Lo-fi house. Master of drums.

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It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice

With a unique blend of influences, Haider's evolving sound spans melancholic dub-infused soundscapes to captivating grooves, with a focus on sonic maturity.

For over a decade, Haider has been diligently practicing the art of sound and technology, quietly building a significant body of original productions under his birth name. His consistent output has garnered global attention, leading to his recognition as one of the promising electronic music producers emerging from Pakistan.

Combining influences from the vibrant city of Detroit's renowned techno and house music grooves followed by a nostalgic feeling inspired by his South Asian roots, Haider's music embodies a captivating fusion of melancholic sounds. His sound bridges the gap between the music scene in Pakistan and the Western electronic landscape, despite the geographic and cultural distances from techno hubs of the West. 

His exceptional skills have not gone unnoticed, with notable achievements including a remix release of Nabihah Iqbal on Ninja Tune. 

Multidisciplinary / Branding @satyarecs

"Drifting, emotive and more than a little dreamy — that’s the kind of house music you’ll find on ‘Graduated,’ the debut full-length from the Lahore, Pakistan–based producer Haider Uppal. It’s a beautiful and assured collection of tunes, the culmination of several years of original productions, collaborations, and remixes/edits for the likes of Nightmares On Wax, Powel and BLOND:ISH. Uppal’s musical career started as a teenager back home in Lahore, but ‘Graduated’ began to take shape while attending school in Michigan, where he soaked up the sounds of house and techno emanating from nearby Detroit.

You can hear faint echoes of the kind of music that Motor City artists like the late Mike Huckaby would make while in house mode — but Uppal’s music shares even more in common with the vaguely hallucinatory sound of artists like YokoO. (Perhaps that’s not a coincidence, as he helps to manage YokoO’s Satya label.) Next up for Uppal is a remix for Nabihah Iqbal on Ninja Tune — his future is looking good.” - DJ Mag North America

mix engineering / remix commissions:
haider@satyarecs.net

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