Coke Studio Pakistan season 1 explained

Season Number:1
Num Episodes:4
Episode List:List of Coke Studio Pakistan episodes
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Starring:Featured Artists

The first season of the Pakistani music television series Coke Studio Pakistan commenced airing on 6 February 2008 and ended on 18 April 2008.

The show was produced by The Coca-Cola Company and Rohail Hyatt. The production team included Rohail Hyatt as the executive producer along with Umber Hyatt and Nofil Naqvi being the producers of the show. Natasha De Souza and Naseer-ud-din Wasif served as production team members.[1]

Artists

Artists featured in the show included, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Ali Azmat, Ali Zafar, Ustaad H. B Gullo, Saieen Tufail Ahmed, Ahsan Farooq, Strings, Sajid & Zeeshan, Saba & Selina and Mauj.

Featured Artists

The show also featured a house band which had some of the high-profile musicians in the country including, Omran Shafique on guitars, Kamran Zafar on bass guitars, Zeeshan Parwez on keyboards and turntables, Louis 'Gumby' Pinto on drums. Other members of the house band included, Saba Shabbir, Athar Sani and Selina Rashid on backing vocals along with Babar Khanna, Zulfiq 'Shazee' Ahmed Khan and The Abdul Latif Band on percussions.[2]

Backing Vocals

House Band

Kamran "Mannu" Zafar

Louis "Gumby" Pinto

Omran "Momo" Shafique

The Abdul Latif Band, Babar Khanna & Shaizi

Episodes

The first episode aired on 8 June, followed by the second episode being aired on 29 June. The third episode was aired on all locals channels on 20 July and the show came to an end on 4 August, which also rebroadcast three songs, "Sar Kiye" by Strings, "Garaj Baras" by Ali Azmat featuring Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and "Allah Hu" by Tufail Ahmed and Ali Zafar, from the previous episodes.

No. OverallSong(s) TitleArtist(s)Language(s)Original air date
Episode 1
11DeewanaAli AzmatUrdu8 June 2008
2Garaj BarasAli Azmat & Rahat Fateh Ali KhanUrdu
3GallanAli AzmatPunjabi
4Shaman PaiyanRahat Fateh Ali KhanPunjabi
5BalamaAli Azmat & Rahat Fateh Ali KhanPunjabi & Urdu
6PaheliyanMauj
Episode 2
27I'm in Love (I'm a Believer)Saba and SelinaEnglish29 June 2008
8Sar KiyeStringsUrdu
9AnjaneStringsUrdu
10DuurStrings, Hussain Bakhsh Gullo & House BandUrdu
11ZindaStringsUrdu
12Jam SessionHussain Bakhsh Gullo & House Band
Episode 3
313Janay Na KoiAli Zafar20 July 2008
14Chal Dil MerayAli ZafarUrdu
15ChannoAli ZafarUrdu
16RangeenAli ZafarUrdu
17My HappinessSajid & ZeeshanEnglish
18Allah HuAli Zafar & Tufail AhmedUrdu
Episode 4
419Percussion JamHouse Band4 August 2008
20DildaraRahat Fateh Ali KhanPunjabi
21Flute JamVarious Artists
22Mein ChallaAli AzmatPunjabi
23Garaj BarasAli Azmat & Rahat Fateh Ali KhanUrdu
24DhaaniStrings & Hussain Baskhsh GulloUrdu
25Sar KiyeStringsUrdu
26Allah HuAli Zafar & Tufail AhmedUrdu

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Coke Studio Season 1-5 Songs in mp3/wma . 3 March 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130121080538/http://www.mastyspot.net/2009/08/download-coke-studio-season-1-2-mp3.html . 21 January 2013 . dead.
  2. Web site: PAKISTANI ARTISTS - COKE STUDIO SEASON 1- EPISOD 1 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20130116053121/http://mp3hungama.com/music/index.php?action=album&id=8139 . 16 January 2013 . 3 March 2013.