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January 08 Music 2006 Part One

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As the year 2006 comes to a close, we bring to you the 2007 celebrity calendar jam-packed with 12 glamorous showbiz entities who will give the year an edge in terms of glitz and glamour, fun and excitement and the hottest happenings in music, fashion, TV, radio, film and all that’s entertainment. |
| Atif Aslam |
Strings |
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Life is incredible and getting even more exciting for pop’s favourite boy-next-door. Atif Aslam is not only the hottest musical sensation in Pakistan but in India (read Bollywood) as well. Woh Lamhe for Zeher, Aadat for Kalyug, Teray Bin for Bas Ek Pal have all been super-hits on Pakistani and Indian music charts of 2006. Three of his songs Aadat, Ehsaas and Yakeen were also included in Man Push Cart, a Hollywood art-movie that received tremendous response in international film festivals and won the Fepriski award in Europe. With his new album Doorie just out in both countries, Atif is one lad who’s certainly making it big in 2007.

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Strings made a huge comeback with one of the biggest records Pakistan has heard of in the last 10 years, almost erasing from memory their period of hibernation with a string of jangling, synthesised hits and snappy videos.

Bilal Maqsood and Faisal Kapadia came out with their album Duur and then Dhaani. In 2005, Strings won MTV Asia’s best artiste award. Having sang various numbers and soundtracks for cinemas all over the world, Strings have now been appointed by the United Nations as Unicef Pakistan’s National Ambassadors for HIV and Aids. In 2006, the band released Beirut, touching the hearts and minds of thousands around the world. Easily and by far the best band around, there’s no doubt Strings will make their mark next year as well.

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Aamir Zaki |
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Play TV is the up and coming music channel which is currently taking the music world by storm. in fact, it is for the very first time that a music channel has become so popular so fast with the younger lot (sorry, mtv pakistan). with an amazing runtime, great shows, awesome choice of songs and a sleek layout, play tv is heading towards becoming one of the top-most music channels of the country. the year 2006 witnessed a steep rise in its popularity and the same is expected for the coming year.
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One of Pakistan’s most prolific guitar players, Zaki released his long-awaited debut album Signature in 1995. To date, it is his only full length studio recording release. His music is enchanting because it has never been commercial, and it was in 2006 that he finally appeared to have carved a niche for himself by setting up a recording company called Manhattan West Productions in Santa Monica, California, with a partner. He is back in the country with the intention of roping in talented musicians here. Meanwhile, Zaki has also turned producer and has three albums up his sleeve. He is also doing an English album with Hadiqa Kiyani. He is the best guitarist this country can boast of and his music, which includes quite a few instrumental numbers, will definitely scale its way to the top of the charts.
Zaki's travails into cascades and cadences had somewhat of a rocky start. His father initially got him a drum kit that was deemed too loud. A saxophone took its place, but the trumpeting was too much for the family to handle. Finally a compromise was struck on the guitar and that suited everyone just fine, especially Aamir who immediately started working out melodies on one string. Soon he had learnt the ropes by instinct, playing the music others made before him.
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When CityFM89 was first established in 2004, it broke away from conventional radio broad casting by playing a blend of tunes ranging from classic songs from the subcontinent to the latest hits on the Billboard Charts. Informative, intelligent and issue-conscious, this FM channel has been making tracks in radio broadcasting with the promise of doing still better.
Meanwhile, on the tube, with a whole new generation of local and international news channels popping up on our TV screens, the Herald Broadcasting Network’s first channel, DawnNews TV, is expected to launch sometime early in 2007. Competing with the big-guns of international news in terms of content, research and quality, there’s little doubt that DawnNews TV will pack a solid punch once it goes on air.
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