Coke Studio 11

2018 was spent mostly working on the Coke Studio team. I was approached to compose and perform a song, and I asked if they needed engineers for audio post. As a result, I ended up not only featured as an artist on Main Irada, but I played on 10 tracks as a guest musician, and I was also one of the audio editors. It was a dream job, getting to wake up every morning and go to an office that is dedicated to music production, with a brilliant team of musicians, audio and video people. Ali Hamza and Zohaib Kazi were great bosses, and I personally loved quite a few of the tracks that were featured that year. I’ve listed some of my favourites below.

Our first feature film released in November 2016! Directed by acclaimed Pakistan director Mehreen Jabbar, we had a lot of fun working on the score and the title track! Take a listen to the music and check some images from the scoring and tracking sessions!

Excerpts from Dobara Phir Se Background Score

Dobara Phir Se title track:

Music and Lyrics: Haniya Aslam;
Vocals: Haniya Aslam & Ali Hamza;
Guitar: Haniya Aslam;
Bass & Mandolin: Justin Gray;
Dhol: Gurpreet Chana;
Djembe & percussion: Thomas Muhtadi;
Ngoni & Mbira: Njacko Backo.

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Justin Gray
Produced by: Haniya Aslam;