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Asfandyar Khan Creates A Musical Journal With Ambient Album 'old, new'

Asfandyar Khan, who also goes by his techno moniker TMPST, just released his album 'old, new', his first ambient long-form since 2017. The Islamabad and usually Karachi-based artist declares: "I am...

'Momentum – Pakistan Flood Relief Compilation' Features Rudoh, Kohra, Gebrüder Teichmann & More

In 2022, Pakistan has borne the brunt of climate change and geopolitics with the worst floodings in the country's history, which have claimed thousands of lives, billions of dollars in property damage...

Boiler Room's First-Ever Pakistan Edition To Feature Jaubi, Natasha Noorani, Tollcrane, Ustad Noor Bakshsh & More

Prominent event platform Boiler Room announced its first-ever edition in Pakistan, which will take place on June 20 in Karachi. The host and broadcasters will offer a notably diverse lineup of the...

TMPST Serves Dark Industrial Techno On 3-Track EP ‘CLXXXVI’. 

In his first release of 2022, the Karachi-based producer Asfandyar Khan dropped a three-track EP under his electronic alias TMPST last week, released via Dutch imprint Otomo Trax/Obscuur...

Pulpy Shilpy, Frame/Frame & TMPST Featured In Compilation Series ‘88 - Double Happiness’

Pune’s Gowri Jayakumar aka Pulpy Shilpy, New Delhi’s Nikhil Kaul aka Frame/Frame and Karachi-based Asfandyar Khan aka TMPST feature, alongside other left-of-centre electronic artists from...

‘Chalo’ Highlights South Asian Music With Compilation Featuring Riz Ahmed, Kavya, Ahmer & More

‘Chalo’, the multi-tiered work by journalist Dhruva Balram (who previously released charity compilation ‘aaj kal’) and Assam-born US-based artist Jitwam and his label The Jazz Diaries, just...

Asfandyar Khan Makes His Techno Debut As TMPST With ‘Inside Your Head’

“Made during COVID-19 as I was losing my mind, and I felt making this EP was one way to regain some of that sanity,” says Asfandyar Khan to introduce ‘Inside Your Head’ his latest work as...

Monophonik, Noni-mouse, YNZN.P & More To Perform For The 3rd Chapter Of ‘Wild City: Together’

Within weeks of live gigs being snatched away from us by the coronavirus crisis and its associated lockdowns, we launched ‘Wild City: Together’ to bring together the music community of India and...

Qilla Records Present An Immersive Ambient Offering With ‘Forte, Vol. 7’

Qilla Records has just released the seventh edition of their obscure electronica compilation ‘Forte’, dropping the label’s most ambient-rooted offering till date. Over its four tracks,...

Listen: 'Unravel' By TMPST

Asfandyar Khan is a name that crops up often and repeatedly if you dive into the Pakistan music scene. Not only is he one of the older (in terms of his presence and involvement in the scene), more...

Wild City Singled Out: Q1 2020

Wild City handpicks the most interesting one-off singles released by artists in South Asia in our monthly feature - Singled Out. If you’d like us to listen to your music, send the relevant info to...

Asfandyar Khan: How To Build A Musical Home In Karachi

Islamabad likes to run slow. But having grown up in this city, musician Asfandyar Khan, who is also the artist behind electronic moniker TMPST, didn’t quite register the pace. This changed when he...

Wild City Singled Out: January 2017

Wild City handpicks the most interesting one-off singles released by artists in South-Asia in our monthly feature - Singled Out. If you’d like us to listen to your music, send the relevant info to...

Pakistan - Through The Eyes Of TMPST

The alternative cultural space in South Asia is tiny, fragmented and limited to only a couple of metropolitan cities in an area that otherwise boasts districts larger than most European countries, and...

Emerging Pakistan: Forever South

If there’s something distinctly lacking in Pakistani indie/electronic music, it’s the presence of labels, promoters or clubs. It’s a vacuum that no one’s particularly tried to step up and fill...