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Nasrat Parsa Naghma Nashenas Naim Popal Nainawaz Nasrat Sharqi Qamar Martin & Delta Sugar.Nasrat Sharqi was one of the most influential Afghan artists in America throughout the s and 90's. His music career started at a young age. He attended lycee Istiqlal in Kabul and he attended the Musical academy in Kabul with peers such as Said Omar and Ehsan Aman.
He later travelled to Ankara Turkey to study at the University of Ankara.
In the late s circa , Nasrat Sharqi was the first Afghan musician to introduce the one-man-band to the Afghan community in the USA. With his keen talents and technological savvy he programmed a yamaha workstation keyboard with Afghani taals, better known as rhythms.
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As time went on newer technology and the introduction of MIDI, he introduced yet another instrument which is still used by Afghan singers today; the Roland R8 drum machine. This drum machine along with its Ethnic Tabla card increased the precision and audio visualization of a full Afghan band controlled by one man.
He was also responsible for introducing the Technics line of keyboards t