Transcendence (Adil Omar album)

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Transcendence
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 8, 2018 (2018-07-08)
Recorded2017
StudioBisonopolis, Islamabad
Genre
Length44:33
Producer
Adil Omar chronology
Margalla King
(2016)
Transcendence
(2018)
Mastery
(2020)
Singles from Transcendence
  1. "Champions"
  2. "We Need to Talk About Adil"
  3. "Revelations"

Transcendence (stylized as TRANSCENDENCE) is the debut studio album by Pakistani rapper-producer Adil Omar. It was released independently on July 8, 2018 with a film of the same title to accompany it. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Contents

The visual album was also directed by Adil Omar. The album was recorded in 2017 in Islamabad and features Elliphant, SNKM, Talal Qureshi and Tim Armstrong of Rancid. The album also included recreations of 1970's and 80's era Lollywood soundtracks, but rather than relying on sampling, Omar reached out to some of the original creators such as Ustad Tafu and M. Arshad and hosted live sessions in his home studio Bisonopolis, Islamabad. [5] [6] [7] [8]

The instrumental version of the album was released on October 8, 2018. [9]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Transcendence" Adil Omar Adil Omar 3:17
2."Champions" Adil Omar Adil Omar 3:22
3."The Great Receiver" Adil Omar Adil Omar, Shamoon Ismail 3:33
4."The Observer" Adil Omar Adil Omar 3:41
5."Testosterone Tears" Adil Omar Adil Omar 4:17
6."We Need to Talk About Adil" Adil Omar Adil Omar, Talal Qureshi 4:51
7."The Void" Adil Omar Adil Omar 6:19
8."Discovery" (featuring Talal Qureshi, Tim Armstrong of Rancid) Adil Omar, Talal Qureshi, Tim Armstrong Adil Omar, Talal Qureshi 4:24
9."Revelations" (featuring Elliphant, Shaman Durek, SNKM) Adil Omar, Ellinor Olovsdotter, Talal Qureshi, Durek Verrett SNKM, Adil Omar, Talal Qureshi 4:18
10."Searching For Salim Omar" Adil Omar Adil Omar, KFied6:39
Total length:44:33

Personnel

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