| A year ago, it was a
glamorous evening with rush of dashing crowd in a gloomy arena
waiting for results from a panel of judges, yes that was the
"Battle of Bands" final contest between EntityParadigm and
Aaroh. As the results were announced, the crowd started cheering
for the winner of competition between 20 bands, Aaroh won. Yes!
! !
Aaroh means 'Ascending Notes of Music'.
Yes! They came, they saw and they conquered. Aaroh have been
recognized as an 'Eastern-Music Genres' because they have
grabbed the audience who wanted to listen to the
eastern-classical mix. Aaroh's recently released maiden album 'Sawal'
took them to the top of the pop. 'Sawal' is rated as one
of the few perfect maiden albums because of the presence of all
genres of music from hard rock to eastern classical.
Aaroh-The Band basically comprises of
four members:
Farooq Ahmed: The Lead vocalist,
he has got advance training in classical rag pats.
Nabeel Nihal: Lead Guitarist,
playing guitar for last 10 years.
Khalid Khan: Bass Guitarist, also
working in similar position for another band called Mizrab
(Faraz Anwar's band-old member of 90's band Collage)
Kamran Khan: Keyboardist
Jason: While performing live
concerts, the band inducts him; he is very talented drummer sets
drum on fire.
Aaroh has all the potential to become a
top of the pop band . It just needs proper projection and
appreciation from the listeners.
'Sawal' - Kicks off with the
title track which features Nabeel and Khalid's skills with the
guitar, Farooq's industrious vocal and Kamran's brilliant work
with the keyboard.
'Aik Din' - Farooq's diligent
vocals return in this song only to remind one of the
Music-Channel-Chart days when every Tom, Dick and Harry was
coming up with a music video.
'Duniya' and 'Aankhen' are
average songs with ordinary tunes
'Jalan' - This song will surely
changes the mind of listener for good. The number has brilliant
guitar-work, catchy but childish lyrics and professional vocals
amalgamated into one to give a fast-paced song destined to
allure the listener for sometime. Nabeel's brilliance with
guitar combines with the rest of Aaroh's good work. Jalan's
video is also on-air from different channels.
'Dil Ki Batoon' - Good works of
Nabeel for Aaroh seem continues in this song.
'Aag' - Aaroh's all time-hit
makes its presence felt with dusky composition and imaginative
lyrics.
"Jeyaay" - Aaroh's own national
song is extremely catchy due to its tune and energized vocals of
Farooq who has sung in his highest pitch. Farooq brings all his
classical training into play in Jeyaay and impresses a lot along
with his fellow members Kamran, Nabeel and Khalid. The flute
here leaves a lasting impression while the guitars take you
along well throughout the song. Patriotic video of this song is
on-air these days from different channels.
'Ajnabee' - Aaroh's lead single.
'Na Kaho' - Melodious and
rhythmic song that will touch the heart beat of its listener.
Sawal is more of a crowd-puller
and shows the intensity with which Aaroh can perform. It is, by
far, a must buy.
By
Sheraz Ahmed Bari aka
SunnY
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