Eclectic, over-the-top, and essential - the list of names and faces to watch out for embody all three of these admirable values. The rules for inclusion are simple: each person who makes it to this list is a name to reckon with in 2005 and sets a standard for others to follow
Ali Azmat
The reason for the delay of the album release was blamed on the extensive tours with Junoon that take up much time. The musicians who have been pulled in to play on one of the most exciting releases of the year 2005 are musical giants like Ziyyad Gulzar, ex-band mate Brian 'O Connell and Rohail Hyatt. As far as the lyrics are concerned, there are certain tracks in which the lyrics have been done entirely by Ali Azmat himself, but on other songs he has collaborated with the master himself - Sabir Zafar.
The album that has been titled Social Circus will have a total of 11 songs and according to Ali the record will be sponsored and that is also another reason for the delay in the release date. The album doesn’t contain live drums and that’s due to the lack of good studios and therefore Ali might fly down to Mekaal’s Studio to get the final treatment completed. The video of his song Deewana has been shot by Jami and will be released anytime from now and other directors that he plans to work with in the coming year most probably will be Saquib Malik and Asad-ul-Haq.
According to the bald one: “In the year 2005 I’m looking forward to Noori’s album as well as Fuzon’s sophomore effort. I guess all the musicians now have their own market and therefore they all sell so I can’t really name one person who will make it big in 2005. Having made in this list myself I guess there’s a lot of responsibility on my part. I feel that if your work is good it will speak for itself.”
Naqsh
The group who will be coming out with an album in 2005 exudes and conveys a genuineness which is sorely lacking out there. They hit a home run in my game of best-music-yet-to-be-released by their meaningful lyrics that are delivered with raw emotion every time.
Noori
Talking to Ali Noor the front man, we are told that the sound of the follow-up album due for release in 2005 will be heavier and guitar-oriented, and compared to the debut effort it is a slightly darker record.
The album’s release scheduled after Moharram is being recorded in Lahore. The album has been titled Peeli Patti Aur Raja Jani Ki Gol Duniya! The record will include the tracks that were released illegally on the Internet such as Ooncha, Khalla and Sari Raat Jaga. The lyrics have all been penned by Ali Noor and Ali Hamza and are very introspective by nature.
The band worked on the demos in Abbotabad and soon after bassist Ali Jafri announced his departure from the band. The new bassist is Ali Hamza and according to Ali Noor the sound quality of the recording with Jafri aren’t up to the standard and they might have to redo all the tracks with Ali Hamza.
The album has a total of 10 songs that sound quite odd since there are usually 14 or 12 songs in a record. From the looks and the sounds, this might be a much more mature album than the debut record released by the band.
Umar Anwar
Umar Anwar is one up and coming director who has become a cult name in the handful of directors that are ruling the scene.
Music videos are sort of the stepchild of cinema, a subgenre that’s generally considered a necessary evil of consumerism. But the best music videos have as much or more to offer as what’s playing at the local multiplex. They’re concentrated doses of cinema, little shot glasses full of intense and immensely satisfying performances if given the right treatment. This is the busy intersection of commercial production and avant-garde filmmaking, less a neighborhood where “real” and less privileged directors’ slum and more a place where committed visionaries can experiment lesser budget, interesting ideas, and complicated editing rhythms.
In 2005, he is one name to look up to as there are big string projects in the making. Ace-director Jami has been heard talking highly of this young chap.
source: dawn.com
