Pod#153 - Fake Shamans - House Music in Pk, struggles, global recognition & more!

The Fake Shamans are on the show! In case you're unaware these guys are an excellent electronic/house music duo based out of Lahore. Their music has all the markings of an exceedingly professional outfit with very clean mixes and great experimentation that takes in influences that you might not expect!  We talked about their +10 year journey in Pakistan and internationally, their ambition to continue learning about music and pushing their own creativity, Pakistan's quirks when it comes to accepting new ideas and change, and more! Also, they have a new track coming out this week! Things discussed in this episode: 00:00 Intro 02:22 Is the band splitting up as soon as the podcast starts?? 05:32 Fake Shamans origins - how they met, acceptance of their style of music in the past vs now 13:12 Why did they want to merge eastern classical/retro music in their productions? 17:27 Blowing minds in their first international performance, reigniting their own interests 21:55 Learning to work with eastern classical musicians - experience, homework, compromises 27:47 Their Noam Chomsky song - how the concept piece came about 30:39 Has the recent rise in Pakistani music been beneficial for them and their scene too? 36:14 Increasing global acceptance vs local tendencies to play it safe and not innovate 41:05 Infrastructure gaps in Pakistan’s music scene vs environments in global markets 47:51 Commenting on growing pains in Pakistan’s live electronic music scene 52:01 Future plans - solo pursuits, the Fake Rituals record label and their aims for it 55:53 Quick Jinn story and outro LINKS: Their Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fakeshamans/ Their YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/FakeShamans Their Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3EI9a3jBhsXHQPFYZXJzQi?si=8v3RGBilTOW7yrMq1xTWPw Their SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fake-shamans 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