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Mohammad Raza aka Raza Dexter, is a multi - talented and diverse individual. He possesses Composing Music, Writing Articles and Columns, Poetry, Painter, Fashion and Interior Designing, Production and Direction all under his umbrella of skills whereas by degree, Raza Dexter initially emerged as the bassist of one of the most famous pop bands, Milestones along with Candy and Ziyyad in the 2000. He has an innumerable contribution of articles and columns (over 100 in number) in various magazines and newspapers all over Pakistan. Raza Dexter has his own licensed entertainment company named as "SPIDERS" registered in Pakistan.
Early Life
Raza Dexter was born in North Nazimabad, Karachi on the 10th of January, 4th in line of his siblings. He received his primary education from Wonderland school in Karachi and completed his intermediate education from Gulshan College in 2007.
Music
Raza Dexter has been consistent and passionate about music since his childhood. At the age of 10, Raza started playing Banjo, a sindhi string instrument and later he started playing castanets and harmonica and a little bit flute. Eventually, in his teen years Raza acquired a guitar and he began learning it through an Old Dan Morgan book. Raza has been inspired by the tunes of CCR, The Beatles, Smokie and Elvis and later down the line, he formed his own band, Milestones.
Milestones Raza Dexter stepped into the music field with "Milestones" in 1999 with Candy on vocals, Ziyyad Gulzar on guitars and himself as the bassist/songwriter. Milestones released two 1 albums, Milestones and Jadoo, which turned out to be an enormous hit in the pop industry of Pakistan and gained a great deal of attention for these young and talented musicians.
Aakash
In 2005, Milestones disbanded and the following year in 2006, Raza formed another band "Aakash" which lasted for an year but their music left an impact to its' listeners. The line up constituted of Ziyyad on guitars, Allan on drums, Ali Haider on vocals and himself on the bass and backing vocals. Aakash released 1 album out of which "Chand Se Mukhda" and "Dil Waley" from their debut album topped the MTV charts rightaway in Pakistan & also in India. The Album was titled as "Chand Sa Mukhda" & Magnasound released this album in India. AKS In 2000, Raza got himself acquainted with Aimon on vocals, Hammad on vocals and guitars and himself on bass and backing vocals forming AKS. AKS recorded 1 album but it remained unreleased.
Project Dexter
Project Dexter is Raza dexter solo album which is recorded but unreleased. Raza Dexter has played with Ali Haider as a session bass player in USA, Canada, Australia, Middle East and all over Pakistan for 4 years. He has composed three (3) tracks for Hadiqa Kiani's top selling album Roshini that also topped the charts instantly after its release.
Designer
In 2000 Raza Dexter designed clothes for himself at his friend's garments factory for "Kids Wear". Later, he started designing clothes for leading outlets in Karachi. He also designed the wardrobe for a local Pakistani movie starring pop singer Ali Haider and Zara Shiekh in the lead roles. Now Raza Dexter is also set to launch his own casual clothing line with RD Jeans and RD shirts. also it will be available soon in some parts of Karachi
Achievements And Awards
Starred in PTV Serial “Aadha Chehra” in 2000. The serial was declared the top seller of the year.
Produced the first animated Pop up video series, “Humming Bird” in Pakistan for HUM TV in 2005. Also, scripted, directed and produced ”Popistory”, “Musicology” and several other music based shows/events/concerts for Eye Television Network, Pakistan.
Launched Pakistan’s first news supplement for the youth, “AAGAHI - Naujawano Ki Awaz” under the umbrella of AAG Geo TV Network & The News, Jang Group of Newspapers in 2007.
Launched - AAG Geo TV Networks and launched numerous successful campaigns via AAG.
Nominated as The First & Only Band from Asia at Amnesty International in 2002 for spreading awareness about innocent imprisoned people.

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