Kashan Admani ''(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. Born in Karachi, Kashan has performed with many renowned musicians, including the Grammy nominated drummer and music producer
Simon Phillips (drummer)
Simon Phillips (born 6 February 1957) is a US-based English jazz, fusion and rock drummer, songwriter, and record producer. He worked with rock bands during the 1970s and 1980s and was the drummer for the band Toto from 1992 to 2014.
Phillip ...
. He took to keyboards with he was only 5 years old and by the time he reached 4th grade, he had composed his first song.
Early life and career
Kashan Admani began his mainstream career with his band Mizmaar and he released his debut album ''Kash'' in 2003. In his career, Kashan has performed with renowned musicians of Pakistan including Strings,
Najam Sheraz
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Early life
Najam Sheraz was born in Multan, Pakistan on 2 August 1969. He played professional cricket
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Junoon (band)
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Faakhir
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,
Shuja Haider
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, and many others. He is also the founder and owner of state-of-the-art music production facility Dream Station Productions located in Karachi. Kashan Admani has had many accolades in the world of music, including his song ''Sitara'' featuring in Hollywood movie
Dragon War
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. He has also been producing music of various TVCs for multiple brands. He has also produced the debut album for the band
Raeth (band)
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. He has also produced songs and albums for multiple artists like Najam Sheraz, Haroon, Usman Riaz, and others.
Mizmaar
Kashan Admani formed Mizmaar in 2000 with drummer Roger Faria, bassist Russell Owen, and vocalist Rehan-ul-Haq. The band also performed in
Pepsi Battle of the Bands
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Season 1
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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. Their second album Sitara was released by Universal Music India.
Solo career
Recently, Kashan Admani assembled 31 artists for a song ''Taare'' that was also featured in Gulf News. His production facility Dream Station Productions is Pakistan's first international standard, commercial 7:1 surround audio recording and post-production facility in Karachi. Currently, he is working on his guitar album with Simon Phillips from Toto and also invited him to Pakistan to record and conduct a masterclass.
Coke Studio
Kashan Admani appeared in Coke Studio Season 9 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
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Zeb Bangash
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Umair Jaswal
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He was also lead vocalist of the rock band ''Qayaas''.
Umair is the brother of singers Yasir Jaswal and Uzair Jaswal.
Personal life
Jaswal, whose fa ...
, and
Meesha Shafi
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Carma - The Movie
Kashan Admani has recently directed and produced a feature film by the name of
Carma - The Movie
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. The movie features top Pakistani actors including
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,
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,
Zhalay Sarhadi
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Paras Masroor
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,
Arjumand Rahim
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Car ...
, Lili Caseley, and more. 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 also composed, produced, and mixed the songs and soundtracks of the movie Carma. The movie features 7 songs.
Global collaboration
Kashan Admani enlisted top musical talent from all over the world for a new song ' We Are One'. We Are One features 40 musicians from all over the world including
Grammy Award
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winners. Grammy winning violinist Charlie Bisharat, Grammy nominee drummer and music
Simon Phillips (drummer)
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, bassist
Stuart Hamm
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Career
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, 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
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Early life and education
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of
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from India, actress and dancer Luiza Prochet from Brazil, Matt Laurent from Canada, and singer-songwriter Lili Caseley from the United Kingdom.
Artists from Pakistan include
Faakhir Mehmood
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, Omran Shafique, Imran Akhoond,
Najam Sheraz
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Early life
Najam Sheraz was born in Multan, Pakistan on 2 August 1969. He played professional cricket
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Natasha Baig
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,
Natasha Khan (Pakistani singer)
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, Ahsan Bari (Sounds of Kolachi),
Farhad Humayun
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Aaroh
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Kashan Admani has produced several music albums for a number of mainstream musicians including
Raeth (band)
Raeth ( ) is a Pakistani Sufi rock band. The band, which currently has two members, follows in the footsteps of other Pakistani, and Pakistani-American groups such as Junoon, Strings, and Jal. They have garnered a significant fan base in bot ...
Najam Sheraz
Najam Sheraz (Urdu: نجم شیراز) is a Pakistani pop singer and songwriter.
Early life
Najam Sheraz was born in Multan, Pakistan on 2 August 1969. He played professional cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two t ...
, and more. He also produced the album for Usman Riaz. On Raeth's album, he played all the instruments, recorded, and mixed it as well. Kashan's portfolio includes production of several popular jingles including
Mobilink
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's Hum Bolain Muhabbat Ki Zuban. He also revamped the relaunch ads music and also re-edited the advertisement for telecommunication network Zong 4G. His work also includes countless jingles and music score for TV ads.
Facebook
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