Playing for quite a few local pop acts has brought him to the limelight, and he is now getting recognition for his talent. Shallum, the guitar guru harbours the kind of passion that sets him apart from guitar gods pack.
His six-string work encompasses tones in the direction of blues, rock, jazz, classical and everything in between. All his influences are focused towards creation of exhilarating, infectious but most of all moving slipstream music. Shallum is undoubtedly a studio artist of first water. His art on the debut album dazzles in sonic inventiveness. While thinking back upon the element responsible for kindling the singing passion in the lad, Rameez profoundly expresses the contribution of his siblings who only took singing as a hobby.
Besides performing the ballads and leading the marketing department of a certain music channel, Rameez loves spending time with his family. Being blessed with an enchanting voice and a persona imbued with enthusiasm, humility, and modesty, Rameez Mukhtar serves to be a perfect accompaniment to the duo.
Labels: Fuzon , Pakistani Music Info. The Band Call. Call is a Pop Rock band formed by Danish J. Khan, Khurram J. Khan, Xulfi and Omer Pervaiz. The vocalist, Danish J. Khan left in and the band was disbanded. However, the band reformed in and after a few line-up changes, released their debut album, Jilawatan in late Call still needed a bassist and recruited Shahzad Hameed. The band's first gig was in The site was decorated with flame torches and complimenting the band's music were live mime performances.
Their setlist was composed of 10 original tracks, a rare thing for underground musicians to do back then. However, in , the band's bassist, Shahzad Hameed left.
After a while, the band's guitarist, Omer Pervaiz left as well in order to concentrate on his solo project, Naqsh. Khurram and Xulfi got together and auditioned for new band members and decided that this would be an urdu project.
Khurram joined in on drums. Indus Music made a live video of the song which was to be exclusively aired on the channel itself. Call then came up with a second single titled Pukaar, which came with a promotional video directed by Xulfi, eventually won the Indus Music Award for the Best Alternative Rock Song.
The band then released an unplugged song titled Kaash. Soon Khurram had to part roles with the band because he had to run Jilawatan Productions, the company which used to manage EP, Jal, Call and Roxen band. Eventually Sunny and Usman left the band as well. A new single was released and was accompanied by a video directed by Xulfi.
The song was titled Shayad and topped the charts. The album was finally released in November and immediately topped the Vibes charts and stayed there for a lengthy amount of time. The album release was accompanied by a single titled Sab Bhula Kai. A video was released with the single and was directed by Sohail Javed. The single topped the charts and fared extremely well. A while later two more singles were released, both of which were accompanied by videos.
Official Website-Thebandcall. Labels: Call , Pakistani Music Info. Nazia Hassan. Nazia Hassan April 3, — August 13, was an iconic Pakistani pop singer. Her song "Aap Jaisa Koi" from the film Qurbani made her a legend and pop icon in Pakistan and all of South Asia in the 80s where she is admired and loved even today, several years after her death.
Nazia Hassan was born in Karachi, Pakistan and from an early age showed interest in music. Nazia's professional career started at the age of fifteen when she provided the lead vocals for the song Aap Jaisa Koi from a Bollywood film titled Qurbani , by Indian producer-director Feroz Khan. Nazia was introduced to Feroz by his friend in the United Kingdom The song was a huge success in India and despite Nazia being a Pakistani, she gained overnight fame there.
She then collaborated with Biddu, a UK-based Indian music producer who was also the composer of Aap Jaisa Koi, on numerous other projects. Biddu had previously made several hit-songs for various singers like Tina Charles and Carl Douglas. In , Biddu released Nazia's first mega-hit, Disco Deewane.
Her later albums also had vocals of her brother, Zoheb Hassan. After the huge success of their music, selling millions of albums worldwide, EMI Music International also Nazia and Zoheb, making them as the first South Asian artists to be signed by an international music label. In fact, the biggest nineties bands including the Vital Signs and the Jupiters got a platform on "Music '89".
Nazia also had a seismic impact in India. India Today magazine voted her as one of the 50 people who helped change the face of India. That teenybopper was Nazia Hasan. The year in Hindi film music thus belonged to a UK based Pakistani singer — a slip of a girl who came to India via England to capture subcontinental hearts. There was no way even the velvet voice of Lata could scale down Nazia during that spell. All their money earned from music was spent for charity.
She belonged to many charity organizations and worked with her mother Muniza Basir in the low income areas of Karachi to help the needy and sick. Nazia worked with Javed Jabbar, former Information Minister, to raise funds for children in Rajasthan. She went to a very large number of schools to collect toys for the poor children and gave talks on the subject of social awareness for the under privileged.
Nazia never forgot the love and support of all the schools and always spoke with great affection for them. She completed her education in the UK, got a law degree and then worked in the United Nations in the Security Council. Nazia continued her social work even in New York and worked for children from the UN platform.
Nazia Hassan is still the symbol of grace, sacred beauty and innocence and is frequently compared to Princess Diana as she was known to possess a heart of gold. Nazia spent her teenage between Karachi and London where she would go on to read law at a London University. Nazia was married on March 30, to Mirza Ishtiaq Baig. This marriage was a complete failure and Nazia Hassan got divorced just before her demise.
Vital Signs. Vital Signs was Pakistan's first widely known pop band and were given the title of "pioneers of pop music. They were extremely popular and produced four very successful albums. History: The band shot to instant fame with their patriotic song Dil Dil Pakistan, which was voted the 3rd most popular song of all time by BBC World.
Soon after, Nusrat Hussain parted ways with the band to make way for guitarist Salman Ahmad. They released their successful debut album in along with TV producer Shoaib Mansoor who also wrote the lyrics for the band. Shoaib Mansoor also directed a mini-drama Dhundle Raste about true story the band, in which the band member acted themselves. In , Salman Ahmad left the band, and was replaced by guitarist Rizwan-ul-Haq.
After Rizwan-ul-Haq joined the band Vital Signs released Vital Signs 2, the follow up to their debut album in which was a departure from the band's rosy imagery and sound. The trio, consisting of studio sessionist Immu, Shallum and vocal exponent Shafqat, rediscovered its credentials as a serious cutting-edge band, fusing deeply meditative ragas with rock and jazz. The three seasoned collaborators of the band consider their debut album as a labor of love as well as a message Members Imran Momina Imran Momina aka "Emu" is a multi-dimensional pianist and a composer, who has been playing since the age of His flair for arranging his own music and experimenting with melodies made him set up his own recording and mixing studio — and is where Fuzon's recording sessions took place.
Moving on from humble beginnings, Emu now has a top of the line audio and video unit which caters to the artistic as well as commercial requirements of the country's top musicians. Technically proficient, self-tutored Fuzoneer, Imran has a universe of possibilities at his disposal. Imran aka 'Emu' is a charismatic keyboard exponent. Emu is a fine studio tactician whose feeling-based work has been making sweeping statements for over a decade. Emu has an uncanny knack for orchestrating memorable music which is dominant in Fuzon's gilt-edged tracks.
Emu's immaculate and unparalleled keyboard maneuvers on one hand impart a euphoric essence to the debut album 'Saagar', and on the other his artistry is what makes the band tick. As a musician, Emu has composed and produced music albums for a number of leading artists including Ali Haider and Najam Shiraz.
Shallum Asher Xavier Shallum is fortunate to have music running in his family. Playing for quite a few local pop acts has brought him to the limelight, and he is now getting recognition for his talent.
Shallum, the guitar guru harbours the kind of passion that sets him apart from guitar gods pack. His six-string work encompasses tones in the direction of blues, rock, jazz, classical and everything in between.
All his influences are focused towards creation of exhilarating, infectious but most of all moving slipstream music.
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