Sajid & Zeeshan ( pronounced as "Saa-jid and Zeesh-shaan") are a

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electronic music Electronic music broadly is a group of music genres that employ electronic musical instruments, circuitry-based music technology and software, or general-purpose electronics (such as personal computers) in its creation. It includes both music ...

duo from

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, composed of Sajid Ghafoor (guitars and harmonicas) and Zeeshan Parwez (synths, laptops and FX modules). Both members released their debut album through

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in August, 2006 titled ''" One Light Year at Snail Speed"'' along with a video release of their fourth single from the album "Have to Let Go Sometime".

History

Sajid Abdullah, Zeeshan released their debut album titled '' One Light Year at Snail Speed'' through EMI Pakistan. In 2008, Sajid & Zeeshan performed at the Coke Studio Sessions with their song, "My Happiness", along with many other artists.Coke Studio
Sajid & Zeehsan at Coke Studio - My Happiness
Retrieved on 23 December 2009

Band members

;Sajid & Zeeshan *Sajid Ghafoor –

vocals Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define sing ...

harmonics In physics, acoustics, and telecommunications, a harmonic is a sinusoidal wave with a frequency that is a positive integer multiple of the ''fundamental frequency'' of a periodic signal. The fundamental frequency is also called the ''1st harm ...

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 ...

(2003–present) *Zeeshan Parwez – keyboards,

synths A synthesizer (also synthesiser or synth) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis an ...

(2003–present)

Discography

;Studio albums *''One Light Year at Snail Speed'' (2006) *''The Harvest'' (2011) ;Singles *"Freestyle Dive" *"Have to Let Go Sometime" *"King of Self" *"My Happiness" *"Lambay"

Awards

*Finalists in the "Song of the Year" contest for 2004. *The best "Foreign Language Song" category award at the 2nd Indus Music Awards. *The "Best Music Video" category award at the 1st Indus Music Awards for "Freestyle Dive". *Nominated at " The Musik Awards" for the "Best Video" category for "Freestyle Dive". *Nominated at the " Lux Style Awards 2006" for the "Best Video" category for "Freestyle Dive".

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