{"id":27975,"date":"2023-11-24T14:01:08","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T14:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/we-recorded-jazba-e-junoon-in-the-studios-bathroom-ali-azmat-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2023-11-24T14:01:08","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T14:01:08","slug":"we-recorded-jazba-e-junoon-in-the-studios-bathroom-ali-azmat-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/we-recorded-jazba-e-junoon-in-the-studios-bathroom-ali-azmat-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"We recorded \u2018Jazba-e-Junoon\u2019 in the studio\u2019s bathroom: Ali Azmat | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hailed as a “national song” by Junoon, Jazba-e-Junoon<\/em> etched its name in the history of Pakistan\u2019s rock music as one of its best offerings. However, contrary to its iconic trajectory upon release, producing it in the first place was a challenge.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In a heartfelt interview <\/a>with host and former cricketer Shoaib Akhtar on his talk show, Junoon\u2019s vocalist Ali Azmat disclosed the unfavourable circumstances that birthed the patriotic anthem. \u201cWe have a cottage industry. We\u2019re not run by a big machine,\u201d Azmat offered his perspective on music production in Pakistan.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The singer furthered on, \u201cWe are the sort of people who make music at home. All these songs that you\u2019re bringing up, I recorded in the bathroom.\u201d As per Azmat, the band\u2019s big hits from Sayonee <\/em>to Jazba-e-Junoon<\/em> were recorded in their studio\u2019s tiny bathroom that doubly served as a makeshift recording facility.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a poorly-equipped studio at Tariq Road,\u201d he described the unexpected venue of their artistic process as \u201ca very tight space\u201d. Azmat recounted how the studio\u2019s owner candidly asked the band to use the bathroom to record where they could barely breathe. He explained, \u201cIt was this small suffocating bathroom, walls papered with cardboard\u2026That\u2019s where we recorded the vocals for Jazba-e-Junoon<\/em> and it went on to become a massive hit.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Standing as an iconic track, Jazba-e-Junoon<\/em> was featured as the thirteenth and final placement by the sufi rock band\u2019s album Inquilaab<\/em>, released by EMI Records in 1996. The song seamlessly blends rock guitars and bluesy vocals with Eastern elements like tablas, raga-inspired melodies, and traditional Pakistani folk music.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Composed by Sabir Zafar and guitarist Salman Ahmad, Jazba-e-Junoon<\/em> was an unexpected success for the band in 1996, propelling the entire album on local music charts in an impressive breakthrough. The song became Junoon\u2019s first major hit.<\/p>\n

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