House Band Members of Coke Studio are an integral part of this premier music show and they have contributed a lot in the musical performances of legendary stars as well as aspiring new musicians who are featured in the Studio.

Coke Studio Season4 also has some great line up of in house experience band members, these include:

• Asad Ahmed (Karavan),
• Babar Khanna,
• Louis J. Pinto a.k.a Gumby (Noori),
• Jaffer Zaidi (Kaavish),
• Javed Iqbal,
• Kamran Zafar a.k.a Mannu (Ali Azmat),
• Omran Shafique a.k.a Momo (Mauj),
• Rachel Viccaji,
• Zulfiq Ahmed Khan a.k.a Shazee,
• Sikandar Mufti (Co-Ven),
• Zoe Viccaji etc.

Following are their latest Pictures from Coke Studio Season 4, as gathered from Coke Studio Official Website: (more…)

The Pakistani Band Co-VEN, who created waves in international media sometime ago, is all set to release its new album called “Vol-3″ . The album is being released independently on 22nd Novemeber 2010, while 5 tracks are already available online to stream. Its not clear yet whether the album will be available for purchase or remain FREE for ALL.

Here are the album details:

Recorded at Ravenous Studio
Recorded & Produced by Omar Hussain
Album artwork & videos by Rola

Out 22nd November 2010 – Shame On You Records

For shout out or you may call “Album launch/promotions” some gigs and performances are also arranged by the band in Lahore and Karachi.  Here are some more details about the event:

Lahore gigs:

22nd, 23rd, 24th & 25th November 2010
at The Guitar School
03024805574, 03334897797, 04235749414, 04235694129

Karachi gigs:

9th, 10th, 11th & 12th December 2010
at The MAD School
03362350775

Stream Now Co-VEN’s Vol-3 Online

Song : X-Ray (download mp3)

Band : Co-Ven

Here is now the most requested & searched lyrics of Co-VEN band’s latest song & video “Ready to die”. Though it was already available in a picture of the youtube video by COVEN THE BAND. But i guess some people need the lyrics in text format.So here it is :  (also check out the interesting urdu translation of the song)

Gonna tell the government,

(main kahoonga hukoomat ko)

To inform the president,

(ke sadar-e-mumlikat ko batayein)

He’s been watching CNN,

(woh CNN dekhtay rahay hain)

Foreign Officials have arrived

(ghair mulki aehlkar aa chukay hain)

Send a team of four thousand Men,

(bhejo ek jamaat char hazaar afraad ke)

Send the entire regiment

(bhejo ek puray hazaar faujion ka dasta)

Get the media to cover them

(bulao zara-e-ablagh ko aagah karne ke liye)

We are allies , We must Fight

(hum ittehadi hain , hamein har surat larna hai)

Chali Shatranj kee Baazi

(Chess game has started)

aur bari bari,

(and turn by turn)

Iraqi, Irani

Saudi, Afghani

Pakistani

Haq, Haq, Haq, Haq.

(truth truth truth truth)

Commander in chief is asleep

(sipay-salaar soya hua hai)

base on the border has been seized

(border per choki cheen lee gayee hai)

down from the mountains on their feet*

(paharon se neechay aatay, apnay pero’n per)

Sir the militants have multiplied

(janaab , “jangju” barh chukay hain)

Coalition casualties,

(ittehadi zakhmi hotay hain)

Chopper shot down by the enemy,

(heli kaapter maar giraya gaya dushman ke zariye)

We’re gonna bring them to their knees,

(hum un ko ghutnon PAY le ayenge)

We are ready, Ready to DIE !

(hum tayyar hain , tayyar- marnay ke liye)

Ilzaam hamla barbaadi

(blame, attack , destruction)

or bari bari,

(and turn by turn)

Iraqi Irani

Saudi Afghani

Pakistani

Gonna Tell the Government!

(ja raha hun hukoomat ko batanay!)

*Thanks to Eihab for pointing out the mistake. We wrote it “street” but it is actually “feet”

Sailing Fast

Boundries Broken

Third World Celebrity

DOWNLOAD CO-VEN Band UG & UNPLUGGED SONGS HERE

Co-Ven The Band

Co-Ven- the Pakistani Rock Band- which consists of Ali Hamza , Sameer Ahmed & Sikander Mufti is getting hype in international media these days. Coven actually stands for Company of Vicious Earth Navigators.Coven is a Lahore based band who does music on political, social & environmental issues.

Last week , when the band was interviewed  by Declan Walsh & it was published in world’s leading newspaper Guardian, people came to know about the Band & ultimately about the true Pakistan & her musicians.

The story became more crispy when hamza Jaffri – the lead vocalist of the band – said, “There’s a lot of foreign pressure on our government to attack people in the tribal areas,” & further added “We are taking dictation from you guys.” (more…)

Co-Ven – Volume I & II (2007)

In smoke-filled rooms, notepads filled with hastily written lyrics and chords, and amidst a cacophony of self-taught guitar (acoustic or electric) notes and the reverberations of drums, boys (who are now men) gave middle-class artistic expression a whole new name at a time when the country’s music ‘scene’ was stuck – inert in an incubation period. Not yet ripe, it bubbled with promise and a desperate urge to spew forth. (more…)