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Sounds of Kolachi to play US tour preview gig in Karachi

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Mon, 03, 17

Having released their debut album - Elhaam - earlier this year, Sounds of Kolachi seem to be flying high. The music ensemble that is spearheaded by Ahsan Bari and features nearly a dozen members with an evolving policy has sustained itself on the back of incredible live performances where Western and Eastern philosophy come together in harmony

Having released their debut album - Elhaam - earlier this year, Sounds of Kolachi seem to be flying high. The music ensemble that is spearheaded by Ahsan Bari and features nearly a dozen members with an evolving policy has sustained itself on the back of incredible live performances where Western and Eastern philosophy come together in harmony. Some have hailed them for bringing Sufi rock back but SOK represent a sound that is best described as progressive world music. With eight original compositions, written, composed and arranged by Bari and music produced by Mekaal Hasan, Syed Fahad Ali and Ahsan Bari, Elhaam is astonishingly good.

Apart from Bari, the core members include Waqas Hussain and Gul Muhammad while the 2017 live line-up for the band includes names like, Sherjeel O’Neil, Saif Abbas Rizwan, Shams ul Arifeen, Quaid Ahmed, Nimra Rafiq, Iman Shahid and Waqar Hussain. In addition, Salt Arts is the creative agency backing the band.

And so as Sounds of Kolachi gear up to begin their United States tour later this month that will take them to places like Washington, Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia and New York, they are planning to give fans at home a taste of what that tour will sound like by playing a preview show in the city prior to their departure. 

The ‘SOK USA Tour Preview’ will take place in Karachi later this week, March 17 at the PACC. Tickets are priced at Rs. 500 while further details about bookings can be found on the band’s Facebook page. So head out this week and see the band play a show that will be all about the fine art of collaboration and sonic glory.