Vocals: Sara Haider 
Guitar: Imam Hamdani 
Bass: Ahsan Ghulam 
Drums: Alfred D'mello 
Narration adapted from So Raha Tha Shor Bharpa Tha by Razi Tirmazi   
Recorded/mix/master produced by: Omran Shafique 
Written: Imam Hamdani  
Composed: Sara Haider/Imam Hamdani

Teeen - Woh Bolay

Alvida Live at Satellite Recording Studios

Featuring:
Umair Dar - Guitar
Talha Alvie - Guitar

With Special Guests:
Shahram Mazhari - Santoor
John Nipe - Keyboards

Mixed and Mastered by Satellite Recording Studios

Check out the accompanying Video at:
https://vimeo.com/109923941

Alvida (Live at Satellite Recording Studios)

'When you decide where you stand, the colour will return to your life'

Janissaries 
Dar/Alvie/Siddiq/Shah 

I walk into the setting sun 
My head is held high 
I don't know where I've come but 
I'm marching forward 
Into the void 

I pull my boot straps tight 
My pack is set 
I am the jannisary of today 

I'm off to war but 
You're in my way 

And I will come back 
But would you stay? 

So far away... 
Believe me when I say... 

See a field of endless green 
I can't explain the 
Space beyond this hate and ignorance 
Are these illusions? 
What have I done? 

Space between my fear and love 
My soul is aching 
Have to find my way back up to you 

My disillusion 
Has nearly killed me 

My retribution 
Nearly... 

Jan nissar hai tujh pe jannisaarie 
Ke kal hum sar utha ke chalain 
Jan nissar hai tujh pe jannisaarie 
Apne khuda ki janib 
Koi to jawab le ke chalain 

Wasn't meant to be this way 
Deluding myself another day 

A walked a path that was set for me 
But, didn't realise that my soul is free 

I must confess now that it's all over 
I'm just left with doubt. 
You don't believe me? 
Well, can't you see my mind is almost as foggy as the clouds? 
That hover over, 
to cast a shadow right across the mountains and the rivers of my land. 

And then she tells me 
Just who I am x2 

The light within is already gone 
I don't feel It's pull any more 
How much further 
do you want me to go? 

And now I see the sky open up right in front of me 
The rain falls down and... 
Washes away all of the pain that I feel 
I hear your voice and... 
It's calling me as I run forward through the fields 
I was a janissary 
But having seen the light I just know that I am free 
I am free

Janissaries

jermyn

The second single from our second album, The Desert Road. 
Featuring Bruce Soord (The Pineapple Thief, Wisdom of Crowds) and Sohail Ajaz on guest vocals.

Co-produced and mixed by Bruce Soord
Mastered by Mats 'Limpan' Lindfors (1957-2017)

Produced by The D/A Method
Umair Dar
Talha Alvie
Usama Siddiq
Istvan Csabai
Daniel Arthur Panjwaneey 

Dream Sequence
(Alvie/Siddiq)

There’s so many things I can’t deliver
Even if I try I just need to hide…
Behind closed doors, I might forgive her
But each time I try she just hurts my pride

“Show it off” you told me, “never”
But even when I want, I have nothing to flaunt

Look what it’s done to me (I can’t believe it)
A blackened reality (I can’t believe it)
It’s right in front of me (I can’t believe it)
The freak everyone can see

As the sun comes up I start to shiver
Just as they foretold, is how things unfold
When I was young I was so clever
But I sure as hell was not... a belated thought

I’m a liar, I’m a sinner
I am any one of them
Face me at my worst how can you
Say you are my fucking friend

Look what it’s done to me (I can’t believe it)
A blackened reality (I can’t believe it)
It’s right in front of me (I can’t believe it)
The freak everyone can see

I feel it, it’s happening again
This feedback in my head
(I’m barely moving, I am consumed)
I feel it, it’s happening again
This feedback in my head
(I’m barely breathing, I’m so confused)
I feel it, it’s happening again
This feedback in my head

The Desert Road

Dream Sequence

The third single from our second album, The Desert Road. 
Featuring Shahram Mazhari on the santur and Bruce Soord (The Pineapple Thief, Wisdom of Crowds)on guest vocals.

Co-produced and mixed by Bruce Soord
Mastered by Mats 'Limpan' Lindfors (1957-2017)

Produced by The D/A Method
Umair Dar
Talha Alvie
Usama Siddiq
Istvan Csabai
Daniel Arthur Panjwaneey

Khudahafiz
(Alvie/Siddiq)

Oh God, please do explain
Why my hands are trembling as I lay in bed
I see a shrouded head and I’m feeling
So ashamed

Why should we say goodbye? (say goodbye)
To you before it’s time for you to leave
With your beliefs, I feel there…
Was more to see (from you)

Why do I never learn?
They’ve left no stone unturned to plague my land
But I’m a selfish man, I’ve been fooled
That was not the plan

And now I sing for you (sing for you)
A song that makes me blue
But I can’t pretend that you weren’t my friend
Even if I was the end (for you)

Oh, I’m tired of going through it all
In my head, this time, the world just falls…
Beneath the surface of my skin
This love and hate just pulls me in

I wish this was somebody else
But I can only blame myself
‘Cause were we not made innocent
Or do they say we’re born in sin?

Born in sin
Born in sin

La-la-la

Khudahafiz

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. 
_____________________________
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
_____________________________

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

36 (Chhatees)

Himmat [Feat. Faizan Reidinger] -- ہمت

We released our first album a while ago, and since then we've had a bunch of encounters that got us thinking about the corporate world and the classic corporate uncle who doesn't really get the concept of artistic integrity. Special shoutout to Daud Ramay for killing it on the drums in this one. 

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

Lyrics:
Saaray kitnay chiknay log hain
Kitni chikni baatein kar rahay hain
Soch rahay hain kyun? 
Uss pay tum hunso aur, us ko loot lo,
Aur shaadiyon mein nacho meray dost

Mera number kab ayega? 
Mujhay kaun aakay bachayega? 

Uncle bachao
Uncle bachao
Ke mera naam phir say akhbaron mein chhapaao
Hey Uncle mujhay aakay bachao

Dekho chiknon mein ghoom raha hoon
Aa kar chha gaya hoon 
Aur paison mein main tair raha hoon dost,
Meri bhi tau sun lo
Wohi keh raha hoon jo barso say sab keh rahay hain log 

Mera number kab ayega? 
Mujhay kaun aakay bachayega? 

Uncle bachao
Uncle bachao
Ke mera naam phir say akhbaron mein chhapaao
Hey Uncle mujhay aakay bachao

Chup chaap baith kay baat meri sun lo yaar
Na loonga mein teray nakhray hazaar

Uncle bachao
Uncle bachao

Uncle [Feat. Daud Ramay] -- انکل

Occupy
Munaasib (2018)

Written by Natasha Noorani
Written by Ali Suhail
Produced by Ali Suhail
Vocals by Natasha Noorani
Backing vocals by Ali Suhail
Guitars, Bass, Drums and Keys by Ali Suhail
Mixed & Mastered by Adeel Tahir at Eridu Studios, Karachi
Recorded at Rescue The Frog, Lahore

Natasha Noorani - Occupy

Hum Tum Yeh Woh performed on Season 2 of Lussun TV Sessions

Hum Tum Yeh Who - ہم تم یہ وہ (Lussun TV Sessions)

A cover of Amir Zaki's 'Do You Really Love Another' which was the english version of the Urdu hit single 'Mera Pyar' from his 1995 album 'Signature'

Do You Really Love Another? (Amir Zaki)

The D/A Method was a progressive rock band from Pakistan. Over their ten year career, the band released three full-length albums 'The Great Disillusion' (2015), 'The Desert Road' (2017), and 'Sanctuary' (2022) along with several EPs and singles.