Pod#130 - Nadir Shehzad Khan - Early years, Sikandar Ka Mandir, Atomy Event & more!

Our very own Nadir Shehzad Khan is this week's guest! Musician and creative person extraordinaire, Nadir talks about his complete music journey to date from the very start, through his years at the helm of one of Pakistan's most influential indie acts, all the way to his latest release "Atomy Event"!   Things discussed in this episode:   00:00 Intro  02:19 Why are we doing this?  04:23 Nadir’s introduction to music as a child  09:53 His first band and how Sikandar ka Mandir formed  The Indus Valley years:  13:55 His mockumentary holding up a low quality mirror to society  19:40 His conscious push to mess with all the teachers, and how they felt  24:01 How the Lussun TV series came about  28:11 The 2010s: Live music dying, YouTube ban, and the tours & festivals he organized  35:46 36 - Sikandar Ka Mandir’s second album, new lineup and approach  39:53 Developing a sincere following and why certain people resonated with their work  43:06 The band drifts apart and Nadir decides to focus on solo work and upskilling himself Atomy Event:  48:56 How the song came about, multiple versions, confusion  53:50 How the video happened 1:01:00 How long the song and video took to put together  1:04:26 Will he do things the same way again?  1:05:47 Outro   LINKS:  Atomy Event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOc1smX7BEU  Support the podcast by becoming a monthly patron on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/tprpod) or send a one-off token on Ko-fi (https://ko-fi.com/tprpod)!   Find all our previous episodes on SoundCloud, Spotify & Apple Podcasts and follow us all on Twitter! Links to everything below!  SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/tprpodSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6PvTahp... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tprpod/Twitter: https://twitter.com/TPRPod Ali: https://twitter.com/themaholupperRizwan: https://twitter.com/RizwanTakkharSarkhail: https://twitter.com/Sarkhail7Khan