Celebrity playlist this week
It's amazing that our celebrities have such a diverse taste in music. From the chartbusters to fresh music, their play lists depict their moods. Instep takes you on a trip to their world of music...

Tariq Amin
Stylist

"I am listening to the band Kaskave, Dimitri from Paris and some ghazals, particularly Shuja Ali Khan's ghazal, which was actually sung by his grandfather and has been now done again by Shuja."

Dimitri from Paris is a French music producer and DJ of Greek origin. His musical influences are rooted in 1970s funk and disco sounds that spawned contemporary house music, as well as original soundtracks from movies such as Breakfast at Tiffany's and The Party. Dimitri fused these sounds with electro and block party hip hop he discovered in the 80s.

Uns Mufti
Musician

"These days I am listening to various artists. My favorite songs are: 'Bone House by The Dead Weather, 'Luciforms' by Mars Volta, 'Hollywood Squares' by The Dillinger Escape Plan feat. Mike Patton, 'Hi & Stereo' by Monkey Business and 'For Our Elegant Caste' by Of Montreal.

The Dead Weather is an American alternative rock, formed in Nashville, Tennessee in 2009. Comprised of Alison Mosshart, Jack White, Dean Fertita and Jack Lawrence, The Dead Weather debuted at the opening of Third Man Records' Nashville headquarters on March 11, 2009. The band performed live for the first time at the event, immediately before releasing their debut single 'Hang You from the Heavens'.

Mars Volta is an American Grammy Award-winning rock band from El Paso, Texas, formed in 2001 and currently based out of Mexico. The band incorporates various influences including progressive, experimental and punk rock, jazz fusion, funk and Latin/Salsa into their sound.
Monkey Business is a Czech funk band. Their debut record, Why Be In When You Could Be Out, was released in 2000.

Ali Noor
Musician

"These days I am listening to Imogen Heap's album Ellipse. My five favourite songs without any order of preference are: 'State of Grace' by Seal, 'Desperately' by Michelle Branch, 'Madanian Hai Oh Mere Dadiya Rabba' by Surinder Kaur, 'Ice' by Sarah McLachlan and 'Evidence' by Faith No More."

Surinder Kaur is an Indian Punjabi folk singer.  Imogen Heap is a Grammy nominated English singer-songwriter whose latest record Ellipse is creating quite a wave over the Internet and Billboard charts. English singer-songwriter Seal is known for his soulful music and has many tunes to his credit including the famous 'Kiss from a Rose' off the Batman soundtrack. 'State of Grace' is off his third record Human Being.

Adnan Pardesy
Fashion Designer

"These days I am listening to Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Mukesh, Ghulam Ali, Jagjit Singh. My favorite songs these days are: 'Baat Nikle Gi dur Tak' by Jagjit Singh, 'Chupke Chupke' by Ghulam Ali, 'Woh Tere Pyar Ka Gham' by Mukesh, 'Tere Bina Zindagi' by Lata Mageshkar. Any song by Kishore Kumar absorbs me like anything."

Lata Mangeshkar is one of the best known playback singers in the Hindi film industry. Mangeshkar was featured in the Guinness Book of World Records from 1974 to 1991 for having made the most recordings in the world.

Jagjit Singh a prominent Indian ghazal singer. He gained acclaim together with his wife, another renowned Indian ghazal singer Chitra Singh, as the first ever successful duo (husband-wife) act in the history of recorded Indian music. Together, they are considered to be the pioneers of modern ghazal singing and regarded as the most successful recording artistes outside the realm of Indian film music.