Meekal Hassan Band

The Music of Pakistan includes diverse elements ranging from music from various parts of South Asia as well as Central Asian, Persian, Turkish, Arabic and modern day American music influences. With these multiple influences, Pakistani music has emerged as a "fusion" of these elements, to form a distinctly Pakistani sound.
In music industry underground bands have played a very vital role. Pakistani musical group are very popular and started to spring up with pop music and rock music becoming more fashionable with the younger generations.
This article contains the information about famous musical group based in Pakistan, which is the Mekaal Hassan Band.
Mekaal Hasan Band (MHB) was formed in 2001 by guitarist/composer Mekaal Hasan.The music that MHB plays is a fusion between the melodic sensibility of the East and the harmonic sophistication of the West. Mekaal Hasan Band features the artistry of musicians from Pakistan and abroad, and with fellow bandmates Javed Bashir on vocals and Mohd. Ahsan Papu on flute, The Mekaal Hasan Band is continuing to explore this exciting blend of East and West, in a series of live performances, studio recordings and videos that are drawing music enthusiasts in large numbers. MHB is Pakistan’s most critically acclaimed act as well, winning numerous awards and nominations for it’s recordings,videos and live performances.
Meekal hasan band has two albums by now including SAMPOORAN and SAPTAK. SAMPOORAN was released in 2004 and after a long gap in 2009 the band gave a wonderful pleasure to the fans by releasing the second album named SAPTAK.
The tunes on Sampooran were written incorporating traditional material from the eastern classical tradition and adapting these with music which was based on the jazz rock fusion explosion of the seventies. To this end, the album features two Shah Hussain Kaafi's, Raba and Sajan , two traditional classical ragas, Ya Ali, associated with Ustad Salamat Ali Khan and composed for the most part, in Raag Verag Todi, along with Raag Darbari (Yaray Mun Biya Biya), which is most closely associated with Ustad Amir Ali Khan Sahib of Indore. The great poetess Amrita Pretum, is paid a loving tribute by a unique rendition of Waris Shah, set in Raag Mehg. Raag Charokashi, is featured in two tracks, namely the instrumental Late Moon and the tune Sanwal, which features lyrics by Farhat Abbass Shah. Finally, the title track, Sampooran is written in Raag Aiman, and incorporates the progressive nature of this band by moving through a few time signatures and themes before resolving to its main melody which each soloist uses as a cue for the start and end of his solo.
The band has its official website as below:
http://www.mekaalhasanband.com/
and are also well communicated by there face via different blogs and groups like facebook etc.
Indeed MHB is providing magnificent entertainment and an edge to the music industry.