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We did one jam and then we picked up the parts we liked and we put them all together and that was a song. In the former, Shafique is joined by Shahryar Raza, Babar Sheikh and Louis ‘Gumby’ Pinto.
“The two songs - ‘Khak Nasheen’ and ‘Makki Madni’ - that have been released have just been like a jam.
Now, I’m really into improvising and keeping it loose and a lot of it is playing into the Chand Tara Orchestra stuff.”
Among the many music identities that Shafique has, one of them is playing in the ambient outfit, Chand Tara Orchestra (CTO) and another is playing in a cover band called Undercover. Prudence says that, to be clear]
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Can you imagine what Bilal and Faisal go through, the vetting process?” Shafique tells Instep in an interview.Having made sporadic appearances on Coke Studio in the last few seasons, Shafique returns to the platform in a much more comprehensive manner this upcoming season and he tells Instep that the right way of getting on the show is creating your own identity by writing songs, playing music and making music videos.
“If you’re making noise, if you’re the new thing, they (Coke Studio) will come and that’s the way you should try to get on Coke Studio as opposed to ‘yaar meri kisi se baat karade’.
I’ve been talking about doing the Mauj thing literally like from January 1 and then Coke Studio started and I’m busy and these are good problems to have. #aleph #omranshafique"
The announcement comes as a pleasant surprise for the music industry which is struggling to find any originality of late.
It was in 2000 when Mauj found its first footsteps, in empty spaces and garages, where two men – Shafique and Mohsin Atif – started jamming together, discussing ideas and concepts.
Vocalist and guitarist Omran Shafique, had been actively touring with Ali Azmat and then Junoon, playing at Coke Studio but the band seemed to had gone into a never-ending hibernation. Omran also sheds light on how musicians are thinking of adapting to the world post-COVID19, his experiences in Coke Studio and playing & touring with the legendary Junoon.
So 'pull-up' those 'head' phones and 'let the good times roll' as they say...
It is open-ended versions of those songs and we’ll play them live at a gig/jam and say hello to our friends.”
Read Omran Shafique’s full interview in Instep on Sunday, tomorrow.
The Drawingroomers (Zaib, Zain & Navaid), already in waters they have no business being in, find themselves really push the envelop by trying to sound like musicians in front of Guitarist Extraordinaire and a Musical Connoisseur that is Omran Shafique!
Seen here with Bilal Maqsood,
on the sets of Coke Studio 8.
The music producer and guitarist talks to Instep about Coke Studio, playing with Chand Tara Orchestra, Undercover and more…
Every other artist, it seems, wants to get on Coke Studio. Mauj fans are in for a treat as the band is scheduled to release their next album sometime this year.
Mauj, with a different line-up, that includes Anas Alam on bass and Aziz Kazi on the drums has been jamming and recording new music at the A for Aleph facility in Karachi.
The boys revealed the news on the A for Aleph official Facebook page through a video.
The caption reads, "No release date has been set as of yet but Omran Shafique is writing a new #Mauj album with Anas Alam on bass and Aziz Kazi on drums!
We literally have one day to get a song in shape and then we move on.”
Meeting after spending a better part of the day rehearsing/recording for the upcoming season of Coke Studio, Shafique confesses, “I hadn’t done it like this since season five. That’s why Undercover works for me because it doesn’t require a lot of time.
He is often approached by young players who tell him that they picked up their instruments inspired by Mauj. [Prudence. Musicality wise, there is a little bit more intricate stuff, with Rohail it tended to be a bit more open, feel it out and now there are definite parts so it’s a little bit more stressful as well.”
When asked about Mauj, Shafique admits that there was a compulsion within him to do the first record that no longer exists.
I can’t justify going to that many rehearsals now because I’d rather be home with the kids. They are like, this is the set-list, learn some of these songs, come and play on some of these songs. And going by numbers, the show remains an enormous success.
“The biggest hit Coke Studio has had, I think, was ‘Tajdar-e-Haram’ by Atif Aslam; people still get riled about who is on it or not, that’s good, that means people are still taking ownership of it.”
As Shafique explains it, the show has its own ethos and also has a target it needs to achieve which is to create 30 songs.
And they were structured. I’m a little bit older and I’ve realized I don’t necessarily have the energy I used to back then so it’s a lot more taxing. “It is fun because we do classic sixties, seventies and eighties cover songs. It’s not just talent, it’s not just looks, it’s the right atmosphere and the right people talking about you.”
Having made its debut in 2008, Coke Studio has featured some of music’s most prominent names and has, in some ways, helped in putting Pakistani music on the map.
The band has had a different line up with every new album, the front-man, Shafique being the only constant.
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