The Vinyl Records

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The Vinyl Records (TVR), is a four-piece all-female band based out of New Delhi and Arunachal Pradesh. The band is made up of lead vocalist and keytarist Cheyyrian Bark, Mithy Tatak on drums and percussion, Minam Tekseng on bass guitar and Band Jini on lead guitar and vocals. They came together in February 2010 with their focus being on playing post-punk rock music. Their debut album was called 'Whims' and featured 4 tracks. Their first internationally released song was called 'Ready, set, go!', and was aired in 2014. The band has been featured in articles such as; 'The Times of India,' 'Rolling Stone India,'[1] RSJ, Tehelka, NH7, Cosmopolitan (magazine) and Marie Claire magazine. They have received recommendations for their work, selected as performing artists for Vans Fresh Off the wall music discovery series and were voted among top 3 bands in the Red Bull Tour Bus national tour.

History[]

The Vinyl Records (TVR) formed in February 2010. Initially, the band was formed by Banu, Minam and Mithy, who were all studying in the same school in Arunachal Pradesh.[2]They met their ex-manager, Getem Apang, at school in Arunachal and later met lead vocalist Cheyyrian Bark at their first performance as a band in Delhi.[3] The girls say their love of punk music and rebellious attitudes brought them together. [4] TVR debuted on the bigger Indian indie scene with a performance and feature on MTV India's F1 Rocks show in 2011. They were also among the 15 finalists of Ray-Ban Never Hide Sounds, a major nationwide music talent hunt, in 2012. In June 2013, TVR represented the state of Arunachal Pradesh in a 7-states-7-songs anti-drug compilation called 7X7 with their track "Coco Bomb". They were selected as one of the performing artists for the Vans FRESH Off The Wall music discovery series and has performed at the India Bike Week Festival Goa in January 2014, and were also voted among the top 3 bands for the Red Bull Tour Bus national tour.

Notable Releases[]

Their debut 4-track EP "Whims" was released at Ziro Festival of Music in September 2013.

The Vinyl Records has signed with Metal Postcard Records, Hong Kong, and released "Ready, Set, Go!" their first single for the international market on 7" vinyls and various digital platforms, alongside a music video. The band also crowd-funded another video for the title track from the EP "Whims". The band’s musical journey has since been rendered as a documentary by Kobra (Swedish national channel), Now Delhi and Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which have gained them international recognition.

The Vinyl Records released their self debut album on 17 February 2017.

Band Members[]

  • Cheyyrian Bark - born 17 September 1989, is from Guwahati, Assam, India. Bark, is the lead vocalist, keytar player, synths, keyboards and songwriter (2011–present). Bark earned a master's degree in Political Science from University of Delhi and also has a diploma in fashion designing from NIFT.
  • Banu Jini - born 20 June 1989, is from Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, India. Jini, is the guitarist and backing vocalist (2010–present). Jini earned a university degree from University of Delhi, India
  • Minam Tekseng - born 20 April 1990, is from Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, India. Tekseng, is the bassist and backing vocalist (2010–present). Tekseng earned a university degree in English from Delhi
  • Mithy Tatak - born 29 September 1989, is from Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, India. Tatak, is the drummer, percussions and backing vocalist (2010–present). Tatak earned a university degree in Biotechnology, Delhi

Influences[]

The band is majorly influenced by western bands like CSS, The B52s, Blondie, The Clash, Bratmobile, Bikini Kill, The Strokes, Arctic Monkeys, The Ramones and many others.[5] The Vinyl Records states “We look up to girl bands like CSS… Sahara Hotnights and The Donnas are the modern Riot Grrrls to us".[6] Their style has been described as an alternative indie mixture, encompassing many ideals and techniques found within the New Delhi music industry. They talk about experimenting with new sounds and styles and their hope to collaborate with many female performers in the future. [4]

Performances[]

The band has performed in various cities all across India. They have performed at shows such as the Ziro Festival of Music, Puma Loves Vinyl, The LOUDEST Gig in Delhi, Nh7 weekender etc.[5] They have also headlined the Maudit Tangue festival at Reunion Island, France last December on 2017. They also continue to play gigs in and around the country at various venues.

TVR performed at Control ALT Delete 6.0, Mumbai's entirely crowd-funded concert, The North-East Music Festival and Delhi Day Concert in Delhi and at The VANS New Wave Musicfest in Goa. The band also performed with Maria Anderson (from Sahara Hotnights) at the Red Bull Music Academy Festival in Sweden along with two more club gigs across the country. The band's second international tour was BHIF (Bhutan International Festival, Thimphu) alongside artists such as lucky Ali. There, the band played three shows in the presence of the royal family.

The band's third international tour was at Réunion Island (France) which was a headlining act at 'Kabardock' with Maudit Tangue Label rock péi.

References[]

  1. ^ "The Vinyl Records Launch Debut EP -". 23 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Everywhere you go, girls wanna rock". The Times of India. 10 February 2013. Archived from the original on 11 February 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  3. ^ Musicmandir (23 March 2019). "All girl rock band 'The Vinyl Records' gears up to release new sounds". Musicmandir. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  4. ^ a b "A chat with Indie punk rocker girls from Delhi & Arunachal - The Vinyl Records". 18 December 2018. |first= missing |last= (help)
  5. ^ a b "The Vinyl Records". OML Digital. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  6. ^ https://www.facebook.com/thevinylrecords/

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