Talal Qureshi

Talal Qureshi (born 2 April 1988) is a Pakistani record producer, singer, songwriter, actor, director and makeup artist.

Early life Qureshi was born and raised in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the youngest of six siblings. He came across the video game MTV Music Generator on PlayStation, which pushed him to start writing music at the age of 13. Later, his family moved to Karachi, Pakistan.

Career

Career beginnings (2007-2017) He released his first single, "Phase Shift", in 2007. In 2012, he released his debut EP, Equator.

In 2013, he released his second EP, x1988.

In 2014, Qureshi released the single "Too Much To Handle" and his remix of Mooroo's "Tasveer".

In 2015, Qureshi formed SNKM with Adil Omar and the duo released "Nighat & Paras", played at SXSW and various cities in the US and then collaborated and performed with Diplo and Elliphant for their first ever Pakistan show in 2016.

SNKM debuted at Mad Decent Block Party 2016 alongside Diplo, Kesha, Marshmello and others and continued to play shows through until 2018 with Major Lazer, Skrillex and others.

Qureshi also produced a new single with Faris Shafi titled "Jawab De", a socially conscious rap song that focuses on the issues of military overreach, religious extremism, patriarchy and their resulting consequences of violence against disenfranchised civilians, minorities and women in Pakistan. The resulting controversy caused the song to be censored on media, despite receiving positive reviews.

Breakthrough (2018-present) In 2018, Qureshi released the single "AAG" with Punjabi folk singer Naseebo Lal. The track was featured in the Ms. Marvel episode "Seeing Red" in 2022. He also released two EPs, Acha Vol.1 and Vol.2.

In 2020, Qureshi released LSD featuring Shamsher Rana.

He released the single "PAISA" featuring R&B singer/songwriter Hasan Raheem. The music video was created by Arham Ikram and RohanYV.

In 2023, he released the album TURBO. For the album he collaborated with Indian musicians, Mitika Kanwar (for songs ‘Aya’, ‘Chayn’ and ‘Dunya’) and rapper Yashraj.

Discography Album TURBO (2023)

EPs Equator (2012) x1988 (2013) Castle Of Hybrid Senses (2019) ACHA Vol.1 (2020) ACHA Vol.2 (2020)

Singles 2023: Asal G with Seedhe Maut, Faris Shafi 2023: DIL with Mitika Kanwar 2023: JADU with Towers 2022: Next 11 - Pakistan Junior League Official Anthem 2022 with Young Stunners & Justin Bibis 2022: Vitamin D with Faris Shafi 2022: HUM with Faris Shafi 2022: Faltu Pyar with Hasan Raheem & Natasha Noorani 2022: Peechay Hutt with Hasan Raheem & Justin Bibis 2022: SHAAM with Maanu, Towers & Mujju 2022: Flash Your Bones, Takatak & Natasha Noorani 2021: Cricket Khidaiye with Atif Aslam & Faris Shafi 2021: SWEETU with Hasan Raheem & Maanu 2021: HICO with Maanu 2021: 5 AM with Maanu 2021: PAISA feat. Hasan Raheem 2020: LSD with Shamsher Rana 2020: Constant Summer feat. Natasha Noorani 2020: Nobody Predicted the Galaxy Would Be So Lonely 2020: Frequency 2020: All The Flavors You've Been Missing 2019: Mad Calls with REHMA 2019: Natural 2019: Owww 2018: Talal Qureshi feat. Naseebo Lal – Aag 2017: After Party (feat. REHMA) 2017: Coconut Paradise

Producer 2025: "PSA", "Paracetamol", Yashraj 2023: "Matlabi", Natasha Noorani 2022: "Peeche Hut", Hasan Raheem, Talal Qureshi, Justin Bibis (Coke Studio Pakistan) 2022: "Cricket Khidaiye", Atif Aslam, Talal Qureshi, Faris Shafi 2022: "HUM", Faris Shafi 2022: "Laiyan", Natasha Noorani 2022: "LOONY", Maanu (with Abdullah Siddiqui) 2019: "Automatic Yellow", Rutaba Yaqub