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Mekaal Hasan Band (Urdu: میکال حسن بینڈ, sometimes shortened to MHB) is an international sufi rock band formed in Lahore, Pakistan in 2000 by composer, singer-songwriter and guitarist Meekal Hasan.[1]

Mekaal Hasan Band
Mekaal Hasan Band - Live in Canada at Celebration Square, Mississauga
Background information
OriginLahore, Punjab, Pakistan
GenresAlternative rock, Sufi rock, Jazz
Years active2000 – present
LabelsEMI, MHB Music, Sadaf Stereo, The Musik Records
Websitewww.mekaalhasanband.com
MembersMekaal Hasan
Mohammad Ahsan Papu
Sharmistha Chatterjee
Sheldon D'Silva
Gino Banks
Agha Ibrahim Akram
Amir Azhar
Past membersAsad Abbas
Riaz Ali Khan
Sameer Ahmed
Javed Bashir
Kami Paul

The band members have roots in different genres, including pop, rock music, soul music, and black rock, the combination of each member has created a sound which has earned them fans from a variety of quarters.[2][3]


History



Early years (1995-2004)


Songwriter Mekaal Hasan, born in Lahore, Pakistan, was surrounded by music since childhood. His mother was a Christian and father, Masood Hasan, a Muslim, passionate for jazz music who influenced him throughout his early years. After graduating from Government College, Lahore, Mekaal studied music at the Berklee College of Music, Boston and his stay there exposed him to a wide variety of music and musicians, many of whom are influences on him to this day. His parents encouraged him to come back to Lahore, Pakistan by offering to build him a studio. So he returned to Lahore in 1995. After some initial hard struggle, Mekaal Hasan had a big musical breakthrough in Pakistan in 2004.[2]

In March 2001, Mekaal collaborated with Pete Lockett in a series of concerts countrywide featuring music written for Pete and classical artists by Mekaal.

Mekaal Hasan has worked with many other fellow-musicians like Ali Azmat, Atif Aslam, Jal Band, Noori, Zeb and Haniya, Meesha Shafi, Poor Rich Boy, Farid Ayaz and Abu Mohammad Qawwal and many more musicians.[3]


Pepsi Battle of the Bands


The band entered the first season of Pepsi Battle of the Bands, in an effort to win the competition and earn a lucrative album deal from Pepsi. The band finished 3rd, behind Aaroh and Entity Paradigm who finished 1st and 2nd respectively.


Sampooran (2004-2008)


Mekaal Hasan Band released their debut album, "Sampooran", in 2004 by EMI/Virgin Records.


Saptak (2009-2010)


Mekaal Hasan Band, released their second album in October, 2009. They also released their video of a single "Chal Bulleya" on 2 October 2009.[4]

On 3 February 2010, the band's vocalist Javed Bashir decided to part ways after working along with the band for 8 years. On 26 December, in an online poll by Dawn News the band's video for their single, "Chal Bulleya", was voted as the best music video of 2010.[4]


Andholan (2014)


Mekaal Hasan Band's latest album featuring the all new lineup was released September 2014 in Pakistan and India across iTunes, Taazi, Amazon Music and other platforms.[5] Mekaal Hasan Band released just one video from a live performance of the track 'Ghunghat', despite being a live performance it won song of the year in Express Tribune's Critics Choice and in the reader polls[6] and also won song of the year by Dawn News.[7] The album was removed from GIMA Awards for having "foreign roots", although the album featured Indian vocalist Sharmistha Chatterjee in all the songs.[8]


Discography


Studio albums

Band members


Current
Former

Timeline



See also



References


  1. Asfa Sultan (21 November 2019). "Mekaal Hasan Band re-records 'Chal Bulleya' with 19-year-old vocalist". The Express Tribune (newspaper). Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  2. Bilal Qureshi (6 October 2008). "Mekaal Hasan: Making Music On The Fault Line (Mekaal Hasan Interview)". National Public Radio (NPR) of the United States. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  3. Maheen Sabeeh (15 October 2017). "Mekaal Hasan's quest for creating social change through music". The News International (newspaper). Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  4. Opinion Poll: Who ruled 2010? Dawn (newspaper), Published 26 December 2010, Retrieved 8 June 2021
  5. Maheen Sabeeh (20 August 2017). "Discovering the opulent sounds of the Mekaal Hasan Band". The News International (newspaper). Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  6. Top 10 songs of 2014 The Express Tribune (newspaper), Published 30 December 2014, Retrieved 7 June 2021
  7. Zahra Salahuddin (10 April 2015). "2014: Pakistan's year of music idols, festivals and indie bands". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  8. Zoya Anwer (11 February 2015). "Mekaal Hasan Band disqualified from Global Indian Music Awards". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 7 June 2021.




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