What do you get when an Indian Rock n Roll singer meets an Egyptian Funk and Blues guitarist? Besides the plathora of food that’s going to be orderd – You get a music making machine that’s fiercely unstoppable.
In a land and a time were funk and blues are words that rarely get tossed around, these two maniacs decided to revive the genre with “Carl & The Reda Mafia.”
 Abimbola (A.K.A Bimbo The Drummer )from Nigeria, who was on the verge of giving up on music,joined the scene after countless failed attempts with metal bands and the like. The 3 then became 4 when Chris (A.K.A Uncle Bass ) joined the band and after one jam session had this to say “Ok Kids, I think we have something special here “ . And there was no turning back. 
Carl & Reda compose music that they hope will make a mark on the musical universe of the 21st century. With songs ranging from funk  and blues rock to rock n’ roll, Carl & The Reda Mafia plan to revisit, if not reincarnate, the golden era of music . 

Vito “The Rat “
“A rat race is an endless, self-defeating, or pointless pursuit. It conjures up the image of the futile efforts of a lab rat trying to escape while running around a maze or in a wheel”.
Vito (Yes, like Vito Corleone from The Godfather ) is the rat who broke loose from the rat race in search of something more. 
Vito represents what the band stands for - freedom and the thirst for life. The fearlessness of the rat and its ability to resist the system reflects the bands desire to experiment with the genres and produce music that will stand out from the crowd.
Vito is the Bands official mascot, and is the proud face on our logo.


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Empty Yard Experiment (dubbed EYE) was formed in 2006 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Categorizing the band’s sound has often eluded critics – spanning from alternative and progressive metal, to instrumental/post-rock. 

EYE have built an impressive live portfolio over the years, including UK club tours, the HRH Prog festival in Wales, and high-profile opening spots for Metallica, Evanescence and Anathema in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. 

Their influences range from bands such as TOOL, Karnivool and King Crimson, to Porcupine Tree, Alice In Chains and Mogwaï. With members hailing from Serbia, Iran, the UK and US, this versatile group of musicians has genuine multinational appeal. 

EYE are currently in the process of finishing their third album, which features UK prog giants TesseracT's Jay Postones on the drums and Voices From The Fuselage's Dale Gorham on bass.

© Kicksound 2014. Words and music by Olly Ephgrave. Vocals and guitar - Olly Ephgrave; Drums - Branislav Trkulja; Bass - Gabriel Matute. Recorded and produced by Elvis Garagic at Soundstruck Studios, Dubai



The Koniac Net are an indie, alternative, hard rock band from Bombay (India). 

TKN have been compared to artists such as the Stills, Smashing Pumpkins, Toadies, Death Cab For Cutie, Matt Pond PA, Marcy Playground, Helmet & the Deftones.

Songs from both, their album & EP, have gained airplay on over 165 radio stations across 33 countries. They have been featured by MTV, VH1, Rolling Stone Magazine, GQ Magazine, VOGUE, Buzzfeed, BalconyTV, Apollo Night LA, WeSauce, and more.

March 29, 2019 marked the launch of their 3rd release, "They Finally Herd Us" [out worldwide on Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon, Google Play, and more].

Palayan in Sanskrit translates to 'escape'. This is the page of Sandeep Sequeira's music.

The Wanton Bishops, though a band by every definition of the word, is actually the vision for one very eclectic man – Nader Mansour. A cultural anomaly, considering the fact that he was born and raised in Beirut, Lebanon, Nader as lead singer is the very epitome of a howling blues man. But throw in Nader’s psychedelic 60’s influences – the culture, literature and music, and a heavy dose of meditative Middle-Eastern Tarab, and you’ve got a wicked brew that the world has never seen or tasted prior. Supported by his guitar wielding comrades-in-arms, Eddy Ghossein and Salim Naffah, and his musical mercenary friends on bass and drums, Nader’s vision for The Wanton Bishops is now complete.
 
Digging into the soul of the music, Nader’s influences range from the blues of RL Burnside and Muddy Waters, to the rock of Led Zeppelin and Hendrix, going through the psychedelic sounds of The Doors, and The Velvet Underground, into the Tarab of Sabah Fakhri, Mohammad Kheiri, Oum Kolsoum and Asmahan. He creates music that takes the listener head first into wailing harmonicas, raw cat calls, contemplative Mawwals, psychedelic atmospherics and stomping garage-rock guitar riffs. Nader’s creative sidekick Eddy Ghossein is an anglophilic guitarist with a passion for classic and contemporary British sounds and harmonies. Under the guidance of Lebanese underground genius producer Fadi Tabbal, and with Eddy’s influence, Nader’s songs emerged from the Delta swamps and the Lebanese mountains into a musical landscape with a blues foundation and a modern rock twist, a space currently inhabited by bands like The Black Keys and The White Stripes. Yet in the case of The Wanton Bishops, their music oozes an original flavor that is unmistakably an animal from a far off exotic land.
 
The Wanton Bishops debut album, Sleep With The Lights On, won the Beirut band accolades and opportunities. MTV describing the album as “suspended between disillusionment and exultation, their visceral sounds echo the soul of their crumbling city,” with Rolling Stone painting an equally colorful critique, writing “The Wanton Bishops are a thrilling rush of raw blues and booze soaked indie rock, reminiscent of The Black Keys, but with a ramshackle sensibility all their own.” The band journey from Lebanon to perform festivals and club shows around the world, to include support opportunities with legendary acts The Who, Guns N’ Roses, and even Lana Del Rey.
 
In 2015 Nader expanded the band’s musical capabilities by adding other key players to the family, guitarist Salim Naffah (Loopstache) and drummer Pascal Semerdjian (Postcards) all while calling on Fadi Tabbal (Tunefork Studios) as a producer once more. A longtime friend of the band, Salim added a unique modern and dreamy musical component to Nader’s writing process, while Pascal brought in depth on drums as well as quirky patterns. To quote Nader, The Wanton Bishops are now a ‘free floating polyamorous relationship I share with a bunch of unbelievable human beings and musicians, Eddy, Salim, Pascal, bass player Antonio and sometimes others’ adding that the new music exudes ‘psychedelic, alternative-rock elements dabbled with flavours from the Middle East.’ Says Nader, ‘We are taking our blues induced rock and roll down an ethnic-electronic highway. We’re finally getting to the core of the music we want to create, and that core is scarily confused, much like our own identity as Lebanese people living in Beirut, that eternal cultural crossroad.’
 
After hitting European festivals all summer, to include Glastonbury, Nova Rock, and Solidays, the band will be touring worldwide throughout the winter of 2016/2017 in support of their new EP 'NOWHERE EVERYWHERE.' 

Stay tuned…

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