And if there is anything billed to zip up the charts at lightening speed, it is their debut album titled One light year at snail speed.
You’re not a rockstar,
But you can see yourself [...]
Posted in World Music Magazine on July 1, 2006 | No Comments »
Fuzon’s lead guitarist Shallum and ex-Noori drummer Gumby will be performing in the World Music Festival in Oslo this August. Shallum has quite a load of work, considering that the launch of Fuzon’s second album Neend Na Aye Teray Bina, is expected to happen this summer. Regarding their performance in the Oslo World Music Festival, [...]
