Band Name: Koshi
Reason for the name: The name was chosen for a metaphor "a river is flowing but its always there". Koshi is also a birth place of the band's composer, Rajan Rai.
Band formed on: Fall 1995 in downtown Honolulu, Hawaii. All of the members attended Hawaii Pacific University.
Band Members:
Former Band Members were:
Drums: Stanley H.
Bass: Issac
Lead Solo: Brent Larcen
Guitar & Vocals: Rajan Rai
Current members includes:
Drums: Kalpu Rai
Bass: Pawan Kunwar
Lead Guitar: Bishal BK
Guitar & Vocals: Rajan Rai

Band Member's Profession:
Kalpu Rai: BSc. in Electronic Engineering/Student
Pawan Kunwar: Bsc in Electronic Enginering/Development
Bishal BK: Nursing Major/Wait help
Rajan Rai: MBA-MSIS/Systems Analyst

Music Genre: The band's composition has been characterized by the infusion of post-grunge and electronica. The band is calling this new genre as "Electro-Grunge". 

About the Band:
'''Early Years in Hawaii'''

Koshi Band is an Electro-Grunge alternative Nepali rock group in the United States. The band was origniated in downtown Honolulu, Hawaii in the fall of 1995. A wild party at former drummer Stanley's house turned into a creation of musical group, the band Koshi. The band's official web site is http://www.KoshiMusic.com.

Prior to 2005, the band played neo alternative rock music in English only and established a solid American fan-base from the first album "In Mistletoe Garden". The band offered the songs freely online at http://www.KoshiMusic.com and had received over 110,000 downloads since 2003 thru 2008. The band's songs are still being aired on the Hawaiian TV Channel 55, 97.5 KPOI, Crater 94, KTUH to name a few. Koshi band toured Hawaiian islands, west coast, east coast and was originally managed under Tonori Productions.

'''Post-2005 Years'''

When the composer, and the band's vocalist, Rajan moved to Omaha, Nebraska in the summer of 2005 after parting from his girlfriend Mar from Spain, he started writing songs in Nepali. Rajan came to visit his family members, and relatives in Omaha.

New band members joined the group giving a new musical twist. This time the band members were all from Nepal. The band wrote debute Nepali alternative songs "Ashish". New Nepali and English songs are still being recorded at Koshi Studio and the tracks are being compiled in their second album called "Love and tragedy". The band is determined not to stop composing songs in English in order to maintain their American fanbase who have supported them for a decade. The band's producer is Rajan's younger brother, Nirajan Rai, who is the co-founder of NirvanaCareer.com and currently managing their album production from Sydney, Australia. The band is sponsored by NirvanaCareer.com 

Koshi actively performed in Honolulu, Kaneohe, California, Nebraska, New York, New Jersey, Nebraska, Chicago, Iowa, and Washington DC along with professional Nepali artists such as Deepak Bajracharya Band, Mukti & Revival, and Harish Mathema. The band had interviews and was featured on KtmRocks.com, Nepalisite.com, Murchunga.com, CyberSansar.com, DCNepal.com and  ANAYC.org

Source of Inspiration/Influenced by:
Incubus, Nirvana, Robin & Looza, Korn.

First Recorded Song: Ashish

First Album: Official Release: "Love and Tragedy" (Comming out in 2009)

Most Memorable Moment:
During American Nepalese Association in New York '06, While we were singing one of our Nepali songs "timi ko hau", Kalpu's bhenaju came and said.. "bhaiharu.. can you sing some of your nepali songs too?" 

Concerts / Shows: 
Koshi performed in numerous shows, bars and nightclubs. Some of the major venue performed are: 
ANA 2008, July 4th Weekend in Maryland/Washington DC/Virginia (Visit us!)
ANMA 2007, Chicago 
ANA 2006, New York
Spring Fest 2007, Iowa 
Summer Concert 2007, Nebraska 
Deepak Bajracharya Concert, 2007, Nebraska
Musician's Swap-Meet 2002, Honolulu, Hawaii
Utopian-Trip Promotion 2002, Honolulu, Hawaii
Grunge is Dead 2002, Honolulu, Hawaii
Mango's 2000, Kaneohe, Hawaii
Pier Bar 2000, Aloha Towers, Hawaii
Pier Bar1998, Aloha Towers, Hawaii
Ninja House - Valentines Night, 1997, Waikiki Hawaii
InterCultural Day 1996, Hawaii Pacific University, Honolulu, Hawaii

Awards/ Appreciations: No awards yet. Hope to enter Nepalese music industry with our debut Nepali album "love and tragedy" in 2009.

Message to fans/viewers: Love you all!

Message to Babbaal.com: Love you folks too!!

Official Website: http://www.KoshiMusic.com

Discography:
Debut Nepali album "Love and Tragedy" will be unleashed in 2009.

Information About Songs: (To Download, Right click on the song title and click "Save Target As")
Ashish - Two people from different ethinc background meet in an island for their educational venture. They fall in love deeply and live together under one shed for 3 and half years. As they live their lives, despite of their true love and loyalty, they begin to see their paths will be divided after the end of their educational journey. The blue sky turns into grey and hope turns into uncertainty. The only gift they now have is the present moment and they learn to live their lives in the present and let go of the future. Future will come they way the fate has chosen. During their last days, there were many dreams, hopes, love and desires, for all of which were left unfulfilled. In their last day the boy and a girl goes by the sea, tie two balloons together and set them free up in the sky as a metaphor for "if it is meant to be together in next life, may that be the course of the future". These words of wishes, unfulfilled desires, tears and afterlife are recited in a song called Ashish, which is based on a true life event. This song is dedicated to Mar Duque (Madrid, Spain).

Timi Ko Hau - The song talks about the feeling of void after parting from a relationship. "I have not found what I have been searching for" the song recites and the words play with "unknown" character of blind hope. 

Mafi - From each relationship we learn our mistakes as we cross the lines and improve to become a better lovers. Sometimes, it becomes little too late to apologize. Mafi is dedicated to the first stepping stones of our initial relationships in life. The song apologizes "I gave you joy, I gave you pain".

Dreamer - The song "dreaMer" is a valentines day dedication song to dreamers who's wandering around time-space. Its also been said "not everyone who wanders are lost".  Its important to dream and visualize our life, future, goals etc.

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