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The band collaborated with Shandana Anwar for vocals on the song.
Instrumental band Khumariyaan features Shandana Anwar’s vocals on Sheenai — their tribute to Gilgit-Baltistan
As depictions of Pashtuns in Western and Pakistani popular culture focused on extremism and violence, Pashtuns – who form roughly 20 percent of Pakistan’s 207 million people – came to be associated with the violence, rather than as victims of the Taliban’s rise. “A good image was not portrayed of [Pashtun] music instruments,” said Bogra, speaking to Al Jazeera about the class taboo around performing music in Pashtun culture. “People didn’t let their children play the rubab. Even I faced a lot of resistance from my family.” As the military drove the TTP from its strongholds i...
Collaborating with talent from Balochistan that specialises in throat singing, Chaap Trance is likely to catch you off guard Collaborating with talent from Balochistan that specialises in throat singing, Chaap Trance is likely to catch you off guard “People ask ‘What is this robotic effect?’ and then you tell them it’s not an effect, it’s one of the voices of Balochistan,” says Sparlay Rawail one of the band-members of Peshawar-Islamabad based Khumariyaan. He’s talking about the ‘throat singing’ in the band’s latest track, 'Chaap Trance', featuring the talents of Bujla Bu...