Aunty Disco Project

Aunty Disco Project
Aunty Disco Project performing live at Get Your Aunty On! concert at Rangoonwala Auditorium.
Background information
Origin	Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Genres	Indie rock, indie pop, pop rock, alternative rock
Years active	2006–2011
Labels	Independent
Associated acts	Ganda Banda, 3-D Cats, Mizraab, Zeb and Haniya
Website	www.getyourauntyon.com
Members	Omar Bilal Akhtar Yasir Qureshi Ali Alam Rahail Siddiqui Giles Goveas
Past members	Omar Khalid Imran Khan Lodhi Khawer Amir Khan

Aunty Disco Project (Urdu: آنٹی ڈسکو پراجیکٹ, in English sometimes shortened as ADP) was an indie rock band from Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, formed in 2006. Founded by lead vocalist, guitarist and songwriter Omar Bilal Akhtar, the band's initial line-up consisted of Omar Bilal Akhtar as vocalist along with bassist Imran Lodhi, guitarist Khawer Khan, drummer Omar Khalid and darbuka player Yasir Qureshi, since then there had been many changes in the line-up the only consistent members being Omar Bilal and Yasir Qureshi. The band was widely regarded as one of the best live acts in the country.

The band became quickly popular in the underground scene with their high energy live act and their performance of original songs, something that was very unusual for an unknown band to do in the local music scene. Within a short time, the band achieved mainstream success and garnered critical acclaim for their electrifying live performances. This was followed by the band working on their debut album in September 2006 at New Shadab Studios. The band released their self-titled debut album Aunty Disco Project in December 2007, independently, produced and written by the band themselves. The album achieved success as the band received wide acclaim and exposure alongside mainstream acts. After a 2-month hiatus, Aunty Disco Project made a comeback to the music industry with the release of their third music video, "Nazar". The video, directed by Umer Adil was the bands' first high budget video and it got them widespread mainstream attention. The video was critically lauded and for the first time Aunty Disco Project was on the music channel charts. The song was included in The Musik's, Top 100 videos of 2008. Based on the success of this video, the band were nominated for "Best Breakthrough Performance" at the first MTV Music Awards in Pakistan.

In 2010, the band featured at the third season of the musical television show Coke Studio where the band performed their single "Sultanat", which was a huge commercial success for the band. However, a year later, Aunty Disco Project through their official blog informed their fans that they would disband after their final concert that took place on 25 June 2011.

Omar Akhtar and Omar Khalid along with their friend Afaan Naqvi performed at Caffeine as part of an Open-Mic Night. After the show they were approached by Imran Lodhi, Khawer Amir Khan and Yasir Qureshi in February 2006. This was followed by the group having a get-together at Omar Akhtar's home and performing several jam sessions with one another. The jam sessions were not successful for the group. This led the band to perform a few proper jam sessions with each other, these jam sessions saw Omar Khalid on the drums, Yasir Qureshi on darbuka, Imran Lodhi on bass, Khawer and Omar Akhtar on guitars and vocals, thus performing as a proper band.