[Karachi, 12th October 2018]: Celebrating 30 years in
the music industry, Pakistan’s favorite and most iconic band for 3 decades, Strings
announces the release of the fifth track, ‘Hum Dono’ from their sixth album
titled ‘30’. This album has been a huge milestone for Strings as it has
bestowed them to another pedestal of success in the music industry.
Written by Bilal Maqsood, Hum Dono features both band members,
Bilal Maqsood and Faisal Kapadia. The video of Hum Dono stars the ravishing Sabeeka Imam and the heartthrob of the
fashion industry, Hasnain Lehri. The latest song is sure to stir your
imagination, as it is shot with a sense of mystery and seduction and comes
across as a hide and seek of emotions between lovers.
The song has been mixed and
mastered by M. Ishaq Nazir and recorded at the Main Stage Productions. Hum Dono combines warm yet powerful
vocals with a vintage rawness. The music is a celebration of love and its
memory; a powerful package of great song inscription and flawless
harmonization.
Earlier this 2018, Strings
announced the music album “30” in celebration of their three decades of
definitive music with the release of the first song, Sajni which was followed by Urr
Jaoon, Piya Re and Mil gaya to
much acclaim. The album “30” is from the soul and has the potential to
mesmerize you, change your life, or at least, send shrills up your spine with
the music.
Strings are acclaimed
for their stringed rhythms and melodious, poetic songs written by Anwar Maqsood
and Bilal Maqsood who also composes, plays guitar and occasionally sings. He
has been writing lyrics for the band since its re-formation, with Faisal
Kapadia as the lead vocalist. The band has sold over 25 million albums
worldwide.
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About Strings:
Strings was in fact first
formed in 1988 by four members. The quartet signed on with major record label,
EMI, to release their first, critically-acclaimed self-titled album Strings in
1990, followed by their second album 2, in 1992 featuring tracks such as Sar
Kiye Yeh Pahar that took the country by storm. Strings disbanded the same year
and returned after a hiatus of 8 years with two founding members Faisal Kapadia
and Bilal Maqsood. The duo marked a comeback with the release of their third
studio album, Duur in 2000. Duur made waves on the Indian music channels and
was reissued on the Magnasound label, which had launched pop stars Baba Sehgal
and Remo Fernandes in 2002. Following their success, Strings released their
fourth studio album Dhaani on the Columbia Records label including a single
titled Najane Kyun which was featured as a soundtrack for the Hollywood film
Spider-Man 2 in 2004 and also the Urdu version of Spider-Man by Columbia
TriStar Films of India. With that, Strings became the first Pakistani band to
ever sing on an international film. Strings won its first international award,
MTV Asia’s Favorite Artist India award in 2005 and has continued to win
accolades till date. Strings has also lent their compositions for a number of
Bollywood films including Zinda, Shootout at Lokhandwala & John Day. The
band released their fifth studio album Koi Aanay Wala Hai in 2008 and also
produced the soundtrack for the award-winning Pakistani feature film, Moor, in
2015. Strings took the reins of Coke Studio from Rohail Hyatt to make a debut
with Season 7 in 2014 and produced four consecutive seasons till they bade
farewell to the country’s biggest music platform last year with a promise to
return with more masterpieces as they now embark on yet another exciting chapter
in their musical journey.
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