About SIFR
My relationship with music began at age 10 in Pakistan, watching my cousin play melodies on a Casio keyboard. Before long, I was sitting at the keys myself, playing back almost any song I heard by ear. He was the first person to tell me I had perfect pitch—and that I could really play.
Two years later, back in the States, I heard “Killing Me Softly” by the Fugees and became fascinated by how the kick, snare, hi-hats, melody, and rhythm locked together. That curiosity turned into constant creation: drumming on school desks, kitchen tables, and anything else that could become an instrument. I got into DJing soon after, DJed my own 8th-grade graduation, and never looked back.
For me, music has always been more than entertainment. The creative process, the architecture of sound, and the space between notes have a way of dissolving everything else. Today, as SIFR, I create music by blending instinct, technology, sampling, synthesis, live performance, and years of listening by ear.
My studio is built around a hands-on collection of instruments including the Moog Grandmother, Korg Wavestate MKII, MS-20 Mini, Minilogue XD, Arturia MiniFreak, MicroFreak and MiniBrute 2S, Behringer CAT, Roland SP-404MKII and AIRA series, Korg Volcas, Polyend Play, DrumBrute Impact, MPC-style samplers, Rane Performer, Stanton T-92 turntable, Torso S-4, Hologram Microcosm, Novation controllers, MOTU interfaces, and the Zoom LiveTrak L-12next.
I don’t just make music—I explore the hidden interval between rhythm, memory, technology, and feeling.