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Mekaal Hasan is a Pakistani guitarist, composer and producer whose music carries the classical, folk and Sufi traditions of the subcontinent into a contemporary setting. Born in Lahore, he studied jazz composition at Berklee College of Music in Boston before returning to Pakistan to build Digital Fidelity Studios, one of the country's most respected recording facilities. In 2001 he formed the ensemble that carries his name, a revolving cast of Pakistani and international musicians working from raags, bandishes and Punjabi poetry. His catalogue includes Sampooran (2004), Saptak (2009) and Andholan (2014), the live album Live At Baroda (2015), the instrumental collection Folk & Film Music of Pakistan, the acoustic series Rivayat, and The Night of Song, recorded live in Lahore in 2024. The work has been recognised with Lux Style Awards for Best Live Act in 2005 and 2007, Best Music Video and Best Music Artist at the Lux Style Awards in 2010, Best Live Act at The Musik Awards in 2006, and Indus Music Awards in 2005 and 2006. He has represented Pakistan at South by Southwest in Austin, the Mosaic and Hillside festivals in Canada, the Sufi Peace Festival in New York, Pakistan in Paris, and the South Asian Bands Festival in New Delhi. Alongside performing, he works as a producer, mixing and mastering engineer, and Creative Director at Digital Fidelity Studios in Lahore.
