Talal Qureshi is a Pakistani musician, singer, record producer, songwriter and DJ who is emerging in the field of electronic music.
Wiki/Biography
Talal Qureshi was born on Saturday, April 2, 1988, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (33 years old as of 2022). His zodiac sign is Aries. Later, his family moved to Karachi, Pakistan. When Talal was eleven, he discovered a video game music generator on the PlayStation, which inspired him to compose music.
appearance
Height (approximately): “5’9”
Eye color: moss green
family
Talal and his family lived in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, before moving to Karachi, Pakistan.
Parents/Siblings
In 2016, Talal lost his mother.
Talal Qureshi and his mother
Talal Qureshi has a sister.
Profession
When Talal was eleven, he used to play guitar and tap patterns on a Casio keyboard, which is how his interest in music grew. Talal began composing music when he was thirteen. Talal released his first song “Phase Shift” in 2007. Talal released his first debut EP (Extended Play) titled “The Equator” in 2012 and his second debut EP x1988 in 2013. In 2014, Quershi released the song “Too Much To Handle” In the same year, he released a remix of the song “Tasveer” by Pakistani musician and internet sensation Taimoor Salahuddin.
In 2015, Talal Quershi formed SNKM (Saturday Night Killing Machine) along with Adil Omar, a rapper, record producer, singer and songwriter from Pakistan, with the two artists sharing production, songwriting and vocal duties. In 2015, Talal and Adil made their US debut at SXSM (South by Southwest). Talal collaborated with many musicians and participated in various performances, which he continued until 2018.
In 2016, Talal produced a rap song “Jawab De” with Faris Shafi.
Talal Qureshi’s song “Jawab De”
The rap song talks about the consequences of military overreach, religious fanaticism and violence against civilians, minorities and women in Pakistan. There was a lot of controversy surrounding the release of this song.
In 2018, Tarar released the song “AAG” with Punjabi folk singer Naseebo Lal. Quersh dedicated the song to his late mother.
In 2019, Talal released the song “Mad Calls” with Californian singer Rehma.
Quershi also released “Mixed Sensory Castle” in 2019.
In 2020, Quershi released two EPs “Acha Vol.1” and “Acha Vol.2”.
In 2020, he released the single “Constant Summer” with Natasha Noorani.
In 2021, Talal Quershi released the first single from her debut album titled “PAISA” with a music video composed by Arham Ikram and Rohany. In 2021, Talal collaborated with Rehman Ashfar aka Maanu on the song “5 am”. The song is composed, composed and sung by Talal Qureshi and Manu.
Talal produced a song “Sweetu” in 2021.
Sweetu and @hassanrahim X @maanusmusicdirected by @chaiandkimchi https://t.co/xvnrdrczw3 pic.twitter.com/4zX7jjTbK2
— Talal Qureshi (@talalqureshi) June 23, 2021
In 2021, Talal released the song “Paisa”.
Talal Qureshi is also part of Coke Studio, where he works with Atif Aslam and Faris Shafi, among others musicians performing together
very cold pic.twitter.com/GNZSvjwVwu
— Talal Qureshi (@talalqureshi) October 27, 2021
Atif Aslam, Talal Qureshi, Faris Shafi represent Pakistan @cokstudio https://t.co/ZCM4kM2Ahe
— Talal Qureshi (@talalqureshi) October 24, 2021
dispute
In 2016, Talal Quershi released “Jawab De”, a rap song about religious fanaticism, violence against civilians and women in Pakistan. It was posted on YouTube in November 2016 but was later banned by YouTube’s Community Guidelines. The song was also censored by the media.
Facts/Trivia
- Talal said in an interview that his tracks are in heavy rotation in the UK and BBC Asia Network, and have also been played on radio stations in India, Finland, Austria, Iceland, Germany, Japan and Belgium.
- Talal, an electronic musician, expressed his desire to establish an electronic music industry in Pakistan.
- Talal organizes most of his shows himself, and according to Talal-sponsored exhibitions, there is little hope for artists in a country like Pakistan.
- Talal Quershi is the voice of the future, says Bobby Friction, an electronic DJ at East Village Radio and a presenter on numerous BBC channels.
- According to Talal, he likes to experiment with traditional sounds.
- In an interview, Talal discussed the perception that artists can only be creative if they take drugs.According to Talal, it is not important for an artist to take drugs or alcohol to get creative, so he quoted
I’ve been making music for 12 years and I’ve been sober. No matter where I played there was a lot of hash and weed. I don’t know of any other medications. People tell producers to do LSD or MDMA so they can start being creative, but I don’t need hash or weed to make music.
- According to Talal, he is not a party lover and whenever he is in Islamabad, he participates in shows of Pakistan DJ Network.
- Cools cites discussion of Pakistan’s music industry
The only problem with the Pakistani music industry is that they want to serve the commercial public while the audience wants you to maintain something traditional; they want you to represent Pakistan. That’s what they want from music. Pakistanis are more traditional – they like acoustic music, folk music. Pakistani musicians love to add all traditional instruments in every track. “We should add Sarangiwe should add sitar, we should add flute, we should add…. [laughs] Every instrument. “I’m trying to change the whole scene here. I’ve tried a lot and have been creating traditional music using traditional instruments.
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