''Saptak'' (

Urdu Urdu (; , , ) is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia. It is the Languages of Pakistan, national language and ''lingua franca'' of Pakistan. In India, it is an Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of Indi ...

: سپتاک, literal English translation: "gamut") is the second studio album by the

Pakistani Pakistanis (, ) are the citizens and nationals of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Pakistan is the fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the second-largest Muslim population as of 2023. As much as ...

rock band,

Mekaal Hasan Band Mekaal Hasan Band , (sometimes shortened to MHB), is a progressive rock band, founded in 2001 by the Pakistani guitarist,composer and producer, Mekaal Hasan. The Mekaal Hasan Band is known for being innovators of a progressive style of music w ...

, released in October 2009. The album also contained the hit track " Chal Bulleya", and new versions of a couple of songs from the previous MHB album Sampooran.

Track listing

All music composed by

Personnel

All information is taken from the CD. ;Mekaal Hasan Band: * Mekaal Hasan –

lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featur ...

* Javed Bashir –

lead vocals The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of the ...

* Mohammad Ahsan Papu –

flute The flute is a member of a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, producing sound with a vibrating column of air. Flutes produce sound when the player's air flows across an opening. In th ...

;Additional musicians *Drums: John "Gumby" Louis Pinto *Drums & Percussion on "Albaella" by Pete Lockett *Drums & Percussion on "Andholan" & "Huns Dhun" by Javed Akhtar *Guitars and Bass: Amir Azhar ;Production *Produced by Mekaal Hasan *Recorded & Mixed at Digital Fidelity Studio,

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*Guitar sound engineer: Mekaal Hasan *Assisted by Adnan Peter Gill *Album artwork by Mehreen Murtaza

External links

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A detailed review of Saptak
{{Authority control 2009 albums Mekaal Hasan Band albums Urdu-language albums