AUDIO INTERVIEW: Listen Online with Photo Captions: Download Audio “I can’t, even for a split second, deny the fact that when fame first hit us (the Vital Signs) at a level that we couldn’t possibly imagine, it felt good,” said Rohail Hyatt. “But I think I soon realised that it’s not my cup of tea. […]
Live wires in the studio Zeeshan Parwez and Adnan Malik had a significant role to play at Coke Studio this year. Zeeshan switched from a performer from Season One to Producer, Videos this year while Adnan Malik took on the reigns of Associate Producer Videos and Producer BTS (Behind the Scenes). Before Coke Studio hits […]
We have heard from some underground source, who has got contacts at Coke Studio, that artists would be performing an old patriotic song. Most probably the song would be “Dil Dil Pakistan” as that was composed by Rohail Hayatt himself for Vital Signs in late 80s. The song became sort of national anthem of Pakistan […]
“He has fit right in,” says Coke Studio co-producer Umber ‘Ma’ Hyatt about Ali Hamza, the man who not only blew everyone away with his rendition of ‘Aik Alif’ with Saieen Zahoor and brother Ali Noor, but also took up banjo playing and guiding the backing vocalists. It started with a conversation about energy between […]
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“Are you sure you don’t need to warm up before we go in there?” I asked Selina when we arrived at the studio and home of the person she was literally going to audition for. “No, no” she responded nodding her head, as if to suggest that I shouldn’t be worry. At that exact moment, […]
“We have to explore our roots and it can be done via music.” – Ali Zafar These days Ali Zafar has been busy. But it isn’t just music that is taking his time. Ali is exploring Eastern music and reading up on Sufism. The hint of this influence was first felt last year when Ali […]
Coke Studio and beyond: The wonderful world of Umber and Rohail Hyatt Behind every successful man is a woman and Rohail Hyatt is the first to admit it, as he and his wife Umber let Instep in to their home and life at the height of Coke Studio fever. By Maheen Sabeeh Meet the producers […]
The Internet comes alive with the resounding cheer ‘Pakistan Zindabad!’ Social networking website Facebook and microblogging website Twitter were chock-full of celebratory messages. PakCricket became one of the top 10 topics being talked about on Twitter on Sunday night
Madeeha Syed gets through high security for a backstage peek at the most elusive recording studio in town. I drive several miles out of the main centre of the city, cross a bridge into an area dominated by warehouses and industrial mills and arrive at a venue marked only by a tiny sign. The only […]
