Music of Pakistan - Producers

Producers

Music production seems to have stayed in the shadows in the Pakistan music industry. Behind the successes of some of the top talent in the country, there were almost always music producers who never got their due credit.

• Aamir Hasan - who produced various artists including Junoon

• Badar uz Zaman - Originally a Classical singer yet worked a lot in the fusion of old music with new one.

• Mekaal Hasan - a member of the Meekal Hasan Band and one of the most talented musicians in Pakistan who has produced great hits like "Aadat" for Jal The Band, "Sampooran" and "Andohlan" for his own band.

• Rohail Hyatt - a member of Vital Signs who produced all the Vital Signs albums and albums for various other artists like Awaz, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Ali Azmat. He has worked with big names such as Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Ustaad Saami and Fareed Ayaz. He produced the background music for the hit Pakistani film Khuda Kay Liye and produced the song "Jiya Dhadak Dhadak Jaye" for the film Kalyug. He is also a producer of Coke Studio

• Shani Haider - a unique musician from a musical family and the only producer who produced music albums for almost every artist Junaid Jamshed, Ali Zafar, Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan, Hadiqa Kiyani, Shehzad Roy, Fakhir, Haroon, Jimmy Attre, Raheem Shah, Najam Sheraz, Fakhar-e-Alam, Sajjad Ali. Shani is the eldest son of the great tabla maestro Ustad Arshad Ali and he is known in the industry for his different musical approach in blending eastern and western music. He also has a huge musical score in the advertising industry of Pakistan for composing jingles and soundtracks for the major brands like Pepsi, Nestle, P&G, Orascom, Coca Cola, Braun, Toyota, Honda and many.

• Zeeshan Parwez, Sachal Music Izzat Majeed and Mushtaq Soofi produce artists including the popular Sachal Studio Orchestra (jazz and bossa nova), Mian Sheharyar, Hariharan, Ustad Fateh Ali Khan of Gwalior, Reshma, Mehnaz, Wazir Afzal, Qadir Shaggan, Ustad Nazar Hussain. and