Newar Music Group Mukti N Revival, one of the top rock band of Nepal
Mukti Shakya was born and brought up in Jyabahal tole, Kathmandu. Interested in music since his early age, he was deeply influenced by western music. He fell so much in love with guitar that he spent all day and night playing it and making music in it.
Mukti, a young lad then, got his first break from Radium, one of the popular local bands. In the mid 80s, Mukti formed a new band The Elegance with friends of his own age and started to write his own music. True to its name, The Elegance proved it’s charm and became the most talked about band of the time.
Mukti was soon regarded as an inspiration to the up coming musician and idol to many musicians of the valley. There are thousands of his fans belonging to different age groups from teenagers to old folks who still adore him in Nepal and else where. The Elegance chapter had to be closed in 1987 when Mukti decided to go to Spain.
In Spain, he was offered to join a professional band Tramontana as a lead guitarist. He traveled to different parts of Spain with the band and was able to make himself a name in the music scenario there.
Mukti came back to Kathmandu in early 90s when Kathmandu was going through musical identity crisis like anywhere else in the world. He then decided to revive the old musical charm. He collected his old friends and started rocking the old tune which always made them swing and roll. They named themselves Revival. Between 1993 and 1996, Revival went through many changes in line up. In the beginning of 1997 Mukti was rocking with a fresh lineup. One of his good old friends suggested band’s new identity as Mukti & Revival, which would made more sense every time he would appear with a different line up.
There was a band of energetic young boys in town, Newaz, looking for a front man to fill in an empty space left by their guitarist singer. Newaz had already cut an album and had earned a fairly good reputation. Mukti met Roshan, Binod and Rabin, and started to jam. It clicked so well that Mukti’s search for a regular lineup and Newaz’ search for a front man ended. From early 1997, a new lineup of Mukti & Revival started rocking in different occasion. Their first major appearance came in Kastamandap Jatra ‘97–a mega music festival featuring all the popular local bands. Their other major appearances were Shiva Ratri music festival , Kastamandap Jatra ‘98, Durbar Marg Fest, and Millennium Concert . Mukti & Revival also performed in various different parts of Nepal.
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Song: Newar Jam Song
Singer:Mukti Shakya
Album: Mukti N Revival
Music : Mukti N Revival
Band Member: Mukti Shakya, Binod Shrestha, Rabindra Shrestha, Roshan Kansakar
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