A compilation of various live performances by The D/A Method.

The D/A Method Live

Video:
https://vimeo.com/104531097
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgAX2feve5A

The D/A Method are:
Umair Dar
Talha Alvie
Usama Siddiq 
Istvan Csabai 

Guest features:
Daniel Arthur Panjwaneey (Bass)
Gul Mohammad (Sarangi)

A Lussun Media Production

Audio Production - Ali Suhail
Audio Engineer - Daniel Arthur Panjwaneey 

Darvaish
(Iqbal/Dar/Alvie/Ajaz)

Ghoom darvaish ghoom
Paani kay hazaron boondh
Aur aatish ki noor
Mein mil kar ghoom

Ghoom darvaish ghoom
Tera ishq zamanay mein mushhoor
Tera imaan mazboot
Mere sapnon mein…

Ghoom
Mere mann mein
Ghoom

Mullah kee nazar
Noor-e-firasat se khalee hai
Darvaish to…
Rooh-e-nafasat par jhoomta hai

Is kaum mein magar
Muddat se who darvaish nayaab hai
Dhoondun to milay
Mere dil mein…

Ghoom
Mere mann mein
Ghoom
Mere tann mein ghoom

Translation:

Darvaish
(Iqbal/Dar/Alvie/Ajaz)

Whirl darvaish whirl
In thousands of drops of water
And the light of fire
Merge and whirl

Whirl darvaish whirl
Your love – legendary through the ages
Your faith – strong
In my dreams…

Whirl
In my mind
Whirl

The Mullah’s sight
Has lost the light of penetrative vision
But the darvaish…
Dances to a refined frequency

In this nation
For an age the Darvaish has been missing
If I search I’ll find him
In my heart…

Whirl
In my mind
Whirl
In my body, whirl


Darvaish (Live at Lussun TV)

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)

Live performance of Karakoram from the forthcoming album 'The Great Disillusion' .

Live at The Premises, London, UK.

The D/A Method
Umair Dar
Talha Alvie
Usama Siddiq

Guest featuring:
Raheel Manzar Paul on Drums
Adil Azim Akbar on Bass

Mixed, Engineered and Mastered by Jason Howes at The Premises.

Produced by The D/A Method

Karakoram (Live at The Premises)

A live, improvised medley of tracks from The Great Disillusion performed at Satellite Recording Recording Studios in South Carolina. Appears as a bonus track on the digital download version of the album (available on Bandcamp: https://thedamethod.bandcamp.com/). 

From The D/A Method
Umair Dar: Guitar/vocals
Talha Alvie: Guitar/keyboard/vocals

Featuring special guests: 
John Nipe: Piano 
Rick Murray: Percussion

Beyond Disillusion (Live at Satellite Recording Studios)

Angels & Djinn performed live at Alliance Francais Karachi.
13 February 2016.

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

Watch the Video at:
https://vimeo.com/185184395

Live Engineering and Recording by Bilal Iftikhar
Mixed & Mastered by Umair Dar
Produced by The D/A Method

Angels & Djinn (Live in Karachi)

Alvida performed live at Alliance Francais Karachi.
13 February 2016.

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

Watch the Video at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5ZsTROqSFA

Live Engineering and Recording by Bilal Iftikhar
Mixed & Mastered by Umair Dar
Produced by The D/A Method

Alvida (Live In Karachi)

The Tree of Life performed live at Bahria Auditorium in Karachi.
20 September 2017

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

Watch the live performance along with The Desert Journey here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYbydUToJug

Live engineering and recording by Jamal Rahman
Mixed & Mastered at Aleph 
Produced by The D/A Method

The Tree of Life (Live at Bahria Auditorium)

The Desert Journey performed live at Bahria Auditorium in Karachi.
20 September 2017

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

Watch the live performance along with The Tree of Life here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYbydUToJug

Live engineering and recording by Jamal Rahman
Mixed & Mastered at Aleph 
Produced by The D/A Method

The Desert Journey (Live at Bahria Auditorium)

The first track off our album 'The Desert Road' Performed live at Angel Recording Studios in London, November 2016.

(Dar/Alvie)
Sirens cry into the night
When darkness falls
Violent days are up ahead
There is no hope
There’s an evil all around
These hearts of stone
Fires rage, the city breaks
We need a home

There’s still time to change it all
A brand new start
Colours fade to green and white
The flags of our fathers
Throw your chains, stand on your own
A dream not far
Turning back the clock again
A brand new heart

I don’t want to walk away (don’t look back)
Walk away (don’t look back)
There is nothing in the black
Running through (world unknown)
I’m running through (this world unknown)
Will we ever find our home?

Watch the live video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbRIagKqBR0&lc=UgxTEhe5N8iPADiuGUB4AaABAg

Guest musicians on this performance
Sohail Aijaz: Keys, backing vocals
Ameer Shaheed: Percussion
Adil Azim: Bass

Mixed by Usama Siddiq at Mauerfall Kollektiv
Mastered by Umair Dar at Aleph
Artwork by Talha Alvie

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

A Night in September (Live at Angel Recording Studios)

The first-ever live performance of The Desert Journey recorded at Alliance Francais, Karachi on 13 February 2016. 

Last night I lost my head
A quarter after ten
I wish I could tell someone
Exactly how that felt
But in this desert land
Nothing will be know
For in this desert sand
Nothing can be sown

That's how I lost my head
A quarter after ten
I wish I could show you all
These demons and regrets
But in this desert sand
Nothing should be sown
For in this desert land
Nothing can be known

Guest musicians in this performance - 
Waqas Hussain: Sitar
Gul Muhammad: Sarangi
Zohaib Hussain: Tabla

Mixed and mastered by Umair Dar at A for Aleph
Artwork by Talha Alvie

The Desert Journey (Live in Karachi)

One of our earliest performances of Angels & Djinn live at The Premises in London in April of 2015. For this session, we had Adil Azim on bass and Raheel Manzar Paul filling in on drums for Istvan.

(Dar/Alvie)
Hey, I heard you call my name
I heard you went insane
Life is not a game
Wish you were here to stay
In your messed up way
I heard you call my name

Won’t you take a ride?
Won’t you kill some time?
Can you find a way to me?

I don’t have a lot of time
The whole world is mine
Give me a sign
Let me know you’re mine
Maybe just a smile
Let me in a while

Won’t you take a ride?
Won’t you kill some time?
Can you find a way, to me?
Won’t you take a ride?
Won’t you kill some time?
Can you find a way to me?

The D/A Method are:
Usama Siddiq: Vocals, guitar
Umair Dar: Guitar, backing vocals, production
Talha Alvie: Guitar, keys, backing vocals, production
Istvan Csabai: Drums, video
Daniel Arthur Panjwaneey: Bass, engineering

Angels & Djinn (Live at The Premises)

Angels & Djinn (Live At The Premises)

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.