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MUKTI N' REVIVAL
ARTIST OF THE MONTH--MAY 2004
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Intro/Background
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.
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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
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