@killbite: Thanks, really appreciate that. Do check out the full album when it comes out

Cool sound. Great melody and lyrics. The little guitar breaks totally elevate the track

D/A Method

A solo rendition of Khudhafiz performed and recorded by Usama at Mauerfall Kollektiv in Berlin, Germany. Mastered by Umair Dar at A for Aleph in Karachi, Pakistan.

Khudahafiz originally appeared as the second track on The D/A Method's sophomore album, 'The Desert Road'. 

Lyrics (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?
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 
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)

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

I wish for someone else
But I can only blame myself
Keep telling me I'm innocent
And why would I be born in sin?

I'm sorry but I don't believe
A single word you've said to me 
'Cause if we're being honest
This is not what I was promised 

In my simple words now I must tell you
All about the lies they sell you blindly 
You just soak them in
Expecting to be born again 

Born again

Khudahafiz (Usama Solo Version)

The End Of DEATHCONHEXDREMIX
One More Finale:

Have A Nice Life - Earthmover - HEXD REMIX

And to be fair, they both came out in 2008

Earthmover more like Girthmover lmao

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

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

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

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

Written by: Gentle Robot
Vocals: Gentle Robot
Backing Vocals: Adeel Tahir (Eridu)
Guitars: Gentle Robot
Bass: Adeel Tahir (Eridu)
Synth: Gentle Robot
Ambiance and Sound Design: Adeel Tahir
Drums: Daud Ramay
Produced, Mixed and Mastered by Adeel Tahir

Facebook: www.facebook.com/gentlerobotpk/
bandcamp: https://gentlerobotpk.bandcamp.com/
Youtube: 

Lyrics:
There must exist a combination of words I could say,
That would make everything okay,
And as I kissed the scars on your wrist,
Did something inside you come back to life?

What can I do to convince you to keep breathing x2

Your cold feet on marble floors and dirty paws of your closest dogs
If there's a way to begin a new life from the start, you'd know it

What can I do to convince you to keep breathing x2

Breathe

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)

A remix of our track Dream Sequence from our 2017 album The Desert Road. Featuring Bruce Soord (The Pineapple Thief, Wisdom of Crowds) and Sohail Ajaz on guest vocals.

Remixed and mastered by Jamie Uertz at Silver Cord Studios in Brooklyn, New York. 

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

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

Dream Sequence (Brooklyn Remix)

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)

This is an updated version of our track Darvaish from 'The Great Disillusion' to go along with the "Fight Night" fan-made music video available on Youtube. This version was remixed and remastered by Umair Dar using the stems from our original tracking sessions between 2013 and 2014.

Darvaish (Fight Night Mix)

DEATHCONHEXREMIX EPISODE ONE

Have A Nice Life - Quick One Before the Eternal Worm Devours Connecticut - HEXD REMIX

NEW singles EVERY week from now on haha

Best B Quik Cause Thee Mega Worm Finna Fucking Munch Connecticut

DEATHCONHEXREMIX PART 2

Have A Nice Life - Bloodhail - HEXD REMIX

Still putting out new singles every week haha maybe remix this hole album.

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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.

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