Background
Mekaal Hasan was born in Lahore, Pakistan.
Mekaal Hasan was born in Lahore, Pakistan.
He has worked in the capacity of a guest artist and/or record producer in the music industry of Pakistan with many Pakistani bands and solo artists at home and abroad. He is also the leader and composer for perhaps Pakistan"s most critically acclaimed band, Mekaal Hasan Band. Mekaal Hasan was surrounded by music from childhood.
His father"s passion for jazz influenced him throughout his early years.
After graduating from Government College, Lahore, Mekaal studied music at the Berklee College of Music, Boston. His stay exposed him to a wide variety of music and musicians, many of whom are influences to this day.
He returned to Pakistan in 1995, before he could complete his degree at Berklee, Mekaal set up a state of the art recording facility, Digital Fidelity Studios where many of the top artists of Pakistan record. Apart from leading MHB, Mekaal also played bass as a guest artist for one of South Asia"s leading rock bands Junoon for a period of a year from 2005 to 2006.
Mekaal Hasan is also known for his production, record engineering and mixing talents and has produced/engineered the biggest names in Pakistan"s music scene as well as engineering for jazz artists from The United Kingdom and Europe.
Mekaal Hasan Band is still on the music scene and released their album Andholan in 2014.
