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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.
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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
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Song: Dui Char
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Song: Bujhai
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Song: Jeune
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During a show in Vancouver, Canada |
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