Aslam is a member of The Sonic Peacemakers’ ‘Pakistan America: Peace Through Music’ — a project aimed at bringing peace and understanding between the two countries through music. “Whenever I’m in the US, I keep aside a week to work only on my collaborations with artists. Be it raising money or tying up with international musicians, I’m doing everything on my own,” added the pop singer.
Aslam has already recorded four songs with the ex-members of iconic American band Guns N’ Roses — Slash, Gliby Clarke and Chris Pitman — for the album The Dreamer Awakes. “With the initiative, I plan to bring Pakistani singers — including our Sufi singers — and American artists together for musical collaborations.”
American guitarist Lanny Cordola, another member of The Sonic Peacemakers’ ‘Pakistan America: Peace Through Music’, and Aslam also have plans to take U2 on board soon. “I’m keeping my fingers crossed because, after all, they are busy people,” said Aslam.
The first few songs of the album are scheduled to be released by October or November this year.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 26th, 2011.
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Highly unlikely. Jimmy Page is too classy for a kid like Atif.
Good job! Please don't drink or take drugs.
atif always rocks
This is the right way to proceed I would say. This is the absolute need of the day to promote our country and our culture at international level. Good that Atif has taken the lead. Such types of collaborations must worked out in educational and industrial areas too.
This is the most positive thing happening in Pakistan right now. I think Atif has the right spirit to take Pakistani art across the borders and cultures. He is influenced by his own country art & music which will take him way up in this world. "Peace through Music" is an excellent way of inviting everyone around the world. Atif is unlike the other Pakistani artists who left in the country for more money; instead they just had to be more creative like ATIF. Mash'Allah!
He is proud of PAKISTAN . .
Coldplay and Jimmy Page aren't American.
Ahh.. Nice to see him work with such great musicians & sing songs internationally!
Yeah, Chris Pitman is still in Gn'R....