Derision, pakistan, Pakistan's Pop Culture, Urban Pakistan »

[6 Nov 2011 | No Comment | ]
This is what we in Pakistan call a “Bakkar Mandi” (goat market), where you go to buy sacrificial animals for Eid ul Azha. Many countries have such markets around the time of Hajj’s end- but why is this picture something you’d find only in Pakistan, or perhaps Afghanistan and Nigeria at most?

electronic, electronica, music »

[4 Nov 2011 | No Comment | ]

Natasha Ejaz is an artist who recently made headlines in Pakistan for her voice on the track “Jahaan”, from the project “It Might Get Glitchy”, that is engineered and produced by Rishabh Rajan.

From the biography on the YouTube page, Rishbash is “a Music Production lecturer at ICOM, is a graduate of Berklee College of Music, with a Major in Film Scoring. He has written music for a few independent films while working in Los Angeles, many of which played in the local festival circuits. As a film composer he specializes in writing electronic, orchestral and ethnic music. He has also worked for various sound library companies as a content developer and is now developing his own sample libraries.”

I wanted to share this video where he walks us through the work done on the actual song production, all in Ableton Live. I love this program- it’s a treat watching what people can do with it every day, even if it is a bit more difficult to use than Logic, depending on how your mind is wired.

Here’s the finished song, on their Souncloud page:

Jahaan by itmightgetglitchy

War On Terror »

[21 Sep 2011 | No Comment | ]

Today, after almost 15 years, I heard the voice of my friend Jalal, who grew up many years in Pakistan, but is from Afghanistan.

He’s also Burhanuddin Rabbani’s son.