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Taha Malik is an American-Pakistani recording artist, musician, and producer based in Houston, Texas.

Productions

KOSTAL

In Houston, while producing the debut Mauj album "Now In Technicolor," which went on to be a huge success and won several awards such as the MTV VMA and The Musik, he formed the band KOSTAL with Omran Shafique. They recorded the first single "Jaan Jaye" which was a massive hit in Pakistan and internationally on the internet and radio. The song features vocals of Omran Shafique and rap artist Lil Mike. The music video to "Jaan Jaye" was released in August, 2009 and was aired worldwide on MTV Pakistan, ARY Digital, GEO, Indus, Aag TV, Play, amongst others. In 2005, the single was #1 on the charts and most-requested on Pakistani radio for over 8 weeks, even topping international artists such as Timbaland and Justin Timberlake. It received airplay globally on BBC 1Xtra on the Punjabi Hit Squad show, Asian Network, Radio 1, desi radio and TV channels all across the United States, Canada, United Arab Emirates, and Europe. "Jaan Jaye" was also the soundtrack for fashion designer Deepak Perwani's Ethno Funk collection. In 2007, the fashion show took place in the the heart of London, Trafalgar Square, with thousands of spectators, and was televised live worldwide. There are other tracks that have been released on the Internet for free download on their website and Facebook page.

Collaborations

Taha started producing music in 1999, at the precocious age of 12, in his bedroom. In the early 2000s his work caught the attention and was heard by Manjeet Ral of Rhythm Dhol Bass (RDB). He was so impressed that he called him one of the best Desi and Bhangra producers in North America. They went on to collaborate on a couple of tracks. He then was praised by Sukhbir, and the two exchanged vocals and beats on the Internet.

Later in his music career, he collaborated and produced hit records with British-Indian, multi-platinum, Bollywood pop star Taz Stereo Nation. Taha also got a chance to do a KOSTAL mix, with Taz and 10Shott, of the soundtrack "Nach" for the Hollywood movie "It's a Wonderful Afterlife," directed by Gurinder Chadha, starring Shabana Azmi and Golden Globe winner Sally Hawkins. In 2010, Taha produced, arranged, and mixed 4 tracks on Taz's album "Twist & Shout," which was released on Universal Records.

Kaysha, the African Kora award winner from Paris, recorded a track with Taha that got leaked on the internet. Kaysha and Taha keep in touch and plan on making more songs together that fuse the African, Carribean Zouk music with Desi Beats.

Taha has also collaborated with and produced for artists such as Najam Sheraz, Haroon, Bohemia, 10Shott, Drega, Tehseen Javed, Cheb Malih, Labh Janjua, Lehmber Hussainpuri, Angrez Ali, DBI(Bobby Moon), MC Rai, and others.