Qais Essar - On Solitude (EP)

Produced By: Qais Essar
Mix: Qais Essar (Phoenix) Eric Zang (Las Vegas)
Mastering: Eric Zang (Las Vegas)

"Astral Rendezvous", "We Used To Talk At Night", "Creosote Wreaths" (Q. Essar)

Featuring Chris Trinidad on Bass ("Astral Rendezvous", "We Used To Talk At Night")

Featuring Neelamjit Dhillon on Saxophone, and strings arrangement for "Creosote Wreaths"

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Creosote Wreaths

Astral Rendezvous

Produced by Qais Essar
Neelamjit Dhillon - Saxophone, Tabla
Chris Trinidad - Bass

Mar 4 2022

Haus of Taus - Chi Khilaf feat. Ahmad Zahir

Neon Engines - Toronto Skate Park

Based on a folkloric composition
Qais Essar: Rabab
Dr. Neelamjit Dhillon: Tabla
Sandeep Mishra: Sarangi

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Anar Anar

Based on an Original composition performed by Ahmad Zahir & Khanum Zhila
Qais Essar: Rabab, Dilruba,
Eric Zang: Daf, Bendir

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Laili Laili

Solo tula attan, 1er festival indo-persan à Marseille 2011

ZALAY

Peacebuilding charity International Alert is delighted to announce the worldwide release of Peace Tracks, a global collaborative music project that brings together celebrated recording artists with musicians from around the world.

Coupé in C Minor – ABBA, Melissa Auf der Maur, Philip Glass and musicians from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, DR Congo, Ghana, India and UK 

(Afla Sackey, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Kajeem, Kasai Masai, M3nsa, Muntu Valdo, Philip Glass, Qais Essar, Ruari MacLeod, Sir Loui, Stig Anderson)
Drums, guitar, percussion & synthesiser: Ruari MacLeod. Keyboards: Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus. Minimoog: Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Ruari MacLeod. Piano: Philip Glass. Rabab: Qais Essar. Tabla: Neelamjit Dhillon. Vocals: Afla Sackey, Kajeem, Kasai Masai, M3nsa, Melissa Auf der Maur, Muntu Valdo and Sir Loui. “Azonto Decalé” used courtesy of Focus Organization: www.focusorganization.com. “SOS” used courtesy of ABBA. Produced and remixed by Ruari MacLeod.

Coupé in C Minor

USTAD NASHENAS - (Kalaam - Dr.  Allama Iqbal)

Qais Essar - Letters to My Best Friend EP

Produced By: Qais Essar
Mix: Qais Essar, Eric Zang (Phoenix)
Mastering: Justin Gray (Toronto)

"The Hurt", "To Mars and Back" (Q. Essar)
"Ahesta Bero" (Traditional)

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Ahesta Bero

Syzygy feat Alam Khan on Sarode
also feat bassist Chris Trinidad

released July, 2020

Produced by Qais Essar

Mixing by Qais Essar (Phoenix)
Mastered by Eric Zang (Las Vegas)

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John E. Madar

Syzygy

“…a master of the rabab…” – NY Daily News

Qais Essar is a contemporary Afghan composer, instrumentalist and producer who channels his melodic designs through the rabab, a 2,500 year old instrument from Afghanistan. He has toured extensively, sharing his new genre of music nationally and internationally. His first LP, The Green Language (2014), quickly became an Amazon #1 bestseller, followed by  Tavern of Ruin (2016), and his 3rd album, The Ghost You Love Most (2018) to critical acclaim. . He has contributed original music to feature film and television also, composing for 2021’s Oscar-nominated film Three Songs for Benazir.  In 2017, Qais was recruited by director Nora Twomey to compose an original song for her Golden Globe and Oscar-nominated film, The Breadwinner (produced by Angelina Jolie). He earned a Canadian Screen Award for “Best Original Song” for his piece The Crown Sleeps.

Haus of Taus - Chi Khilaf feat. Ahmad Zahir

Qais Essar

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