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Aunty Disco Project (Urdu: آنٹی ڈسکو پراجیکٹ in English sometimes shortened as ADP) was an indie rock band from Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, formed in 2006. The band's initial line-up consisted of Omar Bilal Akhtar as vocalist and guitarist, along with bassist Imran Lodhi, guitarist Khawer Khan, drummer Omar Khalid and darbuka player Yasir Qureshi, since then there had been many changes in the line-up the only consistent members being Omar Bilal and Yasir Qureshi. The band was widely regarded as one of the best live acts in the country.

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  • Aunty Disco Project (Urdu: آنٹی ڈسکو پراجیکٹ in English sometimes shortened as ADP) was an indie rock band from Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, formed in 2006. The band's initial line-up consisted of Omar Bilal Akhtar as vocalist and guitarist, along with bassist Imran Lodhi, guitarist Khawer Khan, drummer Omar Khalid and darbuka player Yasir Qureshi, since then there had been many changes in the line-up the only consistent members being Omar Bilal and Yasir Qureshi. The band was widely regarded as one of the best live acts in the country. The band became quickly popular in the underground scene with their high energy live act and their performance of original songs, something that was very unusual for an unknown band to do in the local music scene. Within a short time, the band achieved mainstream success and garnered critical acclaim for their electrifying live performances. This was followed by the band working on their debut album in September 2006 at New Shadab Studios. The band released their self-titled debut album Aunty Disco Project in December 2007, independently, produced and written by the band themselves. The album achieved success as the band received wide acclaim and exposure alongside mainstream acts. After a 2-month hiatus, Aunty Disco Project made a comeback to the music industry with the release of their third music video, "Nazar". The video, directed by Umer Adil was the bands' first high budget video and it got them widespread mainstream attention. The video was critically lauded and for the first time Aunty Disco Project was on the music channel charts. The song was included in The Musik's, Top 100 videos of 2008. Based on the success of this video, the band were nominated for "Best Breakthrough Performance" at the first MTV Music Awards in Pakistan. In 2010, the band featured at the third season of the musical television show Coke Studio where the band performed their single "Sultanat", which was a huge commercial success for the band. However, a year later, Aunty Disco Project through their official blog informed their fans that they would disband after their final concert that took place on 25 June 2011. (en)
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  • Ganda Banda, 3-D Cats, Mizraab, Zeb and Haniya (en)
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  • Aunty Disco Project performing live at Get Your Aunty On! concert at Rangoonwala Auditorium. (en)
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  • Ali Alam (en)
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  • Indie rock, indie pop, pop rock, alternative rock (en)
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  • "We are in no way breaking up because of personal animosities or differences. We will always be family to each other. We're breaking up because the demands of real life were too difficult to ignore and because of our duty to fulfill individual personal and family commitments. We have decided to give each other the space to pursue our own ambitions.... We aren't ruling out the possibility of performing together in the future but Aunty Disco Project will formally cease to exist as of this summer." (en)
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  • Aunty Disco Project (Urdu: آنٹی ڈسکو پراجیکٹ in English sometimes shortened as ADP) was an indie rock band from Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, formed in 2006. The band's initial line-up consisted of Omar Bilal Akhtar as vocalist and guitarist, along with bassist Imran Lodhi, guitarist Khawer Khan, drummer Omar Khalid and darbuka player Yasir Qureshi, since then there had been many changes in the line-up the only consistent members being Omar Bilal and Yasir Qureshi. The band was widely regarded as one of the best live acts in the country. (en)
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