A great Combo of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Michael Brook from there duo album 'Night Song'. Emerge yourself in the most legendary music ever composed. Since 1995 this music has been flowing like a fresh breeze over the Globe.

NFAK & Michael Brook - Longing

Introducing the world to our rich music, presented as the official soundtrack for the Pakistan Pavilion at the Dubai Expo 2020, here’s Lala-e-Sehrai for Pakistan.
 
This soundtrack is a contemporary adaptation to four distinct musical styles of Pakistan, highlighting the timelessness of our musical heritage. The track in its final form depicts a journey from classical, to folk and then Qawali. The traditional afternoon Raag Bhimplasi performed by Ali Akber, makes its way to Thari folk sounds drawn from the Tharparkar region, delivered by legendary Mai Dhai of Sindh, reaching a devotional hiatus featuring Ali Akber and Zain Zohaib Qawal. The track closes with the sounds of Pakistan; the motherland; its natural heritage from North to South, the cold mountain winds, ever-changing sky and renewed sea. The journey is encapsulated by the cloud-like vocals of Wajiha Naqvi and Zara Madani, and the recitation of Allama Iqbal by Arif Bahalim.

Lala-e-sehrai (Flower of the Desert)

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Dark post-pop meets mystic muse, Arooj Aftab's Bird Under Water undulates and scintillates. A masterful expression of lyrical and acoustic soul tripped out through analog voltage and experimental digital filters.

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released March 9, 2015

Bird Under Water 
Written and Produced by Arooj Aftab

Jörn Bielfeldt - Drums/Percussion 
Mario Carrillo - Contra-Bass 
Bhrigu Sahni - Acoustic/Electric Guitar 
Magda Giannikou - Accordion on tracks 2, 3 and 4 
Sonny Singh - Trumpet on tracks 2 and 5 
Baqir Abbas - Bansuri on track 1 
Rakae Jamil - Sitar on track 3

Tracks 2, 3 and 5 co-written with Bhrigu Sahni 
Mixed and Mastered by Jeremy Loucas 
Engineered by Joshua Valleau and Alex Syner 
Album Art by Anum Awan and Yikun Liang

© Arooj Aftab 2015 All rights reserved

01 Man Kunto Maula

Mehboob Khizan's Urdu ghazal, composed by Niaz Hussain Shami and sung by Farida Khanum for Lahore Radio in the 1950s. This cover produced by Saad Sultan, with Amir Azhar on guitars. Also Lahore, 2014.

Ali Sethi - Haal Aisa NahiN [Produced by Saad Sultan]

Our cover of Reshma's beloved folk song, produced by Saad Sultan in Lahore. 

Ali Sethi - Kithay Nain Na JoriN [Produced by Saad Sultan]

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Voice and Composition: Arooj Aftab
Lyrics: Dagh Delvi
Tabla and Frame Drum: Adam Maalouf
Violin: Arun Ramamurthy
Synth: Yusuke Yamamoto
Mixed and Mastered: Jeremy Loucas

OST Devi - a film by Karishma Dube 
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5958170/

Rasm-e-Ulfat (OST Devi)

The Face Of Love (Eddie Vedder & Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan) [Dead Man Walking]

Quarantine day 7, I asked my fans to help me make a song. Day 8, we made this. 24 hours. This is yours to own and cherish.

Udh Chaliye

Rung | Fareed Ayaz & Abu Muhammad | Season 5

Rung

The opening track, Ghungat, charges out, setting the stage for a tour de force of the band's virtuosity.

Utilising Bulleh Shah's (1680-1757) sufiana kalam from the 18th century, Ghungat is the musical rendition of an anticipation and realisation of one's true love or purpose in life.

Lyrics

Ghunghat ohley na luk sajna
Main mushtaq dedar de haan
Hide not behind the veil, my love,
I long to have a glimpse of you.

Terey bajho dewani hoyi
Tokaan kardey lok sbhoi
Jeker yaar karey diljoi
Taan faryaad pukaar de haan
Without my love, I feel desolate,
People around me mock my helplessness.
He should come and lift up my spirits,
This alone remains my plea,

Ghunghat ohley na luk sajna
Main mushtaq dedar de haan
Hide not behind the veil, my love,
I long to have a glimpse of you.

Muft mukandi jandi bandi
Mil mahi jind aweien jandi
Eik dam hijar nahi main sahndi
Bulbul main gulzar de haan
Your slave is being auctioned free
Come my love and rescue me
No longer can I perch elsewhere
I am the Bulbul of your tree

Ghunghat ohley na luk sajna
Main mushtaq dedar de haan
Hide not behind the veil, my love,
I long to have a glimpse of you.

Bulleh Shah owh kon utam tera yaar
Ows dey hath Quraan hey owsey gul zanaar
Bulleh! Who is He?
A strange type of friend!
He has the Quran in his hand
And in the same the holy thread

Ghunghat ohley na luk sajna
Main mushtaq dedar de haan
Hide not behind the veil, my love,
I long to have a glimpse of you.

Personnel

Javed Bashir : Lead Vocals
Mekaal Hasan : Guitars
Mohammad Ahsan 'Papu': Flutes
Amir Azhar : Bass
Louis Pinto 'Gumby': Drums
Javed Akhtar : Shakers, Gharra

Album Mixed, Mastered and Produced by Mekaal Hasan

Andholan 2020

Ghungat

Out 29th July 2013 as part of the Real World Gold series.

More info coming soon...

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Star Rise - My Heart, My Life (Talvin Singh Remix)

<a href="http://smarturl.it/3z8j7r">Pre order 'Real World: Film & TV'</a> (Out July 2nd)

The 2012 blockbuster film Zero Dark Thirty included this powerful classic song - the eponymous title track from the collaborative album by late, great Pakistani qawwali master Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and the evocative Canadian composer/guitarist Michael Brook.


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Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Michael Brook - Night Song

Recording of the rehearsals for the Jashn-e-Khusrau festival where we were commissioned 10 kalams of Hazrat Amir Khusrau which we were to set to contemporary interpretations with a modern sound. Since Hazrat Amir Khusrau is considered the father of Qawali, this entire album is set to a Qawali style of vocal delivery while the music takes on a more rhythmic and groove based sound compared to our more classical sounding recordings.


Lyrics and translation:

Zeehaal-e miskeen makun taghaful,
duraye naina banaye batiyan;
ki taab-e hijran nadaram ay jaan,
na leho kaahe lagaye chhatiyan.

Shaban-e hijran daraz chun zulf
wa roz-e waslat cho umr kotah;
Sakhi piya ko jo main na dekhun
to kaise kaatun andheri ratiyan.

Yakayak az dil do chashm-e jadoo
basad farebam baburd taskin;
Kise pari hai jo jaa sunaave
piyare pi ko hamaari batiyan.

Cho shama sozan cho zarra hairan
hamesha giryan be ishq aan meh;
Na neend naina na ang chaina
Na aap aaven na bhejen patiyan.

Bahaqq-e roz-e wisal-e dilbar
ki daad mara ghareeb Khusrau;
Sapet man ke waraaye raakhun
jo jaaye paaon piya ke khatiyan.



Do not overlook my misery
Blandishing your eyes, and weaving tales;
My patience has over-brimmed, O sweetheart,
Why do you not take me to your bosom.

The nights of separation are long like tresses,
The day of our union is short like life;
When I do not get to see my beloved friend,
How am I to pass the dark nights?

Suddenly, as if the heart, by two enchanting eyes
Is beset by a thousand deceptions and robbed of tranquility;
But who cares enough to go and report
To my darling my state of affairs?

The lamp is aflame; every atom excited
I roam, always, afire with love;
Neither sleep to my eyes, nor peace for my body,
neither comes himself, nor sends any messages

In honour of the day of union with the beloved
who has lured me so long, O Khusrau;
I shall keep my heart suppressed,
if ever I get a chance to get to his place.

-Hazrat Ameer Khusrou

The Face Of Love (Eddie Vedder & Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan) [Dead Man Walking]

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