The first season of the Pakistani music television series Coke Studio Pakistan commenced airing on 6 February 2008 and ended on 18 April 2008.

Coke Studio Pakistan
Season 1
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StarringFeatured Artists
No. of episodes4
Release
Original releaseFebruary 6 (2008-02-06) –
April 18, 2008 (2008-04-18)
Season chronology
Next →
Season 2
List of episodes

The show was produced by The Coca-Cola Company and Rohail Hyatt. The production team included Rohail Hyatt as the executive producer along with Umber Hyatt and Nofil Naqvi being the producers of the show. Natasha De Souza and Naseer-ud-din Wasif served as production team members.[1]

Artists

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Artists featured in the show included, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Ali Azmat, Ali Zafar, Ustaad H. B Gullo, Saieen Tufail Ahmed, Ahsan Farooq, Strings, Sajid & Zeeshan, Saba & Selina and Mauj.

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The show also featured a house band which had some of the high-profile musicians in the country including, Omran Shafique on guitars, Kamran Zafar on bass guitars, Zeeshan Parwez on keyboards and turntables, Louis 'Gumby' Pinto on drums. Other members of the house band included, Saba Shabbir, Athar Sani and Selina Rashid on backing vocals along with Babar Khanna, Zulfiq 'Shazee' Ahmed Khan and The Abdul Latif Band on percussions.[2]

Backing Vocals

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  • Saba Shabbir
  • Selina Rashid

House Band

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  • Bass: Kamran "Mannu" Zafar
  • Coordinator & Flute: Rahat Ali
  • DJ and Synthesizers: Zeeshan Parvez
  • Drums: Louis "Gumby" Pinto
  • Guitars: Omran "Momo" Shafique
  • Percussion: The Abdul Latif Band, Babar Khanna & Shaizi

Episodes

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The first episode aired on 8 June, followed by the second episode being aired on 29 June. The third episode was aired on all locals channels on 20 July and the show came to an end on 4 August, which also rebroadcast three songs, "Sar Kiye" by Strings, "Garaj Baras" by Ali Azmat featuring Rahat Fateh Ali Khan and "Allah Hu" by Tufail Ahmed and Ali Zafar, from the previous episodes.

No. Overall # Song(s) Title Artist(s) Language(s) Original air date
Episode 1
1 1 Deewana Ali Azmat Urdu 8 June 2008
2 Garaj Baras Ali Azmat & Rahat Fateh Ali Khan Urdu
3 Gallan Ali Azmat Punjabi
4 Shaman Paiyan Rahat Fateh Ali Khan Punjabi
5 Balama Ali Azmat & Rahat Fateh Ali Khan Punjabi & Urdu
6 Paheliyan Mauj
Episode 2
2 7 I'm in Love (I'm a Believer) Saba and Selina English 29 June 2008
8 Sar Kiye Strings Urdu
9 Anjane Strings Urdu
10 Duur Strings, Hussain Bakhsh Gullo & House Band Urdu
11 Zinda Strings Urdu
12 Jam Session Hussain Bakhsh Gullo & House Band
Episode 3
3 13 Janay Na Koi Ali Zafar 20 July 2008
14 Chal Dil Meray Ali Zafar Urdu
15 Channo Ali Zafar Urdu
16 Rangeen Ali Zafar Urdu
17 My Happiness Sajid & Zeeshan English
18 Allah Hu Ali Zafar & Tufail Ahmed Urdu
Episode 4
4 19 Percussion Jam House Band 4 August 2008
20 Dildara Rahat Fateh Ali Khan Punjabi
21 Flute Jam Various Artists
22 Mein Challa Ali Azmat Punjabi
23 Garaj Baras Ali Azmat & Rahat Fateh Ali Khan Urdu
24 Dhaani Strings & Hussain Baskhsh Gullo Urdu
25 Sar Kiye Strings Urdu
26 Allah Hu Ali Zafar & Tufail Ahmed Urdu

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Coke Studio Season 1-5 Songs in mp3/wma". Archived from the original on 21 January 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
  2. ^ "PAKISTANI ARTISTS - COKE STUDIO SEASON 1- EPISOD 1". Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
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