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Is Atif Aslam rescuing Naat from the Bollywood-pop takeover? Every time singer raises his hand in prayer, a blessing falls from sky, and with it a kalaam that everyone listens to KARACHI: Every time Atif Aslam raises his hand in prayer a blessing falls from the sky, and with it, a kalaam that everyone listens to. The crisp white kurta shalwar and the soft top lighting almost give the impression that divine light is embracing Pakistan’s most sought-after voice. Maybe, it has already entered his heart and is trying to find a place in his voice; a voice that fumbled surprisingly when he recited ....
March 7, 2021 Atif Aslam talks to Instep about his newest release ‘Raat’, living through Covid-19 times, fatherhood and his plans for 2021 Nocturnal narratives: Atif Aslam in a still from the music video of Raat . Atif Aslam, now in his mid-thirties, married to the love of his life and father to two children, has been happily throwing people off with his music releases. With ‘12 Bajay’, he went back to his Jalpari roots with added rock flair and a music video by director Zeeshan Parwez. It highlighted the outer world of Atif Aslam with precision as well as solitary moments along with rigorous touring. ....
January 10, 2021 With Pagal, Ali Noor and a slew of musicians create an audio-visual landscape that is both laudable and approachable. “ / / .” – ‘Let’s Kill Tonight’ by Panic! at the Disco Long gone are the early and unusually optimistic days of Noori. Their last album that contained ‘ Aik Tha Badshah’ – the single version – was the direction they needed to follow. But as Noori admitted then, the album contained songs that had been written nearly a decade ago. Begum Gul Bakaoli Sarfarosh (BGBS) was good and upon reflection made it palpable that greater things were still going to come. As brothers Ali Noor and Ali Hamza took a hiatus from Noori to explore solo careers – even as they admit that the band is very much alive and will come back – Hamza went his own way, working with Kami Paul and Rakae Jamil for his solo record, which is in the pipeline. Ali Noor also went a different way. ....
Instep Today Sun, 12, 20 Rohail Hyatt produced an all-original yet shorter version of Coke Studio in lieu of Covid-19 with urban artists only and a crisper house-band. “We’re beaten and blown by the wind/Trampled in dust/I’ll show you a place/High on the desert plain, yeah/Where the streets have no name.” - ‘Where The Streets Have No Name’ - U2 The passing year has been a strange one and not just for music. The way we live, travel and work along with our consumption of music, has changed. 2020 emerged as the year of Covid-19, a global pandemic that made working from home and staying indoors the new normal. It also meant musicians worked digitally as technology became a necessity to be embraced. In some ways, it pushed artists out of their comfort zone irrespective of the challenges that lay ahead, leading to unexpectedly stunning new music. In other ways, it provided novel vantage points from which to look at the future of music with. ....
December 20, 2020 The growth of independent record labels, several EPs, music videos, singles and the resurrection of electro-pop in mainstream music via Velo Sound Station (VSS) and a dissimilar version of Coke Studio 2020…these were some of music’s defining moments in what has been a difficult year. Meesha Shafi has made three appearances on Coke Studio, with two on Velo Sound Station and an independent single with Abdullah Siddiqui, making this a very successful year musically speaking. – Photo by Ali Shah. “We’re beaten and blown by the wind/Trampled in dust/I’ll show you a place/High on the desert plain, yeah/Where the streets have no name.” ....