project namaste!!! phase ii

To pay tribute to Karma and to contribute to his work, the band will be undertaking a countrywide tour starting in March, with proceeds going towards the cause of street children.
The band's first experimentation with reggae has worked out surprisingly well. "We have started playing live at the Reggae Bar in Thamel and it is a great platform for practicing", says Nilesh, who admits that the band has not always found it easy to play around with new genres.

Produced by Rise Music, the album has a total of eight tracks, of which two are the band's trademark songs: 'Maryo Ni Maryo' and 'Mercedes-Benz'. "We want to show the difference in the quality of recording from the past, and we want to target the international audience too" says Nilesh on including two of their most popular tracks. By adding both tunes to the album, the album will inevitably find resonance with old fans, while at the same time giving new fans some killer tunes to wrap their ears around.
The tribute to Pink Floyd's 'The Wall', with its peppy guitar riffs makes this rock opera sound almost like a funk groove that you want to dance to. "I don't know what the response will be from a business point of view, but we've been getting really good feedback on all the compositions", says Nilesh.
Project Namaste works because it succeeds in combining different genres, without losing the band's rock base. But the downside of Project Namaste is the lyrical aspect. It's about time that Nepali artists put aside the practiced melancholy in their songs and tread new ground.