Monday 13 April 2015

Haami


We are Haami.  We are a london based Nepalese band.  I guess you could describe our music as a mixture of post/math/alternative rock. We feel there is a huge potential for our music to grow and shape into something that has never been seen or heard. So currently we are in the exploring/discovering stage and it is yet to evolve.





Haami consists of  Rupesh Malla on Guitar, Pujan Rai on Guitar/Vocal, Dinesh Gurung on Bass and Yugal Gurung on Drums. 


We formed the band in early 2012 with former members Bijay Gurung (guitar) and Bikal Rai (bass) with an intention to win the local band competition which we did. After the competition we thought to carry on working together. In this process we wrote 3-4 songs.
 Due to personel matters Bijai and Bikal couldn’t continue in the band so Dinesh and Rupesh joined. 


Tell us about your procedure of writing a song, does it come off as an outcome of jam session over an idea, or a single person comes up with the entire song and the rest fill in their parts. Who writes the songs mostly or all of them?

It usually starts with a riff or a melody. Someone comes up with a tasty lick and we just build the song around it.  Our songs are not jam based so we don’t really jam as much however we sometimes find ourselves going over some groovy sectionsfor quite a long time. We tend to get better results when we dissect each sections of the song, think about it, improvise, agree, disagree and make a decisoin on it. We tend to contribute equally  when writing.




Who are your main influences and favorite bands?

We have a whole library of bands and artist when it comes to general individual music influences. Talking about the music genre of the band we are influenced by bands like Lite, enemies, Toe, Incubus, WangWen, TTNG and the list goes on.


Post rock and math rock are not common in Nepal, how is the perception of nepali audience towards your music?

Its not a genre which has been explored by many Nepalese bands but from the reaction and feedbacks we have had in these past couple of months people are really interested in the sound. We are not entirely sure how the listeners in Nepal would perceive these genres since we have never performed there but the Nepalese audiences in the UK seems to enjoy it. They are always intrigued and curious about the sound.



Your self-titled EP is very impressive, what has been the overall response? Do you guys take care of the recording and production yourself?

Everyone has been extremley humble and has showered us with kind words so far. Its good to know people are interested in your work especially when you’ve worked hard to bring it out. 
Yes we recorded, mixed and produced the EP ourself. Initially we started recording in Yugal’s university where he studied Music Technology. We tracked our drums and some of the guitars there. The rest were recorded in his little home studio. We also made physical copies with artworks and everything. It was pretty exciting to see your songs presented in such a way. We launched the EP when we opened for Albatross at a gig in London. The reaction was amazing. Sharing and distributing our EP was definitely our proudest moment.  Considering it was a low budget production we couldn’t have asked for anymore.


Any plans to tour South Asia?
We definitely want to perform in Nepal. Maybe when we get our album out,which could be next year.

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