Faraz Anwar#Abstract Point Of View
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| birth_place = Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
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| genre = Rock music, hard rock, heavy metal, speed metal, progressive rock
| occupation = Instrumental guitarist
| instrument =Guitar: Electric/Acoustic
| years_active = 1996 – present
| label = Fire Records, Coke Studio, EMI Records, Lion Music, Gnarly Geezer, Inc., NTM Studios, Off Axis Records
| associated_acts =Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Hadiqa Kiani
Ali Haider
Sajjad Ali
Junaid Jamshed
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Faraz Anwar (Urdu: فراز انور; b.15 July 1976) is a Pakistani musician, composer, singer-songwriter, bandleader, and a guitarist who founded the Mizraab, a heavy metal music and hard rock genre band based in Pakistan.
His musical act on electric guitar has been described by one critic as "Pakistan's master of progressive rock".{{cite news|url=http://images.dawn.com/news/1188441/|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 September 2021|access-date=24 April 2025|title=Guitarist Faraz Anwar says he was denied the opportunity to rent a house because he's a musician|newspaper=Images magazine (Dawn Group of Newspapers)|date=21 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922163939/http://images.dawn.com/news/1188441/}}{{cite news |title=Faraz Anwar – On Being an Artist in Pakistan |url=https://www.redbull.com/mea-en/faraz-anwar-on-being-an-artist-in-pakistan |work=Redbull.com website}}{{cite news |title=Pakistan's progressive rocker Faraz Anwar just released a new track {{!}} SAMAA |url=https://www.samaa.tv/entertainment/2020/07/pakistans-progressive-rocker-faraz-anwar-just-released-a-new-track/ |access-date=27 December 2020 |work=Samaa TV |quote={{small|Faraz Anwar is one of Pakistan's finest guitar players. He has defined the sound of progressive rock music in this country.}}}} Anwar is currently signed to Lion Music, which is a Finnish production and record label company.
Biography
Faraz Anwar started learning to play the guitar at the age of 14. He was inspired by the British jazz musician Allan Holdsworth and the American guitarist Paul Gilbert. Presently, Faraz Anwar's latest album, Ishq Ki Subah, a fusion of pop, rock, and progressive songs and instrumentals, has been released.{{cite news|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2200412/faraz-anwar-new-dawn-pakistans-guitar-god|date=19 April 2020|archive-date=7 March 2021|url-status=dead|title=Faraz Anwar: A new dawn for Pakistan's guitar god|newspaper=The Express Tribune newspaper|author=Ather Ahmad|access-date=24 April 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307121143/https://tribune.com.pk/story/2200412/faraz-anwar-new-dawn-pakistans-guitar-god}} Additionally, his concept album, Tale of The Lunatics, narrating the story of the angel Afaiel sent to earth as a human, can be found on all major online music distribution platforms.
Coke Studio (Pakistan) featured artist
He has made several appearances on Coke Studio Pakistan. Faraz Anwar was a featured artist musician on Coke Studio Pakistan season 10 in 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.cokestudio.com.pk/mobile/season10/artists.html|archive-date=24 August 2022|access-date=24 April 2025|url-status=dead|title=Faraz Anwar - Featured Artist on Coke Studio Pakistan in 2017|website=Coke Studio Pakistan website|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824193327/https://www.cokestudio.com.pk/mobile/season10/artists.html}}
Solo discography
- 2001: Abstract Point of View
- 2020: Ishq Ki Subah
- 2021: Another Brick in the Wall{{cite news|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2329645/indian-fans-touch-our-feet-but-people-here-call-us-kafir-and-listen-to-indian-songs-faraz-anwar|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 November 2021|title=Indian fans touch our feet but people here call us 'kafir' and listen to Indian songs: Faraz Anwar|newspaper=The Express Tribune newspaper|access-date=24 April 2025|author=Asfa Sultan|date=16 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211116183822/https://tribune.com.pk/story/2329645/indian-fans-touch-our-feet-but-people-here-call-us-kafir-and-listen-to-indian-songs-faraz-anwar}}
- 2022: Tale Of The Lunatics
Discography
= With Mizraab =
- Panchi (1999)
- Maazi, Haal, Mustaqbil (2004)
= Solo albums =
- Abstract Point of View (2001){{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1yJVgxhHnYpVcjnkg1bgZzB/pakistan-guitar-heroes|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 May 2015|access-date=24 April 2025|website=BBC.com website|title=Pakistan Guitar Heroes (including Faraz Anwar)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150516150212/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1yJVgxhHnYpVcjnkg1bgZzB/pakistan-guitar-heroes}}
- Ishq Ki Subah (2020)
- Tale Of The Lunatics (2022)
- The First One (2025)
= Live albums =
- Live at the Rock Musicarium {{small|(with Noori)}} (2012)
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.farazanwar.com}}
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Category:Musicians from Karachi
Category:Pakistani rock guitarists
Category:Pakistani heavy metal guitarists