co-ven the band

The band  members are :

Members	Hamza Jafri - main vocalist and guitars Sikandar Mufti – drums Omran Shafique - guitars

co-ven the band,one of my favorite rock band from Pakistan Lahore. its been more than seven years Co-Ven the band had released their first song but its sad that they are still one of underground bands of Pakistan.Co-ven is definitely a band who should be recognized at international level.Their music,compositions and lyrics are all fascinating & creative.

Their track “Ready to Die” which was uploaded by the band back in 2009 has conceptual lyrics and a wake up call for Pakistanis.it covers a good view of Pakistan in few lines.

Here is the lyrics for song ready to die  (wake up call for Pakistanis)

lyrics :

 Gonna tell the government,

To inform the president,

He’s been watching CNN,

Foreign Officials have arrived

Send a team of four thousand Men,

Send the entire regiment

Get the media to cover them

We are allies , We must Fight

Chali Shatranj kee Baazi

aur bari bari,

Iraqi, Irani

Saudi, Afghani

Pakistani

Commander in chief is asleep

base on the border has been seized

down from the mountains on their feet

Sir the militants have multiplied

Coalition casualties,

Chopper shot down by the enemy,

We’re gonna bring them to their knees,

We are ready, Ready to DIE !

Arooj Aftab

Born and raised in Pakistan, Arooj Aftab was an entirely self-taught guitarist in a culture where opportunities for music study especially for women are severely limited..Arooj was one of four recipients of Berklee Music’s first merit-based scholarship, allowing this innovative musician to receive a formal music education at the acclaimed college.

Arooj Aftab innovates off classical Pakistani, Sufi & pre-partition South Asian music, creating original compositions honoring ancestral roots,for a sound that is fresh, graceful, and musically complex. Paying homage to classical sufi legends such as Abida Parveen and Reshma; neo-soul and jazz icons such as Sade and Ella Fitzgerald; and contemporary world musicians such as Marisa Monte and Fat Freddy’s Drop, Arooj presents an original, interactive sound embraced by young and old, South Asian and beyond.

 

Originally from Lahore, Pakistan, Arooj moved to the U.S. in 2005 to study Music Production and Engineering at Berklee College of Music. Having completed her education and now based in New York, Arooj is working as a fulltime performing artist, music composer and sound editor.

Through exposure to diverse musical genres and incredibly talented artists in Boston and in New York City, Arooj is inspired to continuously develop her art and deepen her understanding of the possibilities of music. Layering subtle, intricate, dynamic vocals over acoustic instrumentation, Arooj skillfully re-imagines indigenous soul with signature ‘cool.’

 

Arooj will soon be releasing her debut album as part of Rebuild Pakistan, an initiative she created to promote a vision of peace and healing for Pakistan, inspiring a global community to rebuild perspective on Pakistan, and urging the people of Pakistan to actively engage in rebuilding their homeland. The album and the initiative harness collective creativity to express solidarity with politically stigmatized, economically marginalized, culturally and spiritually powerful people across the earth.

Arooj Aftab started this  during the Pakistan Flood Crisis , featuring exclusive music,live shows to promote a vision of peace for Pakistan.