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Coke Studio starts with bang in first episode of season 12

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Rahat Fateh Ali Khan's Dam Mastam garnered a lot of appreciation all over the internet.

LAHORE (Dunya News) - The first episode of the season 12 has released today featuring Rahat Fateh Ali Khan performing ‘Dam Mastam’, Zoe Viccaji and Shahab Hussain presenting ‘Ram Pam’, and last but not the least, Barkat Jamal Fakir Troupe performing ‘Maahi Diyaan Jhokaan’.

Renowned singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan performed on ‘Dam Mastam’ which talks about the love of Shahbaz Qaladar for Maula Ali. ‘Dam Mastam‘ follows a rhythmic sound, carrying verses which holds the Lord in high regard, while forgetting one’s self in the field of creating art.

Rahat expressed, “As long as a spiritual artist respects their craft, peace prevails. It is wonderful when a singer has a noble cause, when they are spreading a message of love, peace, and brotherhood as presented by our saints, without greed of money or the world. This is the real purpose of qawwali”.

Sahir Ali Bagga’s written ‘Ram Pam’, sung by Zoe Viccaji and Shahab Hussain, tells the tale of a lovestruck girl confiding to a wise Baba about the state of her enraptured heart.

That’s what I’m trying to do with new music. I will write something in a Western way because that is what I was brought up with, but my instrumentation [is inspired by] theory of raags and notes. I’ve grown up with Western styles; the idea is to see how I can make that fuse with Eastern. At the end of the day what is music? It is something which is emotionally transporting you. How do you do it? I don’t know if there are any rules, but my mission is to try and find a new way of doing it.” said Zoe Viccaji.

Shahab Hussain has been usually Coke Studio’s backing vocalist but he debuted in a duet with Zoe.

Coke Studio’s first episode concluded with ‘Maahi Diyaan Jhokaan’ by Jamal Fakir Troupe. This performance talked about the folk of Heer Ranjha and it has been described as ‘a piece of Sufi transcendence’.

“Music is nutrition for the soul. Before we even sing the song, we listen to it. We understand it, then we sing it. Since my childhood, this has been my soul’s nutrition. When I sing, my soul finds peace.” said Barkat Jamal.

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