Daniel Arthur Panjwaneey (photo: Humayun Memon)

Karachi Noise

A quote by Pakistani musician Daniel Arthur Panjwaneey aka Alien Panda Jury from the Norient book Seismographic Sounds (see and order here).


In Karachi, Pakistan, very early in the morning, you hear the birds. Then, around seven, buses and rickshaws tune in. Then more and more people. They don’t talk here, they yell. Later in the day, when I record my music, I cannot block these sounds completely because I live in a commercial, non-residential area. When you listen to my music very carefully, you can hear them. They are sampled in, unintentionally.

I guess growing up around that noise adapted me to noisy sound textures. I find beauty in dissonance. I feel a different calm when I listen to layers of different sounds and absorb the different frequencies together. The sometimes soothing effect it generates is amazing. It is how I find peace in this noisy city. Music does not need to be beautiful and fine-tuned, as most people here would expect.


Sounds by Daniel Arthur Panjwaneey aka Alien Panda Jury

This quote was recorded by Thomas Burkhalter in Karachi, Pakistan on 13.6.2014 and published first in the second Norient book Seismographic Sounds.

Biography

Daniel Arthur Panjwaneey is a musician from Karachi, Pakistan. He plays bass in the psychedelic noise-rock band //orangenoise and calls his electronica solo project Alien Panda Jury.

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Seismographic Sounds: Visions of a New World
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The second Norient book «Seismographic Sounds: Visions of a New World» introduces you to a contemporary world of distinct music and music videos. Written by 250 scholars, journalists, bloggers and musicians from 50 countries.

Published on July 19, 2017

Last updated on June 27, 2022

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