Rock steady like Ali Azmat
Singer has multiple projects lined up including a movie role, a third album and a return to Coke Studio
IN SEARCH OF A MUSE The singer recently went on a road trip to the Northern areas of Pakistan. PHOTOS: FILE
KARACHI:
Regarded as one of the pioneers of rock music in Pakistan and one of the country’s first true ‘rockstars’ — it is very hard to keep a musician of Ali Azmat’s stature away from the limelight.
The singer who has not released a lot of new music of late, and has been busy performing concerts and live shows, is all set to hit the studio once again. Speaking to The Express Tribune the singer revealed his upcoming projects, one of which involves contributing two songs for the upcoming Pakistani film Hijrat.
“There are a few major projects in the work, one of which includes two songs for the movie Hijrat,” said the former Junoon vocalist. Azmat, who has previously contributed songs like Garaj Baras and Maula to famous Bollywood movies like Paap and Jism 2, also revealed that for now, he does not have any projects lined up across the border.
Read: From ramp to the reel
“For now I have no work lined up in India and will be concentrating on projects in Pakistan,” he added.
Having made his feature film acting debut with role in 2013 blockbuster Waar, Azmat is all set to appear in another movie very soon, the details of which he did not disclose.
Read: From ramp to the reel
Since his last appearance on the popular music show Coke Studio Season 6, Azmat has gone onto perform judging duties on the inaugural season of the music show Pakistani Idol and even collaborating on the song Baba Bandook with Haroon for the animated television show Burka Avengers.
With his previous appearances on Coke Studio being during Rohail Hyatt’s years (in Season 1 and 6), Azmat will be returning to the show after a gap of two years with Strings now assuming the mantle as the show’s producers.
Despite multiple collaborations and projects already in the pipeline it is the news about his album that is bound to generate a wave of excitement amongst the musician’s fan-base — popularly referred to as Ali-ens.
“Plans for the [third] album are also in place and we will hopefully start recording it very soon.”
It has been almost seven years since the musician released an album. His last album, Klashinfolk, which was released in 2008 featured his frequent collaborators Kamran ‘Mannu’ Zafar, Omran ‘Momo’ Shafique and Louis J Pinto (aka Gumby) — a team he hopes to get back in the studio once again for his latest venture.
With the music industry gradually getting back up on its feet and other notable musicians announcing plans for an album release in the near future, it is definitely a time for Pakistani music fans to rejoice.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 1st, 2015.
Regarded as one of the pioneers of rock music in Pakistan and one of the country’s first true ‘rockstars’ — it is very hard to keep a musician of Ali Azmat’s stature away from the limelight.
The singer who has not released a lot of new music of late, and has been busy performing concerts and live shows, is all set to hit the studio once again. Speaking to The Express Tribune the singer revealed his upcoming projects, one of which involves contributing two songs for the upcoming Pakistani film Hijrat.
“There are a few major projects in the work, one of which includes two songs for the movie Hijrat,” said the former Junoon vocalist. Azmat, who has previously contributed songs like Garaj Baras and Maula to famous Bollywood movies like Paap and Jism 2, also revealed that for now, he does not have any projects lined up across the border.
Read: From ramp to the reel
Ali Azmat will also mark his comeback to Coke Studio this year.
“For now I have no work lined up in India and will be concentrating on projects in Pakistan,” he added.
Having made his feature film acting debut with role in 2013 blockbuster Waar, Azmat is all set to appear in another movie very soon, the details of which he did not disclose.
Read: From ramp to the reel
Since his last appearance on the popular music show Coke Studio Season 6, Azmat has gone onto perform judging duties on the inaugural season of the music show Pakistani Idol and even collaborating on the song Baba Bandook with Haroon for the animated television show Burka Avengers.
With his previous appearances on Coke Studio being during Rohail Hyatt’s years (in Season 1 and 6), Azmat will be returning to the show after a gap of two years with Strings now assuming the mantle as the show’s producers.
Despite multiple collaborations and projects already in the pipeline it is the news about his album that is bound to generate a wave of excitement amongst the musician’s fan-base — popularly referred to as Ali-ens.
“Plans for the [third] album are also in place and we will hopefully start recording it very soon.”
It has been almost seven years since the musician released an album. His last album, Klashinfolk, which was released in 2008 featured his frequent collaborators Kamran ‘Mannu’ Zafar, Omran ‘Momo’ Shafique and Louis J Pinto (aka Gumby) — a team he hopes to get back in the studio once again for his latest venture.
With the music industry gradually getting back up on its feet and other notable musicians announcing plans for an album release in the near future, it is definitely a time for Pakistani music fans to rejoice.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 1st, 2015.