J-May 2015

MJHashmi's

D/A Method

Ultimate Compositions

Raghu - Dixit - Jagchanga - Rain - Song

Raat Yun Dil Mein Teri (Cover) - 2009

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)

Sun is an island of organised chaos. Ek jagah hai jahai do log saath mein gaana gaate aur bajaate hai, to find reason for the things happening around us.
These are fairytales which neither happened once upon a time, nor in an unnamed land far, far away. A simple line of practical advice that Nirgun poets have been singing through generations. 

A new format for these nouveau-fairytales, which teach us to stop looking out for material possessions, but rather, look deep within our souls to find the meaning of beauty. Beauty that we fail to see amid the turbulent storm, which passes eventually, giving way to rain, that possess the power to blossom the most beautiful gifts, without which our song remains incomplete.

Basanti Aur Rahza - Sun

Dexter S Laboratory - Secret Formula

Twenty One Pilots - We Don’t Believe What’s On TV ukulele acoustic

Composed by Jamal Rahman, Danish Khawaja & Ali Sethi
Produced by Jamal Rahman & Danish Khawaja
Engineered, Mixed and Mastered by Jamal Rahman at True Brew Records
Engineered by Ibrahim Imdad

Lyrics: Mirza Ghalib
Vocals: Ali Sethi
Keys: Danish Khawaja
Sarangi: Zohaib 
Cello: Ghulam Abbas
Drums: Jamal Rahman
Guitar: Danish Khawaja, Jamal Rahman

Jamal Rahman Feat. Ali Sethi - Manto OST - Aah Ko Chahiye (Radio Edit)

First single from the concept record The Great Disillusion.

Written and Produced by The D/A Method

The Illusionist 
(Dar/Alvie)

Felt a chill down my spine
Wait a minute there it’s my delusional state of mind
I heard a beat in my head
Tellin’ me "boy go chase your dreams before they’re dead"

This time I’m not holdin’ back
You know I never meant to leave this world intact
There’s a voice in my head
Won’t shut up, it won’t shut up, I gotta go and put it to bed

I got a six-string, a sick mind, body parts frankensteined
And not a lot of time
Gotta run through the day
Burn through the night you know I never ever miss a fight

No one knows my sorrow
I am the Illusionist
Will I see tomorrow?
Or is this just another twist?

Why am I so hollow?
I am the Illusionist
Bitter pill to swallow
Man I just couldn’t resist

No more chills down my spine
Wait a minute where is my delusional state of mind?
No more beats in my head
Wonderin’ now if all of this is real, or am I dead?

So this time I’m just holdin’ back
Guess I’ll wait until I hear the track
There’s no voice in my head
Feel so alone I think I’d rather just stay in bed

No one knows my sorrow
I am the Illusionist
Will I see tomorrow?
Or is this just another twist?

I can’t see what’s real
I am the Illusionist
Lost in my own hell
Man I just couldn’t resist


The Illusionist

Second single from our upcoming release The Great Disillusion

Written, performed, and produced by The D/A Method

A wicked smile 
Kept in a vile 
Sewn on his face 
Disguise 

He stands in a room 
So full of light 
Behind the curtain 
There is evil inside 

Packed hopes and dreams 
Sent in exile 
A familiar place
The sky 

His time will come 
So full of lies 
Now I am certain 
He dies 

This place is worth so much 
More than you'll ever know 
So leave us be and take your place 
The wax museum

The Wax Museum

Recorded and Mixed at Vivek Thomas Productions.
Mastered by Joel Wanasek. Album art by Shambhavi Thakur.

All songs written and performed by Black Letters. Watch the music video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiMn2udbmTo

Zero Moment

Third single from our debut album The Great Disillusion. 

Written, performed, and produced by The D/A Method

Here we stand
Beneath this orange glow
So far away from home

No my love
Don't hang your head now
There's still hope

I gave it all
For your abode
Still I died alone

You took my heart
Ripped my soul apart
Pushed me into the void

This hope lives upon all my broken dreams
I carry it in my heart, can't you see?

I've made my peace with all my pieces of pain
You know I just took them all and rearranged

This fire has burnt away my self delusion
And I am left with my soul's reflection 

This hope lives upon all our broken dreams
We carry it in our hearts, endlessly

Hope Lives

Link to the live music video :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sztJcMHbjY

'Jaanu Na' is about a person's inability to put down his emotions and pain in words and how that has resulted in the building up of a plethora of unexpressed emotions. 

Recorded live at Sri Aurobindo Centre for Arts and Communication by Gaurav Chintamani, assisted by Angad Uday.
Mixed by Gaurav Chintamani at Quarter Note Studios.
Mastered by Steve Nagasaki at Nagasaki Sound.

Follow us at https://www.facebook.com/Raagleela .


Jaanu Na - Raagleela

Track 5 from Pakistani progressive rock band The D/A Method's debut album The Great Disillusion. 

(Dar/Alvie/Iqbal/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

D solo

D/A solo

A solo

Translation:
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 ages the darvaish has been scarce
If I search I’ll find him
In my heart…

Whirl
In my mind
Whirl
In my body, whirl

Darvaish

Download here. 
https://www.dropbox.com/s/jqiaiyi3cxxlxeo/Mooroo%20-%20Kahaani%20Puraani.mp3

Kahaani Puraani - Mooroo

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)

The Desert Journey
The first single from the band’s forthcoming album The Desert Road. 
Written, Engineered and Produced by The D/A Method
Co-Produced and Mixed by Bruce Soord (The Pineapple Thief, Wisdom of Crowds)
Mastered by Mats 'Limpan' Lindfors at The Cutting Room

Watch the accompanying Music Video
https://youtu.be/AooVMA8YADM
https://vimeo.com/thedamethod/thedesertjourney


Lyrics

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

The Desert Road

The Desert Journey

Official Music Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gosur3db5I&t=1s

#BacardiHouseParty 

LYRICS -

Hum toh udd gaye jab tum jhuki
Tabse tum nazar mein aa ruki  

Hum toh hogaye zama 
Dheere dheere tha lamha  
Ab toh hona hai wahi
Jo banaye janah 

Hum toh hogaye zama 
Dheere dheere tha lamha  
Ab toh hona hai wahi
Jo banaye janah 

Hum toh udd gaye 
Udd gaye 
Udd gaye

Aisi ajnabee thi aap si
Ki humse na kabhi koi aafasi

Hum toh hogaye zama 
Dheere dheere tha lamha  
Ab toh hona hai wahi
Jo banaye janah 

Hum toh hogaye zama 
Dheere dheere tha lamha  
Ab toh hona hai wahi
Jo banaye janah 

Hum toh udd gaye 
Udd gaye 
Udd gaye

Hum toh hai samayae
Hum toh hai zameen
Hum se na kabhi
Hum toh hai samayae
Hum toh hai zameen
Hum se na kabhi
Hum toh hogaye zama 
Dheere dheere tha lamha  
Hum se na kabhi
Hum toh hogaye zama 
Dheere dheere tha lamha  
Hum se na kabhi

UDD GAYE

RITVIZ - Udd Gaye

Sinead O'Connor - Feel So Different Live

Charkha Nolakha, Atif Aslam and Qayaas, Coke Studio, Season 5

'Truce' by twenty | one | pilots from Vessel - available now on Fueled By Ramen.

Vessel

Truce

I'm into you - Chet Faker (Pippin Remix)

Manmarziyan Full Song Lootera 2013

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.