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Usman Riaz is a Pakistani music prodigy, multi-instrumentalist, animator, filmmaker and fingerstyle guitarist.

2010-2011:Music albums, Fire Fly and collaborations
On November 2, 2010, Riaz released his first album in English, Flashes and Sparks under EMI Paskiatn records. The album contained three single "Fire Fly", "Clouds before the Storm" and  composed and written by Riaz while directed by duo Bilal Khan and Shayan Agha. The song was ranked fourth best pop song of 2011, where the site reads, "his pure approach to making music comes across instantly and we won’t be surprised if his name is uttered in the same breath as the likes of Aamir Zaki, Mekaal Hasan and Faraz Anwar."

Music style and influences
Animation (rest from google)
 * http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/blog/2013/12/16/usman-riaz-ted-fellow-berklee/
 * http://edition.cnn.com/2012/08/05/opinion/riaz-internet-music/
 * http://www.wbur.org/radioboston/2014/11/28/usman-riaz-redux
 * http://fusion.net/story/256617/learn-from-internet/
 * http://www.dawn.com/news/727054/album-review-usman-riaz-circus-in-the-sky
 * http://www.dawn.com/news/684246/the-10-best-pakistani-pop-songs-of-2011
 * http://www.dawn.com/news/1155966
 * http://tribune.com.pk/story/290791/usman-riaz-about-a-boy/
 * http://tribune.com.pk/story/395101/circus-in-the-sky-all-eyes-on-usman-riaz/
 * http://tribune.com.pk/story/127032/i-truly-believe-music-is-magic--usman-riaz/
 * http://tribune.com.pk/story/551164/a-musical-night-with-usman-riaz/
 * http://tribune.com.pk/story/818945/an-inspiration-for-youth-take-a-leaf-out-of-the-life-of-usman-riaz/
 * http://tribune.com.pk/story/258015/junoon-celebrating-20-years-of-sufi-rock/
 * http://tribune.com.pk/story/193412/mad-goes-up-in-flashes-and-sparks/
 * http://tribune.com.pk/story/266626/youtube-video-of-the-day-usman-riaz-outshines-on-saeen/
 * http://tribune.com.pk/story/466200/i-want-to-keep-getting-better-says-usman-riaz/
 * http://tribune.com.pk/story/804266/a-fireflys-descent-to-the-ocean-floor/
 * http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/12/13/self-taught-musical-sensation-now-youngest-ted-senior-fellow/
 * http://tribune.com.pk/story/1032872/apple-teams-up-with-pakistani-musician-artist-usman-riaz-for-ipad-art-demo/
 * http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/pakistans-first-hand-drawn-animated-feature-film
 * http://www.star2.com/people/2016/08/17/young-musician-brings-talented-people-together-to-make-this-animated-film/
 * http://www.wired.co.uk/article/mano-animation-pakistan-glass-blower
 * http://www.desiblitz.com/content/glassworker-pakistan-animation
 * http://www.forbes.com/sites/sonyarehman/2016/02/21/the-karachi-whiz-kid-and-pakistans-first-hand-drawn-animated-flick/

Personal life
In July, 2015, Riaz married his friend Mariam.

Films

 * The Glassworker (TBA)
 * Shambhala (2016)
 * Primero De Enero (2014)
 * The Waves (2013)
 * Ruckus (2013)
 * Seedlings (2013)

Albums

 * Flashes and Sparks (2010)
 * Circus in the Sky (2012)

Coke Studio

 * Season 7: "Decent To The Ocean Floor" (2014)
 * Season 7: "Bone Shaker" (2014)

Singles

 * "Saeein" - Junoon 20 - Volume I