{"id":532,"date":"2021-12-10T23:55:17","date_gmt":"2021-12-11T04:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hassanisalive.com\/?page_id=532"},"modified":"2026-05-25T19:46:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T19:46:45","slug":"bio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hassanisalive.com\/?page_id=532","title":{"rendered":"Bio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hassan Iqbal<\/strong>&nbsp;is a composer, musician, and producer. Living in Pakistan, Hassan expresses his vision through collaborations with those of similar expression around the world. His music is shaped by a disposition towards sounds that stretch his listening experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the past decade, Hassan has collaborated with Areni Agbabian, Cynic drummer Sean Reinert, Canadian multi-instrumentalist Catriona Sturton and others that share a similar sensibility towards music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His latest project Coalesce is a record based on improvised material that he gathered to realize his vision. It features the voices of Wendy Eisenberg, C\u00e9line Iris, and Lauren Lee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2020<\/strong><br>Hassan&#8217;s debut record&nbsp;<strong>Of the Sky<\/strong>&nbsp;was released in April<br><strong>Alive<\/strong>, a duo improvised collaboration with keyboardist Stephen Pilolla was released in May<br><strong>Space Gardens<\/strong>, an EP influenced by ambient and electronic music was released in June<br>Second record,&nbsp;<strong>whirl<\/strong>&nbsp;was released in October<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2021<\/strong><br>Third record&nbsp;<strong>At the Eve<\/strong>&nbsp;was released in January<br>Fourth record&nbsp;<strong>Trellis<\/strong>&nbsp;was released in December<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2022<\/strong><br><strong>Light<\/strong>, a collaborative EP with Austin Pittman was released in January<br><strong>Zen<\/strong>, keyboard and drum duo record with Austin Pittman released in July<br><strong>For a Home<\/strong>&nbsp;EP was released in September<br>Fifth record&nbsp;<strong>Coalesce<\/strong>&nbsp;was released in November<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"781\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/54.165.66.165\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20220710_0755572-scaled-1-781x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hassanisalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20220710_0755572-scaled-1-781x1024.jpg 781w, https:\/\/hassanisalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20220710_0755572-scaled-1-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/hassanisalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20220710_0755572-scaled-1-768x1007.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hassanisalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20220710_0755572-scaled-1-49x64.jpg 49w, https:\/\/hassanisalive.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20220710_0755572-scaled-1.jpg 915w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 781px) 100vw, 781px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hassan Iqbal&nbsp;is a composer, musician, and producer. Living in Pakistan, Hassan expresses his vision through collaborations with those of similar expression around the world. His music is shaped by a disposition towards sounds that stretch his listening experience. Over the past decade, Hassan has collaborated with Areni Agbabian, Cynic drummer Sean Reinert, Canadian multi-instrumentalist Catriona [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-532","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hassanisalive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hassanisalive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hassanisalive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hassanisalive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hassanisalive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=532"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hassanisalive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":684,"href":"https:\/\/hassanisalive.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/532\/revisions\/684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hassanisalive.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}