“We're trying to revive tradition, of how they did it in the old days with the melodies and the compositions, and so on and so forth.” Jaffer's sentiments are understandable, considering the fact that he is the son of Nayyara Noor, the venerable ghazal singer. Then the band members went on to discuss how they'd like their music to 'speak to the soul'. Initially, all three of them didn't know what to say as it's not easy for them to limit themselves to one particular word. I asked the band members what would be that one word that describes it. “If it hasn't been played by a real person,” Maaz says, “there's just no feeling in it.” However, the sound isn't what describes Kaavish's music. “It was just a tweaking of the instrumentations, and bit by bit the sound changed from electronic to live,” adds Raheel.įor Kaavish, live sound is important. We had access to a live recording studio and with that we just had to arrange the songs in a different manner, particularly towards a live sound.” What happened was that we were now looking at things from a proper recording process. Says Jaffer, “It wasn't a re-thinking, actually. The three tracks that have made Kaavish familiar to the masses underwent a re-thinking process. He critiqued us and we needed that.” Raheel adds, “We got a grander, richer sound as he opened us up as musicians.” “Although our friends loved our music, we couldn't get a critique out of them. “Before we came here (to Faisal) we would ask friends, musicians to tell us about our music.” Jaffer relates. This real sound reaches out to the listener and evokes a myriad of emotions.but more on the album later.įaisal Rafi's involvement changed the entire element of the album for the band. The resulting sound is probably the most organic yet to be heard with every instrument being played live. Listening to the tracks, one can tell that the chemistry between the band and the producer is clearly there.
The sound had progressed thanks to Faisal.” “When I came back and I heard the sound again, it was a vast improvement. In fact, he was privy to a very interesting point of view, one that his fellow band members didn't see. Though Raheel's involvement was actually limited, it didn't mean he was cut off from the group in any way. “It was my last year studying abroad,” the drummer says, adding, “I could only come back during the summers, which is when I'd lay down the tracks for the drums, do shows or anything else that was required.” We had to show up, play and get things done.” says Jaffer.īut getting things done was a bit tricky for Raheel. “We had no excuses after we had booked a shift with Faisal. Jaffer recollects how they started the collaboration, “Faisal wasn't doing any commercial projects at the time so we were lucky that he took an interest and helped us out.” With the start of the collaboration the band took a do-or-die attitude towards making the album. He usually maintains his privacy and shirks from the limelight. Rafi is responsible for the Indus Music Project. Before that we hadn't even decided that the sound was going to be live.” A fateful intervention by Omar Anwar introduced the band to producer Faisal Rafi, and it was then that the proverbial ball started to roll. Says Jaffer, “It wasn't until two years ago that we figured out what we wanted to do with the album. “Well, we did say that the last time and that was a couple of months ago,” quips Maaz, “but hopefully, we'll get it out after Ramazan.” And the young guitarist seems confident that it will be so because Kaavish has come a long way from when the band first started to work on this album some six years ago. After a long and tedious wait the album is now in final stages of production. They are busy at the studio polishing away track after track of their debut album, Gunkali.Īnd what a time it has been. Drummer Raheel is at work but was kind enough to speak to me afterwards, and he too agreed As a band, the last thing on their minds right now is fame. Sitting in Faisal Rafi's studio, I'm flanked by two members of Kaavish. Maaz, sitting next to me, shakes his head imagining it, “No way, that's just not right.” Raheel would also agree with both his band members. “l can't imagine us on billboards holding mobile phones or something,” scoffs singer/pianist Jaffer.
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