Zoe Viccaji's album Dareeche earns a technical nod from India

E-Paper | February 28, 2026

Zoe Viccaji's debut album Dareeche won the Best Mixed Album (Non-Film) Award at the Indian Recording Arts (IRA) Awards on May 30. The IRA Awards recognise under-celebrated technical expertise in music with a particular focus on music produced by independent artists.

Dareeche was recorded by Shahi Hasan in Karachi, and Mumbai-based sound engineers contributed to the album after Viccaji was signed by Universal Music in India. Christian Wright at Abbey Road Studios, London, mastered the album.

In a Facebook post, Viccaji thanked all the people behind the win:

Also read: I want to release songs and not have expectations: Zoe Viccaji

Viccaji is now focused on making less commercial music.

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KARIM ADMANI

Jun 01, 2015 05:43pm

Congratulations Zoe. Wish you all the best in your future efforts.

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Paula Abdul

Jun 01, 2015 06:59pm

It's no secret, Pakistani musicians are so much more better than Indians.

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KnowTheTruth

Jun 01, 2015 09:19pm

@Paula Abdul -is that a joke or something?

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Indianvoice

Jun 01, 2015 09:24pm

@Paula Abdul we have lot of respect for musicians and singers from Pakistan. But only someone who is completely ignorant of reality will make a statement like yours. Pls wake up.

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Reaper

Jun 01, 2015 09:31pm

@Paula Abdul, don't know a thing about india other than bollywood

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anshul

Jun 01, 2015 10:25pm

Artists are always welcome

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omprakash

Jun 01, 2015 10:48pm

@Paula Abdul you should say thanks to us rather than comparing. If they are better than Indian musician why bollywood songs are famous in Pakistan. Hope dawn will publish my comments

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sunny

Jun 01, 2015 11:20pm

@Paula Abdul Well I understand you are happy but music and arts can't be generalized to a location. I am glad she won an award, and I hope her contribution to music continues

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Shubs

Jun 02, 2015 12:32am

@Paula Abdul If music for you is defined by the nationality of its origins, it just goes to show how fake and shallow your understanding and love of music is. At least don't contaminate music with your narrow hate-filled nationalism.

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sfoman

Jun 02, 2015 01:22am

Great. Waiting for more great music in future

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ReturnOfTheDawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes

Jun 02, 2015 05:25am

@Paula Abdul if you read the article completely you will be surprised to know that the sound engineers were from pakistan,India and London.

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Zak

Jun 02, 2015 07:05am

@Paula Abdul Yeah , I wonder why are they not better than Europeans and have won grammys.