Kashan Admani

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Muhammad Kashan Admani
کاشان ادمانی
Also known asKashan Admani
Born (1979-01-12) 12 January 1979 (age 45)
GenresPop, Rock, World Music
Occupation(s)
Instrument(s)
  • Guitar
  • Keyboard
Years active2003-present
Formerly of
Spouse(s)Filza Hai

Kashan Admani[1] (Full name: Muhammad Kashan Admani) (Urdu: کاشان ادمانی) is a Pakistani musician, composer, music producer, film producer, film director, guitar player, founder of music band Mizmaar, and the CEO of Dream Station Productions.[2] Born in Karachi, Kashan has performed with Simon Phillips.[3][4]

Early life and career[edit]

Admani began his mainstream career with his band Mizmaar and he released his debut album Kash in 2003. Kashan has performed with Najam Sheraz, Haroon, Junoon (band) Strings, Faakhir, Shuja Haider, and many others.[5] He is the founder and owner of Dream Station Productions[5] located in Karachi. Kashan His song Sitara featured in Dragon War.[5] He also produced the debut album for the band Raeth (band).

Mizmaar[edit]

Admani formed Mizmaar in 2000 with drummer Roger Faria, bassist Russell Owen, and vocalist Rehan-ul-Haq. The band performed in Pepsi Battle of the Bands in 2002. Post Pepsi Battle of the Bands, Rehan-ul-Haq parted ways and Daniyal Badshah joined Mizmaar as the vocalist. The band has released two albums, Kash and Sitara.[6] Their second album Sitara was released by Universal Music India.

Solo career[edit]

Recently,[clarification needed] Admani[7] assembled 31 artists for a song Taare[8][9] that was featured in Gulf News.[10] His production facility Dream Station Productions is Pakistan's first international standard, commercial 7:1 surround audio recording and post-production facility in Karachi.[2] He is working on his guitar album with Simon Phillips from Toto and invited him to Pakistan to record and conduct a masterclass.

Coke Studio[edit]

Admani appeared in Coke Studio Season 9[11] as a house band member and worked on a number of songs including Afreen Afreen, and Janay Na Tu. He also worked with Abida Parveen, Ali Sethi, Zeb Bangash, Ahmed Jahenzeb, Umair Jaswal, and Meesha Shafi during the show.

Acoustic Station[edit]

Admani has launched a music web series named Acoustic Station through Dream Station Productions. This web series has 14 episodes and each episode comes out on Wednesday. The band Kashmir has featured in the inaugural episode and performed their song Soch. In the second episode, Maha Ali Kazmi made an appearance with a cover of Kashmiri song Sahibo. The third episode featured Latif Ali Khan who performed a Saraiki song Lolak. The fourth episode featured Nida Hussain with an original song "Jee Loon".

Carma - The Movie[edit]

Admani has directed and produced a feature film by the name of Carma - The Movie.[12] The movie features top Pakistani actors including Adnan Siddiqui, Naveen Waqar, Zhalay Sarhadi, Paras Masroor, Arjumand Rahim, Lili Caseley, and more.[13] Carma is Pakistan's first new age revenge crime thriller with a twisted storyline. Carma's screenplay covers 50 scenes shot entirely in and around cars. Hence, the name Carma is derived (Cars + Karma).

He has composed, produced, and mixed the songs and soundtracks of the movie Carma. The movie features 7 songs. Carma is releasing in Hollywood by the distributor Porter & Craig films.

Global collaboration[edit]

Admani[14] enlisted top musical talent from all over the world for a new song 'We Are One'. We Are One[15] features 40 musicians from all over the world including Grammy Award winners. Grammy winning violinist Charlie Bisharat, Grammy nominee drummer and music Simon Phillips (drummer), bassist Stuart Hamm, percussionist Gumbi Ortiz, and drummer Taylor Simpson feature in the song from the United States. Other artists include guitarist, composer, and record producer Roman Miroshnichenko from Russia, singer-songwriter Dr. Palash Sen of Euphoria (Indian band) from India, actress and dancer Luiza Prochet from Brazil, Matt Laurent from Canada, and singer-songwriter Lili Caseley from the United Kingdom.[16][17][18][19]

Artists from Pakistan include Faakhir Mehmood, Omran Shafique, Imran Akhoond, Najam Sheraz, Bilal Ali (Kashmir), Amir Azhar, Natasha Baig, Natasha Khan (Pakistani singer), Ahsan Bari (Sounds of Kolachi), Farhad Humayun (Overload (Pakistani band)), Asad Rasheed (Mizmaar), Maha Ali Kazmi, Raafay Israr, Farooq Ahmed (Aaroh, Ali Khan (singer), Dino Ali, Salwa Najam, Babar Sheikh, Imran Akhoond, Khaled Anam, Nida Hussain, Faisal Malik, Nazia Zuberi (Rushk), Meraal Hassan, Alex Shahbaz, Ashir Wajahat, Fahad Ahmed, Ammar Khaled, Eahab Akhtar, and Sabir Zafar.[20][21]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Sabeeh, Maheen. "Kashan Admani launches state of the art studio facility". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2019-09-20.
  2. ^ a b Tribune.com.pk (2018-05-25). "Mizmaar guitarist sets up state-of-the-art music, film studio". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2019-09-20.
  3. ^ "Simon Phillips to conduct Master class in Karachi". The Nation. 2019-02-24. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  4. ^ "Grammy nominee Simon Phillips to be part of Dream Station Star Series in Pakistan". Daily Times. 2019-02-16. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  5. ^ a b c "Kashan Admani to launch revamped Dream Station Studios". The Nation. 2018-05-04. Retrieved 2019-09-20.
  6. ^ Salahuddin, Zahra (2015-03-26). "Mizmaar makes a comeback after 7 years". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2019-09-20.
  7. ^ InpaperMagazine, From (2010-10-24). "In concert: (L to R): Faisal Iqbal Khan, Alfred D'Mello and Kashan Admani". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2019-09-26.
  8. ^ "31 Pakistani singers come together to support education under the Music for a Cause campaign". Daily Times. 2019-04-21. Retrieved 2019-09-26.
  9. ^ "Music for a cause: 31 Pakistani celebrities sing for change | Samaa Digital". Samaa TV. Retrieved 2019-09-26.
  10. ^ "Mizmaar's Kashan Admani gathers stars for 'Taare'". gulfnews.com. 6 May 2019. Retrieved 2019-09-20.
  11. ^ NewsBytes. "Kashan Admani reflects on Coke Studio 9". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
  12. ^ "Teaser for 'Carma' promises hefty dose of violence and vengeance". The Express Tribune. 2021-08-03. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  13. ^ Haq, Irfan Ul (2021-08-02). "Crime film Carma promises gritty revenge and thrilling car chases in its newly released teaser". Images. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  14. ^ "40 musicians collaborate to spread hope, positivity amid pandemic | SAMAA". Samaa TV. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  15. ^ Tribune.com.pk (2020-05-28). "How grammy-winning artists came together for a 'dua' to end Covid-19". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
  16. ^ "Global music stars from all over the world unite for a song to inspire hope". Daily Times. 2020-05-30. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  17. ^ "Global music stars unite for a song to inspire faith". The Nation. 2020-05-29. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  18. ^ Images Staff (2020-05-29). "How 40 musicians from 7 countries came together for a Pakistani song about hope". Images. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  19. ^ "Pakistan's Kashan Admani teams up with international stars for song of hope". gulfnews.com. June 2020. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
  20. ^ "Kashan Admani unites local artistes with Grammy winners for new song". The Express Tribune. 2020-05-02. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
  21. ^ Desk, BR Web (2020-05-29). "Mizmaar's Kashan Admani brings together over 40 international artists for a hopeful anthem". Brecorder. Retrieved 2020-06-07.

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