Bhai. I'm gonna share your work all over when i have the chance. This is so gorgeous. 

Jithay Taira Zikr

Chotay daboun mein phassay huay barray barray insaan
Mein ab tak nahien hun kiun pareshaan
Dhaagon mein barri jagaa
Bhaag lo hai mashwara

Ghari jo ruk gai hai phassa hua  hun yahan
Mein ab tak nahein hun kiun pareshan
In khirkiyon ke saamne hain asmaan
Is jahan ke hain mehmaan

Bhaag Lo

Fuck everybody
I don't need anyone
If you're looking at me then I’ve already won
Not a song about Jesus
It's a song about love
Ripped a hole in my t-shirt
It's a sign from above

Ooh it's a sign from above
Ooh yeah, it's a sign from above
Ooh it's a sign from above
Ooh it's a sign from above

Sometimes I'm dreaming and I almost get stuck
My guardian angel is a little bit drunk
He just stands in a corner until I wake up
Couldn't make this shit up
It's a sign from above

Ooh it's a sign from above
Ooh yeah, it's a sign from above
Ooh it's a sign from above
Ooh yeah, it's a sign from above

unreleased: Sign From Above

Nudiyaa

Kursiyaan

Dost Hain Meray

Chaand

Ruksana

Lyrics:

Words have gotten stale in my brain
The thoughts remain the same
I don’t need convincing anymore
And none of your concerns

I feel all right
But I’m empty inside

If you claim to be my friend
Why won’t you try to get into my head?
Please try to tweak things up a little bit
Kick start my heart back on the road

I seem alright
But I’m empty inside

Because inside is a withered tree
Waiting for the spring
And sometimes I feel an odd change
But the ebb tide takes it all away 

Beneath the surface of the ocean
There are treasures undiscovered
Keep digging and searching
For that pearl you left behind
In your search for purpose
In a time of wonder

I’ve been trying to find
Some meaning in this life
But I can’t see through it all
These objects that I see 
Are they for real?
Or is it all just in my mind
Am I just in my mind?

Credits
Vocals: Altamash Sever
Guitars: Luke Azariah and Misbah Uddin
Drums: Yusuf Ramay
Keys: Luke Azariah and Misbah Uddin
Saxophone: Jibraan Saeed

Produced by Misbah Uddin at Aeroplane Records
Drums tracked at True Brew Records

A very special thanks to: 
Zain Ahsan for letting us borrow his Fender blues junior amp. 
Danish Khwaja for just being there and for that suggestion for that part in Noni. 
Waleed Ahmed for being a source of inspiration and for that advice about using gated reverb on Ebb. 
Amr Kashmiri for being so damn hospitable and letting us use his expensive analog compressor and his Moog sub 37 and for also creating that sound of sea waves. 
Tabish Habib for directing the music video for Noni. 
Jamal Rahman for letting us use True Brew Records to track drums for all the songs we've made after 'Lead the Way'.
Sameen Qasim for her beautiful voice that we used for some of our backing vocal tracks.
Muhammad Awais for designing our logo and letting us use his neon light Keeray Makoray logo for our music video.
Haris Hidayatullah for being such an awesome human being and digitalizing, editing and animating our album artwork.

Island In The City

We approached this song in a very different way from the rest of the songs on the album. We started it off as a story and wrote lyrics surrounding that story. Towards the end, it reminded us of the Cassette stories we heard in our childhood. 

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Vocals: Ali Suhail, Nadir Shehzad
Backing vocals: Ali Suhail, Zahra Paracha
Guitar: Ali Suhail
Synth: Ali Suhail
Audio production: Ali Suhail & Zahra Paracha
Composition: Ali Suhail
Lyrics: Ali Suhail
_____________________________

Lyrics:
Ek dafa ka zikr hai
Ek ghanay jungle main ek chhota sa jugnu rehta tha
Woh roz raat ko jungle main bhatkay hu’on ko rah dikhata tha
Ek raat jugnu issi tarhan apnay khoj pe tha
Ke uska darya ke kinaray guzar hua
Uss raat pata nahin kya baat thi
Ya shayad jugnu ka dehaan kahin aur tha
Jo bhi tha, 
Jugnu ne zindagi main pehli dafa chand ka aqs dekha

[Jugnu]
Andheray ka bojh sambhalna mera kaam hai
Tum kaun ho
Kaisay phel gaye ho jahan main
Tareeki se kya nahin dartay ho
Kuch kehtay kyun nahin

Phir ek raat bohot tez toofan aya

Jab jugnu ne apni ankhen kholeen
Tau ek bohot baray se pahaar pe tha
Jo manzar apne samnay paya
Uss ne uski dunya hi badal di

[Chand]:
Hoon main jo waqt hai jab se
Kaisay samjho ge main kaun hoon
Chhoti si roshni se 
Kaisay yahan tak pohonchay ho

Kuch kehtay kyun nahin

Qissa abhi jaari hai
Agar aap kahani ka baqiya hissa sunna chahtay hain
Tau cassette ki side B lagaiye

36 (Chhatees)

Cassette Kahani -- کیسٹ کہانی

Number (live)

Since he started in 2011, Shashwat Bulusu has been turning heads with his trademark non-conforming approach toward songwriting. Shashwat’s unapologetic DIY experimentation truly makes him one of a kind. As a result, it’s incredibly difficult to put him in a box.

A singer-songwriter, producer and visual artist, Shashwat is remarkably self aware about his creative process and tries not to over-romanticise his own art. On a cursory listen to his oeuvre of musical narratives, one is bound to be struck by his fearlessness in foraying into new sonic territories. Being a multilingual artist, Shashwat writes in both English and Hindi, each allowing him to delve into unique expressions, sometimes being veiled and other times being more confrontational. An avid story-teller through his songs and his live performances, Shashwat’s songs primarily deal with themes of absurdity and self-admission, underpinned with a sense of raw emotion and vulnerability.

With 4 single releases, the A-side/B-side ‘Aabad’ marking his debut as a Hindi songwriter, 3 nationwide tours, prominent live performances at festivals such as Kochi Biennale ‘23, NH7 Weekender ‘22, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Online Concert ‘21 and scoring for the Indie film ‘Gamit’, Shashwat is steadily and firmly coming into his own, a sonic-universe that reflects his vision as a multifaceted and multidisciplinary artist.

Ruksana

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