After Hours: Darvesh Band

TEdit chats to Darvesh about their journey and what inspires their music

Darvesh is a journey of 10 adamant musicians listening to their hearts and doing what they love to do most; making music purely from the heart. The band has been working in the genre of fusion music for the past four years and have exciting plans in the near future. TEdit chats to the band about their musical journey and what inspires their music.



How did Darvesh begin?

It began with a dream of three people and grew through a journey into 10. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I will find such passionate band mates that will put in such effort to make it work like this.

Tell us about the band and its musical journey?

Darvesh is an amalgamation of 10 passionate musicians. We’re a band that has been working in the genre of fusion music since the past four years and have successfully coined a term “Qawwali Rock”, through our music.

What inspires your music and you as a band?

We love to talk about everything under the sun and particularly anything that affects us as people, as a society or as musicians through our music and songs! We are deeply inspired by poets like Allama Iqbal, Hazrat Bedum Shah Warsi, Rumi, Kabir Das, Khuwaja Ghulam Farid, Ameer Khusro, Sayien Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai and many others. We love incorporating their poetry within ours to convey a message of love and self exploration.



What has been the most challenging project you have worked on?

Kashmir’s song, Azaad Houn Main, was very challenging yet a great learning experience.

How do you overcome challenges you face as a band?

We believe in each other and let the person with the expertise handle while the others provide their solid support.

What advice would you give to aspiring musicians?

Keep following your dreams. Never give up on them. It’s difficult but there’s always a way!

If you had a chance to perform with one musician (dead or alive) who would it be?

We’ve performed with Abida Jee, so probably Nusrat sahab.

What are the upcoming projects you are working on?

We’ve recently completed recording our album. We’re really looking forward to the release of our new song’s music video, which is called Main Mast. The concept behind this song is that it talks about the atrocities against humanity. Soon after this music video launch we plan on releasing an OST we’ve done for a film by Sakina Sammo called Intezaar. We have also created a few original thumris with a touch of modern music, one of which will be released after Ramazan on our official YouTube channel. We plan on releasing the complete album on our channel as well, followed by two more music videos. We’ve been working on creating a concept for Pakistan’s first ever vertical format music video shot on a mobile phone and we’re super excited about this project! Can’t wait to share it with our fans!



How has your experience been collaborating with many artists in the past?

We absolutely love collaborating with other artists. We’ve done so many collaborations till now and it makes us immensely proud and happy! Recently we collaborated with 55 artists to release a song in solidarity with Kashmir. It’s called Azaad Houn Main and it’s available on our YouTube channel. We have also collaborated with Neil Uchong for a wall mural and graffiti in our upcoming music video. We were lucky enough to be a part of Bunvat Festival where we collaborated with many international and local artists. This festival takes place every year and brings together local and international artists thus creating a fusion of content. Our most notable collaboration was with David from Germany, where the complete musical revolved around the idea of freedom!

Any future collaboration coming up?

We haven’t planned anything as of now but yes, you will see us collaborating with amazing artists out there, every now and then.