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Raza’s latest album “Loose Control” has been released and is available on iTunes, Rhapsody, Amazon and other stores. You can visit the following link or click STORE on the Tunewidget Angel Blue Music. His previous album “Are You Ready?” has become one of the most demanding cds/mp3s sold online.

Raza began writing songs and making music in 1982. He was born in Karachi, Pakistan. His early childhood memories come from the city of London, UK where he lived with his family and was influenced by the International Musical Acts.
After a few years in London his parents had the family move back to Karachi. As a child, Raza was excellent in Mathematics and the sport cricket.
Raza says: "If I was not a musician I would have been a scientist and worked on creating new inventions for the betterment of mankind".

Raza learnt music by ear and improvisation. He believes his teachers were his favorite artists by whom he was influenced. Raza: "I believe a true artist would have their own style of music rather then following any other successful artist."

About the Lasers:
Raza kick started his career in 1988 forming a band called the "LASERS" with his younger brother Zia. As the band leader, performer, guitarist, songwriter, and the music producer, Raza performed numerous concerts and shows including live TV performances. The band released three one after the other hit albums.

Music and dance has been a passion for Raza. He started dancing at the age of 6 and playing the keyboards at the age of 12. Right away he started writing melodies on his keyboard and used poems from various authors. Not long after that he started penning his own poems and song lyrics. At the age of 15 he started playing the guitar. After forming the LASERS, Raza and Zia started playing Pop/Rock, and performed many gigs across Karachi, Pakistan, including Karachi Gymkhana, The American Cultural Center, The British Council, Alliance Francaise de Karachi, KMC Complex and many other venues.

The Lasers signed a deal with Shalimar Recording Company Pvt Ltd, a major label in Pakistan, and released their first album titled "KHAWB" in 1992, having four singles "Ye Batein," "Jeena," "Ye hai Pakistan" and "Khawb" all hitting the top 10 charts. In 1995 the Lasers released their 2nd album titled "HEY HEY!" which sold across the borders selling millions of copies. “Hey Hey!” sold even more than the previous album. The song “Hey Hey!” itself received huge recognition and reached the top 10 position in the charts. After performing various concerts and interviews on radio and TV, another LASERS album hit the charts: “Tera Dopatta Peela” in 1997. The album became a smashing hit, with six top 10 hits. The Lasers reached the height of success and became one of the top bands. The Lasers performed many huge concerts, TV and radio interviews with performances between the years 1997-1998. During this period Raza produced and composed music for various TV production companies. One of the songs from this album, “Must Qalandar Lal Qalandar Jeevay Pakistan” was signed up by The Honda company for their advertisement promotion on TV. Around early 1998 the two brothers split and went their separate ways.

Raza as Solo:
After the Lasers breakup in 1998, Raza started performing solo in 2000. He had been writing and producing in the meantime. In 2003 her went to Singapore and performed at various clubs. He started sending his demo songs abroad, and finally in 2005 he was signed by a management company from New York. In 2005 he performed in St. Petersburg, Russia at the Eastern European Music Convention. In Feb 2006, Raza flew to the USA and performed his three hit tracks “Hey Hey!”, “Come ON” and “Funky Day” in Las Vegas at The Ballroom on the strip in Feb 2006. Later in 2006 Raza performed a show in Manhattan and various other shows in Michigan.

In Aug 2006 he released his first solo album titled “Are You Ready?” The album includes his hit track “Hey Hey!” After forming a music publishing company “Angel Blue Music LLC” Raza is constantly working on the promotions. He plans to release songs periodically, so make sure you are on the newsletter or the twitter.