~NuMb
perfromed LIVE at
Civil Junction on March 28th doing 9
songs which included a mix of originals, instrumentals &
covers. Lahore
based band Naqsh also perfromed after ~NuMb.
Here
is a part of the review written by Mr. Hashim Nauman ~NuMb
and Naqsh take Islamabad by storm.
Civil
junction was the venue for one of the most talked about concerts.Naqsh
from Lahore and Islamabad’s very own ~NuMb
was to play there. The time for the concert was 7:30 although setting
up the equipment took half an hour. And then the sound check took
another half an hour while the members of both the bands set up their
instruments. A concert of this big a scale hadn’t happened before
in Civil Junction because this time it was tonnes of equipment, drums,
amps, speakers, and mixer. The concert started at 8:30 when Khurram
Waqar (kW) of ~NuMb introduced Sarmad ofRungg and Salman Yasin a member of Mind
Riot.Sarmad and Salman sang a Dream Theater cover, the song being”
silent man” it was immaculately done.
Then ~NuMb took over and Khurram
requested the audience to let him do one more sound check. I believe
it was an appetizer rather than a sound check just to get the crowd
into the mood. The sound check gave an idea as to what was about to
follow.” Some great music”.~NuMb kicked
off with a Guns n’ Roses cover “welcome
to the jungle” the choice couldn’t have been
better. As soon as Khurram played the starting riff
the crowd went into a wild frenzy. The song was excellently done although
the vocal level wasn’t quite up to the mark but Qasim
(vocalist for ~NuMb) did a pretty good job in getting the song across.
Then they played the classic Whitesnake song”
Is this love” once again Khurram
showed his class on the guitar and the bass and the rhythm were pretty
good too.
Along with their total command over playing covers their own original
songs deserve credit too. Next up they sang what seems to be the total”
in song” these days called “anjanee rahein”
it was well done. Then the vocalist said that they would play an instrumental
which is based on a raag as soon as he said this screams of “Deepak”
could be heard. And Khurram didn’t disappoint
the crowd either, he played it beautifully and the use of the wah
pedal quite prominent.