Produced/ Directed by Nadir Shahzad
Audio Production by Mohammad Ali Suhail (@ali-suhail-2)
Edited by Ahsen Ali and Nadir Shahzad 
Shot by Salik Abbasi and Daniel Arthur Panjwaneey
Lussun Media and Eckova Productions
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Lyrics:
Hum aisi soch sochay gay,
jissay yeh duniya dekhay gi,
tou phir himaqat ho gayee.
Par yeh bhi bhi tou jhoot hai na yaar
aur hum bhi tou hogaye tyaar

Mujh ko durr na chhoro mein raastay bhool chuka hoon
Jaisay dikh rahay ho tum mein waisay ban gaya hoon
mujh ko chhor do keh mein yaha pay tak raha hoon
chhor do yeh jhanjhatain 

Mujh ko ab dar hai lag raha 
keh hoga kal hamara kya?
mera ghar mera na raha
Par yeh bhi tou jhoot hai na yaar
aur hum bhi tou hogaye tyaar

meri bhi tou sunlo meri bhi tou eik awaaz hai
duniya badalnay ja raha hoon-badalnay ja raha hoon
amma nay bola keh mera maqsad yeh hai keh aur logo
kay kaam aao aur logo kay kaam aao aur logo
mein bhi tou hilm seekhoon ga 
aur meray ghussay ko sambhalo ga keh hai yeh meri
yeh meri zimmadari
amma nay bola keh mera maqsad yeh hai keh aur logo
kay kaam aao aur logo kay kaam aao aur logo 
badalnay ja raha hoon jo bhi hoga honay doon ga

Hilm -- حلم (The Drawing Room Sessions)

Mera Naam

We had poisonous berries
Plucked under moonless skies.
Twice I have begged at the doorstep
There was never a voice inside

Crushed with a sable spoon, I
Drank deep what we prepared;
Softly, we moved to the courtyard,
Out where our shadows were paired

‘Come on,’ she says, ‘come on out of the fire;
My footsteps know to find me
I have never been so tired’
‘Come on,’ she says, ‘come on out of the fire;
My footsteps know to find me
I have never been asleep’

‘At least there is warmth here,’ I replied

Goldberry

Lyrics

Searching the night for some peace of mind
Carried away when I heard your voice
Lost in your eyes as I walked through the night
I was alone with you in this life

An ecstasy I never knew before 
A feeling that I never felt before
Silence and madness took over me
Left with no choice but to seize what's mine

Searching incessantly
For the shadow that crawls behind me
I'm draining my energy
for the darkness to grow inside

This feeling I get to go far beyond this world
The light of the moon will show me the way

I made a different plan
To end all that lives inside me 
Awaiting eternity
I can hear the voices call

This feeling I get to go far beyond this world
The light of the moon will show me the way

That is how I will feel alive again
Waking up from this dream I'll be back home




Credits
Vocals: Altamash Sever 
Guitars: Misbah Uddin and Luke Azariah
Bass: Ibrahim (Ibzi) Imdad
Saxophone: Jibraan Saeed
Drums: Yusuf Ramay 
Produced by Misbah Uddin at Aeroplane Records
Drum tracking: True Brew Records

The Epic

Lyrics: 
I’m running away, to quite my brain
I’ve seen the cracks, cracking at the seams
It’s not real it’s not a fact, it just couldn’t be
The notes wrong and the beat sounds kinda off

I can feel your pain
I can free your soul
I can talk for hours
And I listen too

Thunder sounds my raft goes upside down
Waves keep crashing, crashing down on me
Pray gods is this how you want my end?
But clouds give way and I see the sun shine warm and bright

I've been living in a bubble
I've always been running away
My thoughts my words had no meaning in this place
So I tried to see things differently 
But that made me feel all alone
So in my loneliness I tried to find a home

Don't try to go straight
Life is but a wave
You're at the top now and now you're down you'resodeepinshityouhaveapermananentfrown

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

Produced by Misbah Uddin at Aeroplane Records
Drums tracked at True Brew Records
Drums treated by Amr Kashmiri and Misbah Uddin

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.

Running

This is the title track of our new album, '36'. The entire concept of the album was formed around the idea behind this track. The gist of it is that there are 36 people in the world who are constantly praying for the welfare of humanity, and without them, the world would be destroyed. This song and the entire album is dedicated to them.
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Vocals: Nadir Shehzad & Ali Suhail
Backing vocals: Ali Suhail, Zahra Paracha
Guitar: Ali Suhail
Mandolin: Zahra Paracha
Drums: Raheel Paul Manzar
Audio production: Ali Suhail & Zahra Paracha
Composition: Ali Suhail
Lyrics: Nadir Shehzad
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Lyrics:
Ustad shagird ban jaye
Aur zindagi kay raz hain
Mitti kay putlay toray 
Phir say naye ban jaye gay
Hum kahan ja rahay hain
Hum say kainat poochhay gi 
Jab say hum hain hamari ghultiyan humay na chhorain gi

Hum nay sitaray mar diyay 

Un 36 ko dhoondho jin say duniya qaim hai
Un sab say poochho kay hummay kya khami hai 
Ajood majood ki tarha unko chhupaya hai
Par apnay aap ko kabhi na poocha ke  'Mein kaun?' 

Shayad gawa ban jaye aur woh hum say hi poochain gay
Kitnay arsay say gin rahay hain par tasali na milli 
Kitnay Kama rahay ho? Kya duniya tum say khush howee? 
Pyaar mohabbat say hi yeh duniya badlay gi

Soch teri soch kisi aur kay khwab mein ho
Soch un kay khwab kisi aur kay haath mein ho
Soch unkay haath kisi aur kay haath mein ho
Teri ruh tera peechha na chhoray gi

36 (Chhatees)

36 -- ۳۶

This is a relatively old track which we released back in 2015. A few students made a music video for it in 2016 which you can watch here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHrTf09sLgo 

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Vocals: Nadir Shehzad & Ali Suhail
Backing vocals: Ali Suhail
Guitar: Ali Suhail
Audio production: Ali Suhail & Zahra Paracha
Composition: Ali Suhail
Lyrics: Nadir Shehzad & Ali Suhail
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Lyrics:
Meray dimagh Kay lambay safar pay aao 
Naye dhun par apnay gaanay gungunao 

Meray shehr mein itnay ghar na girao 
Sab ko haram ka muft khana na khilao 

Kis ki tujhe talash thi? 
Khoobsoorat woh hai jis mein aas thi 
Jis nay kuch aur pasand kiya usko 
tu nay pinjaray mein bund kiya 

Tumko kya samajh nahin? 
Murdo ko dekh ke tu hans nahin 


Apna jhoot tum na bikwao 
Apna maqsad na jhutlao 
Jis ka naam bech rahay ho 
Wo dekh raha hai 
Ussay Sab pata hai

Kis ki tujhe talash thi?
Tumko kya samajh nahin?

Shehri --شہری

A good friend of ours, Faizan Reidinger, wrote this song with us a few years ago. We finally made a proper plugged arrangement for it and put it on the album featuring his vocals. 
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Vocals: Nadir Shehzad
Backing vocals: Ali Suhail, Zahra Paracha
Guitar: Ali Suhail
Mandolin: Zahra Paracha
Audio production: Ali Suhail & Zahra Paracha
Composition: Ali Suhail
Lyrics: Nadir Shehzad & Faizan Reidinger
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Lyrics:
Ab yeh baaton ka koi na hal
Sawalat fazool hain
Inn iraadon ki koi na jarr
Halaat kharab hain
Ab soch purani kyun
Khyalat pe ganay hain
Ab khoj lagani hai
Bas himmat kar ke ab

De do yeh dil
De do yeh jaan
Ussi ke naam
Jisne hai di tumhen zindagi
Bas himmat kar le ab 

Mujhe darr hai lag raha
Meri kamzori hai
Par main peechay na moroonga
Yeh meri zimmedari hai
Ab soch purani kyun
Jab hum tum saath hain
Ab khoj manani hai
Bas himmat kar ke ab

De do yeh dil
De do yeh jaan
Ussi ke naam
Jisne hai di tumhen zindagi
Bas himmat kar de ab

Himmat [Feat. Faizan Reidinger] -- ہمت

This song is about the problems that are affecting Syria in recent times. War destroys a lot in one moment that can only be rebuild after years and there are people who take advantage of that or refuse to acknowledge that they can help fix the problem. 

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Vocals: Nadir Shehzad
Backing vocals: Ali Suhail
Guitar: Ali Suhail
Drums: Raheel Paul Manzar
Audio production: Ali Suhail
Composition: Ali Suhail
Lyrics: Nadir Shehzad
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Lyrics:
Kahani hai hazaaron saal purai
Jo humne likhi
Hum kaisay bhool jatay hain
Sarkar ka hukum ya nachna
Jao naujawan
Unko zinda naa chhoro

Apni maa’on behnon ko chhoro
Apni izzat liye lar lo
Apne aap ko yaad rakhna
Dushman se nahin hai darna
Tum bhi tau kuch soch lo zara
Jang larne main rakha hai kya
Sayasatdanon se sawal poocho
Pyaar mohobbat ke khilaaf kyun ho tum

Kahani kab bannay ki doston
Kuch tau kaho
Hum saray so rahay hain
Paisa Khuda bana diya
Jao naujawan 
Apni awaz uthao

Masoom bachay marr rahay wahan
Iss main insaniyat kahan
Salam hai tujh par ameeron
Nikle ho khudgharz kameenon
Tum bhi tau kuch soch lo zara
Jang larne main rakha hai kiya
Sayasatdanon se sawal poocho
Pyaar mohobbat ke khilaaf kyun ho tum

Sayasatdan -- سیاستداں

This is a song. I'm not sure why it's called Snails.

Credits:
Vocals: Shehzad Noor
Synths: Shehzad Noor and Misbah Uddin
Guitars: Misbah Uddin and Danish Khwaja
Electric Bass: Ibrahim Imdad aka Gentle Robot
Drums: Ibrahim Akram

Produced and mixed by 
Misbah Uddin at RTF Studio, Lahore
Mastered by Adeel Tahir at Eridu Studios, Karachi

Artwork by Haris Hidayatullah

Special thanks to Zain Ahsan

Snails

1st single from the album Words from Boxes by Ali Suhail.

Lyrics:
We stood atop our hill 
Looking down as the valley fills 
Never knowing what it was like 

Never knew what we had 
Making failures out of little plans 
Far away from worldly plights 

Boy, Do I, Miss that time. 

Marking all the streets and trees 
Never knowing boundaries... 
Yellows in a room full of blue 

Never could associate 
With their agendas and their hate 
One and the same, me and you. 

Boy, Do I, Miss that time. 

And I, could not believe 
That you could see 
Everything beyond the eye 
Could not believe 
No one could be 
So simple as you and I 
When we were the heroes, like in my mind 
When no doubts could survive. 
Boy, Do I, miss that time.

Attics - Ali Suhail

Sikandar Ka Mandar is a indie folk-rock band based in Karachi. They released their debut, self-titled album in 2013, featuring some sombre and heartfelt tracks like ‘Jo Bhi’ and more upbeat, eclectic ones like ‘Bemisal’. Their sophomore record “36 (CHHATEES)” was released in 2017. Their current line-up consists of Nadir Shehzad on lead vocals; Zahra Paracha and Ali Suhail on backing vocals and guitar; and Raheel Manzar Paul on drums.

The band consists of 4 members:
Nadir Shehzad Khan -- vocals (@nsk-9)
Ali Suhail -- lead guitars, backing vocals (@ali-suhail-2)
Zahra Paracha -- rhythm guitar, mandolin, synth, backing vocals (@zjaroneparacha_411)
Raheel Manzar Paul -- drums (@raheel-manzar)

Himmat [Feat. Faizan Reidinger] -- ہمت

Sikandar Ka Mandar

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