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The Music of Pakistan (
Traditional music
The classical music of Pakistan is based on the traditional music that was patronized by various empires that ruled the region and gave birth to several genres of classic music including the Klasik. The classical music of Pakistan has two main principles, ‘sur’ (musical note) and ‘lai’ (rhythm). The systematic organization of musical notes into a scale is known as a
There are many families from
Ghazal
In poetry, the ghazal is a
Qawwali
Qawwali (
- Algoza
- Tabla[1]
- Dholak
- Harmonium[1]
- Rubab (instrument)
- Sitar
- Sarangi[1]
- Guitar
- Violin
- Saxophone
- Drums
- Flute (Bansari)[1]
- Shehnai
- Piano
- Harmonica
- Tanpura
- Ektara
- Gharha
- Keyboard
- Chimta[1]
- Dhol
- Dafli or Daf
A group of qawwali musicians, called Humnawa in
Religious music
Hamd
There is a large number of
Naat
Nasheeds
Regional music
Pakistani folk music deals with subjects surrounding daily life in less grandiose terms than the love and emotion usually contained in its traditional and classical counterpart. In Pakistan, each province has its own variation of popular folk music. Pakistan has created many famous singers in this discipline such as the late
Balochi music
The music of
Balti music
According to Balti folklore,
Punjabi music
Music from the Punjab province includes many different varieties. One can read the 'main article' link directly above for details.
Potohari music
Potohari has a rich tradition of poetry recital accompanied by sitar, ghara, tabla, harmonium and dholak. These poems (potohari sher) are often highly lyrical and somewhat humorous and secular in nature, though religious sher are also recited.
Sindhi music
Music from Sindh province is sung in Sindhi, and is generally performed in either the "Baits" or "Waee" styles.
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Shina music
The predominant language found in Pakistan's
Saraiki music
Pashto music
Hindko music
Music from Hazara Division is sung in Hindko dialect, and is generally performed in either the Mahiyay or Shaer styles.
Modern music
Pakistani music in the 21st century revitalized itself and has many segments as follows:
Pop music
Pop music really started in the South Asian region with the famous playback singer
Following Rushdi's success, Christian bands specialising in jazz started performing at various night clubs and hotel lobbies in Karachi, Hyderabad and Lahore. They would usually sing either famous American jazz hits or cover Rushdi's songs. Rushdi sang playback hits along with Laila until the Bangladesh Liberation War when East Pakistan was declared an independent state. Laila, being a Bengali, decided to leave for the newly independent Bangladesh.
Modern pop singers such as
.Rock music
The rise of rock music in Pakistan began in the 1980s when cassettes first came into Pakistan bringing in a wave of Western rock music, particularly groups such as Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, and AC/DC. Western-influenced rock music began to feature in underground concerts all across the country. In the 1980s, rock bands Vital Signs and Strings rose in defiance of the authoritarian regime and gained immense popularity amongst the youth. Vital Signs is widely regarded as Pakistan's first and most successful pop rock band. Their single "Dil Dil Pakistan" was voted the third most popular song of all time in a BBC World poll in 2003.[10] Despite being active since the late 80s, Strings achieved widespread popularity after the release of their second album in 1992. The band went on to sell over 25 million albums worldwide. Junoon, Aaroh, and Noori followed suit in the 1990s.
The early 2000s saw the arrival of progressive metal, progressive rock, and psychedelic rock with bands such as Entity Paradigm and Mizraab. Mekaal Hasan Band, Call, Karavan, Jal, Roxen, Mizmaar, and Qayaas also exploded onto the music scene with different brands of rock including alternative and soft rock. The television series Pepsi Battle of the Bands was instrumental in launching Entity Paradigm, Aaroh, and the Mekaal Hasan Band, all of whom competed in the inaugural edition of the show in 2002.
The resumption of the Pepsi Battle of the Bands in 2017 after almost 15 years, heralded the resurgence of Pakistani rock with the rise of Kashmir, Bayaan, and Badnaam.[14]
Although the heavy metal genre began to rise in popularity after the
Hip hop music
Pakistani hip hop is a blend of
Filmi music
Pakistan's film industry known as "Lollywood" is based in Lahore and Karachi.
Notable artists
Singers
- Pashtunsinger, musician, and composer
- Zeek Afridi - pop singer
- Arooj Aftab - singer and composer
- Salman Ahmed - pop music performer
- Naheed Akhtar - film playback singer
- Gulzar Alam - folk and ghazal singer
- Alamgir- singer-songwriter
- Ghulam Ali - composer and performer
- Sajjad Ali - composer, singer-songwriter and performer[15]
- Waqar Ali - film and TV composer
- Khawaja Khurshid Anwar- film music composer, musicologist
- Humaira Arshad - singer
- Shani Arshad - TV and film composer
- M Ashraf- film music composer
- Atif Aslam - pop singer and performer[8][9]
- Rasheed Attre - film music composer[16]
- Fareed Ayaz - qawwali music performers
- Ali Azmat - rock singer, formed Junoon band with Salman Ahmad
- Qawwal Bahauddin- qawwal singer
- Aima Baig - singer and performer
- Qurat-ul-Ain Balouch- pop singer, performer
- Iqbal Bano - composer, semi-classical music performer
- Javed Bashir - qawwali and folk music performer
- Gulnar Begum - Pashto singer
- Munni Begum - ghazal composer and performer
- Roshan Ara Begum - classical and semi-classical composer, ghazal singer and performer
- Amjad Bobby - film music composer
- Sabri Brothers - qawwali music composers and performers
- Humaira Channa - female singer
- Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi - classical folk singer
- Sara Haider - singer
- Mehdi Hassan - playback singer, composer and performer[17]
- Nazia Hassan - singer and composer
- Zoheb Hassan - singer and composer
- Farhad Humayun - singer and composer
- Rohail Hyatt - pop musician, performer
- Junaid Jamshed - singer-songwriter
- Noor Jehan - playback singer
- Faisal Kapadia - rock/pop singer, and performer with Bilal Maqsood
- Amanat Ali Khan - classical vocalist and ghazal singer[18]
- Asad Amanat Ali Khan - classical vocalist and ghazal singer
- Hamid Ali Khan - classical vocalist and ghazal singer
- Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan - pop, classical, and playback singer
- Badar Ali Khan- (Badar Miandad) - qawwali singer and performer
- Barkat Ali Khan - composer and performer of semi-classical ghazals
- Natasha Khan - singer [19][20]
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - qawwali and ghazal composer and performer
- Rahat Fateh Ali Khan - qawwali composer, performer, popular playback singer
- Farida Khanum - classical vocalist and ghazal singer
- Tassawar Khanum- film and non-film playback singer
- Bakhtiar Khattak - pop and classical singer
- Hadiqa Kiani - composer, singer and writer
- Runa Laila - film playback singer
- Alam Lohar - Punjabi folk singer
- Arif Lohar - Punjabi folk singer
- Sanam Marvi - Sindhi Sufi singer
- Aziz Mian - qawwali music composer and performer
- Sher Miandad- qawwali music performer
- Habib Wali Mohammad - performer and ghazal singer
- Khyal Muhammad - ghazal, classical, and semi-classical singer
- Goher Mumtaz - formed the band 'Jal' with Atif Aslam
- Momina Mustehsan - singer-songwriter, musician, and social activist
- Nayyara Noor - film and non-film playback singer
- Gul Panra (Pashto pop singer)
- Abida Parveen - Queen of Sufi music[21]
- Fariha Pervez - singer-songwriter and music producer
- Malika Pukhraj - folk songs composer and performer
- Abdullah Qureshi (singer) - singer-songwriter and composer
- Munshi Raziuddin - qawwali composer and performer
- Ahmed Rushdi - film playback singer
- Amjad Sabri[22] - qawwal singer
- Farhan Saeed - actor, and performer and a playback singer
- Tina Sani - TV performer
- Ali Sethi - singer, composer and writer
- Mohammad Aizaz Sohail - classical singer
- Tahira Syed - film and TV playback singer
- Sardar Ali Takkar - Pashto singer
- Zoe Viccaji - singer-songwriter
- Ali Zafar - pop singer and performer
- Mustafa Zahid - pop singer, formed band Roxen
- Ustad Badar uz Zaman - classical and semi-classical music composer and ghazal performer
- Zarsanga - Pashto singer
Bands
- Aag (band)
- Noori
- Overload
- Jal
- Mizmaar
- Leo Twins
- Mughal-e-Funk
- Call (band)
- Awaz
- Strings
- Junoon (band)
- Vital Signs (band)
- Roxen
- Fuzön
- Aaroh
- Mekaal Hasan Band
- Bayaan
- Badnaam (band)
- Black Hour
- Kashmir (Pakistani band)
- Jupiters
- The Milestones
- Mizraab
- Rushk
- The All Girl Band
- Young Stunners
- The Benjamin Sisters
- Laal (band)
- Sounds of Kolachi
- Khumariyaan
- Josh (band)
Composers
- Master Abdullah (1932–1994)
- Khalil Ahmed (1936–1997)
- Ghulam Ali
- Waqar Ali - TV music composer
- Khwaja Khurshid Anwar (1912–1984)
- Shani Arshad
- M. Ashraf (1938–2007)[23]
- Rasheed Attre (1919–1967)[16]
- Sahir Ali Bagga
- Nisar Bazmi (1925–2007)
- Amjad Bobby (1942–2005)
- Ghulam Ahmed Chishti (Baba Chishti) (1905–1994)
- Robin Ghosh (1939–2016)[24]
- Ghulam Haider (1908–1953)
- Shuja Haider
- Mehdi Hassan[17]
- Zoheb Hassan - TV performer
- Haroon
- Rohail Hyatt
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1948–1997)
- Zulfiqar Jabbar Khan
- Shoaib Mansoor
- Bilal Maqsood
- Faakhir Mehmood
- Goher Mumtaz- 'Jal' (2002–present)
- Nashad (1923–1981)
- Wajid Nashad (1953–2008) - film and TV music composer
- Sohail Rana - film and TV composer[25]
- Bilal Saeed
- Ustad Tafu - film music composer
- Aamir Zaki (1968–2017)
Producers
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- Badar uz Zaman – originally a classical singer yet worked a lot in the fusion of old music with new one.
- Jal The Band, "Sampooran" and "Andohlan" for his own band.
- Rohail Hyatt – member of Vital Signs who produced all the Vital Signs albums and albums for various artists like Awaz, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Ali Azmat. Also known as a prominent member, producer and musician of Coke Studio.
- Zeeshan Parwez – produces artists.
- Kashan Admani – produces music and runs a music facility Dream Station Productions. He is also the producer of Pakistan's first music web series Acoustic Station.[27]
- Emad ur Rahman – member of Hadiqa Kiyani, Shafqat Amanat Aliand many more.
- Nizar Lalani – Pakistani music producer having produced some iconic albums by Junoon, Hadiqa Kiani, Strings, and more.
Music journalism
Music journalism in Pakistan has grown over the years and most newspapers and TV channels have their own reporters and critics on music of Pakistan. Besides the newspapers, many news websites have also started giving coverage to Music in Pakistan. MangoBaaz, Musicians of Pakistan, and VeryFilmi are common examples.
See also
- Acoustic Station
- Coke Studio
- Culture of Pakistan
- Filmi pop
- History of Pakistani pop music
- Karachi: The Musical
- List of Pakistani musicians
- List of Pakistani film singers
- List of Pakistani folk singers
- List of Pakistani ghazal singers
- List of Pakistani qawwali singers
- List of Pakistani music bands
- List of songs about Pakistan
- National Academy of Performing Arts
- Nescafé Basement
- Pakistani hip hop
- Uth Records
- List of most-viewed Pakistani music videos on YouTube
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Music and Dances of Pakistan, Musical Instruments of Pakistan". Government of Pakistan, National Heritage Wing website. Ministry of Information, Broadcasting & National Heritage. Archived from the original on 14 April 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- ^ Mahmood, Rafay (12 June 2015). "Patari takes a hit as country's biggest record label threatens legal action". The Express Tribune.
[...] EMI Pakistan holds licences to around 60,000 Pakistani artists and almost 70% of the total music of the country.
- ^ "Patari's profile".
- ^ "Baltistan is Beautiful Land of Mountain|Glaciar| Velleys". mybaltistan.com website. 1 January 2010. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- ^ Hussainabadi, Muhammad Yousuf: Balti Zaban 1990
- ^ "Ahmed Rushdi remembered as a magician". The Nation. 12 April 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ^ "Atif Aslam Rocked the O2!". BOLLYSPICE website. 6 May 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- ^ a b "Atif Aslam Dhamaka London concert". 6 May 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
- ^ a b "Bollywood Showstoppers Press conference". BOLLYSPICE website. 6 April 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
- ^ The World's Top Ten (most popular songs in 2003) BBC World Service website, Retrieved 13 October 2020
- ^ (Jon Pareles)In Performance: Pop; Divine and Secular Love Expressed in Rock Style New York Times, Published 8 May 2002, Retrieved 16 October 2020
- ^ Junoon Band's Concert in Observance of United Nations Day to be held in General Assembly Hall, 24 October 2001 United Nations website, Published 19 October 2001, Retrieved on 16 October 2020
- ^ Junoon band's performance for Nobel Peace Prize Concert at The Royal House of Norway website Published 17 December 2007, Retrieved 29 July 2020
- ^ (Turyal Azam Khan)'Pepsi Battle of the Bands' makes a powerful return Asia Times (newspaper), Published 24 July 2018, Retrieved 16 October 2020
- ^ Sajjad Ali, Ali Azmat draw big crowds at Lahore Music Meet Dawn newspaper, Published 12 March 2017, Retrieved 14 October 2020
- ^ a b "Three Generations of Songmakers". Dawn (newspaper). 4 August 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
- ^ a b Remembering the legend (Mehdi Hassan) Dawn (newspaper), Published 13 June 2012, Retrieved 15 October 2020
- ^ "Classical singer Amanat Ali Khan remembered". The News International (newspaper). Associated Press of Pakistan. 18 September 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ^ Arif, Aayan (29 July 2018). "Musicians Of Pakistan: Natasha Khan - Making an Impact in the World of Music". Musicians Of Pakistan. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
- ^ "Natasha Khan Pakistani Singer". Natasha Khan Pakistani Singer. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
- ^ Abida Parveen on allmusic.com website Retrieved 16 October 2020
- ^ Qawwal Amjad Sabri's obituary on The Telegraph (newspaper) Published 23 June 2016, Retrieved 15 October 2020
- ^ Profile of music director M. Ashraf on cineplot.com website Retrieved 15 October 2020
- ^ End of a legend: Fans pay tribute to Bangladeshi music director Robin Ghosh Dawn (newspaper), Published 13 February 2016, Retrieved 15 October 2020
- ^ Shades of glory: Sohail Rana Dawn (newspaper) Published 19 April 2009, Retrieved 15 October 2020
- ^ Arif, Aayan (19 March 2019). "Musicians Of Pakistan: Nescafe Basement Brings Aadat's Nostalgic Magic Back Leaving the Fans in Tears of Joy". Musicians Of Pakistan. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
- ^ "Dream station productions launches Acoustic station". The Nation. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2020.