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Album Review: Adil Omar – Transcendence
Adil Omar crafts an album that blossoms into something deeply fascinating, emotionally complex, and worthy of repeat listens.
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Poor Rich Boy’s latest single ‘Almost Tuesday’ is one of their best tracks yet
With Almost Tuesday, Poor Rich Boy diversify their sonic palette and move forwards towards a sound that fizzes with promise.
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Album Review: Compost Regrowth by Ziyad is a lush soundtrack to infinity
The debut album from Karachi producer Ziyad is a confident record that shines in it’s layered production and softer moments.
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Sikandar Ka Mandar announce new album, release fresh single ‘Tu Fikr Na Kar’
It's coming next month. Get hyped.
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‘In for a penny, in for a pound’: Ali Suhail talks latest album ‘Pursuit of Irrelevance’
At this year’s Lahore Music Meet, Ali Suhail played a headline set at the Al Hamra, and also provided guitar support for Shajie and Poor Rich Boy. On the side, he’s part of indie outfit Sikandar Ka Mandar. So as a prominent figure on the alternative scene, it’s particularly exciting when Suhail announced his…
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Nothing Is Lost Yet – Streams of Soan
When Islamabad-based post-rock artist Hasan Abbas decided on a rebrand, he chose the Soan river that cuts through Punjab as a representation of his music. It makes sense - his previous work has often had an aspect of ebb and flow to it, especially the wah-wah effects that pop up in almost every Streams of…
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E Sharp detail new album
Karachi band E Sharp released their debut album Bahadur Yaar Jung back in May of 2015. Ahmed Zawar has given a few details about the band's sophomore effort via twitter. The follow-up will have 11 new tracks - a welcome number after the bruising 21 tracks of Bahadur - and will be a '180 degree…
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Collections Vol. 4 – Foreversouth
The Foreversouth Collections thus far have tended to favour the more accessible side of the Karachi electronic artists that come under its roster. In many ways this is beneficial, creating a more cohesive collection and challenging the artists to create in a more constrained, ‘poppier’ environment. Under some circumstances, this can lead to stagnation - artists that…
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Plumas – VEKA
‘Plumas’ is an album that moves from esoteric electronic pop to ambient music, from lyrics like ‘fingers and toes respond when touched’ to echo-drenched indeterminable vocals, all smoothly transitioning in a cohesive and luscious release. The opening half, from ‘Window’ to ‘El Amohadon de Plumas’ is a journey of electronic jazz, where synth lines…
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What’s Going On – MU
It’s likely that 2016 will be remembered as a collective slap in the face. We lost a number of cultural icons, Trump became president, the UK voted to exit the EU, Aleppo saw one of the worst humanitarian crisis of the decade, and that was all in the last half of the year. Released on the…