Darjeeling Rock Band Mantra's New album Mantra Mughdha Vol.- IV is now available in the market and this is the one song Aajkal Ko Keta Keti(Emo World) from their new album.
Mantra is a Nepali rock band that originated from Darjeeling. The band was formed in 1999 with four members. The starting line up for the band comprised of Vaskar on vocals, Praggya on guitars, Pravash on bass and Bishal on drums. The band got its first exposure outside the hills which happened in the year of its formation at the IIT Kharagpur, Calcutta at "Wildfire". They kept on 'going' by playing at various local gigs. The year 2002 saw the band releasing its first number "Timi Bina" on a compilation album "Gorkha Rocks". Later the same year they performed at a major concert in Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh where they were joined by a new member Manish on Keyboards. In the same year, the band won the Gangtok Rock Contest, where Praggya took home the award of best lead guitarist. For about two-three years the band performed live concerts in and around Darjeeling. In the year 2003 with eight songs Mantra released its first album titled "Mantra". The album was distributed through Indreni Audio Cassette Center, Kathmandu. Songs like 'Timi Bina' 'Ekantama' and 'Bir Gorkhali' became instant hits in their hometown, Darjeeling and Sikkim. In the year 2004 Mantra immediately released their second album. This album contained more melodic folk music with the flute dominating their compositions. Bidhan, the flute and saxophone player was invited to join the band as a full time member. 'Sanskriti' the song from the album was nominated at the Annual Hits FM Awards as the best rock composition. After the release of two albums Mantra began to be noticed and saw them performing at live concerts to overwhelming successes at many places of Sikkim, Kalimpong, Kurseong, Siliguri, Dooars, Calcutta, Shillong, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Bhutan. They performed star act at the prestigious Darjeeling Carnival and other engineering institutes in India. In the year 2005, Mantra won the "Rock O' Phonix" Alcheringa at the IITG cultural festival held in Guwahati, Assam. Concerts kept rolling with many new places in Nepal too followed by gigs in Pokahara, Bharatpur, Birthamode and Dharan.(From-mantradarjeeling.com/)
Now after the success of their third album this Mantra Mughdha Vol. IV is now available in the market,The album contains ten songs including one instrumental.
Below are the list of the song:
Mantra Mughdha Vol. IV Song lists:
1) Aajkal ko keta keti - Emo World
2)Hamro Sansaar
3)Sambandha
4)Aama
5)Matra Mughdha
6)Yo jindagi
7)Aayo aayo gorkhali
8)Naya Juni
9)Avani ( Guitar Solo)
10)Priyashi