IN THE FALL OF 1995, RAJAN METS
STAN (FORMER DRUMMER) IN A PARTY IN DOWNTOWN,
HONOLULU. THEY LEFT THE PARTY
AS STAN INVITED RAJAN FOR A
QUICK JAM SESSION AT HIS APARTMENT. THEY PLAYED SOME COVERS FROM NIRVANA AND PEARL
JAM; AND PLAYED FEW ORIGINALS. NEXT THING YOU HEAR IS THE WHOLE PARTY
MOVING INTO STAN'S APARTMENT AND MAKING A WHOLE BUNCH MESS. ALONG WITH THE
MESS, CREATED THE SONGS.
BACK THEN, THE BAND WAS KNOWN
AS MOKSHA UNTIL IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT A BAND WITH SUCH NAME ALREADY EXISTED IN
INDIA. THEN THEY WENT ON A
ROLLERCOASTER RIDE CHANGING THE NAME OF THE BAND FROM EMERALD TO IONUS, SANGYAS TO ANDROMEDA,
IONIC TO FINALLY KOSHI.
DURING MID 90'S, THE EXPLOSION OF NEW ALTERNATIVE BANDS CALIMED ALL "ONE WORD"
NAMES. GOING BACK TO THE ROOTS, THE NAME KOSHI, A MASSIVE RIVER IN NEPAL THAT CROSSES THE HIMALAYAN KINGDOM FROM NORTH TO
SOUTH WAS CHOSEN FOR A METAPHORIC REASON, "A RIVER IS ALWAYS FLOWING, BUT
IT'S ALWAYS THERE."
DHARAN "CITY", KOSHI "STATE" IS ALSO A BIRTH PLACE OF RAJAN.
RAJAN MOVED TO OMAHA,
NEBRASKA IN JULY OF 2005 TO VISIT HIS FAMILY MEMBERS AFTER PARTING FROM HIS
GIRLFRIEND, MAR FROM MADRID. NEW BAND MEMBERS JOINED THE GROUP IN AUGUST '05. THE BAND IS IN THE
PROCESS TO RECORD ITS
UPCOMING 2ND ALBUM "LOVE AND TRAGEDY" FEATURING 14 NEW NEPALI AND
ENGLISH SONGS. EACH MONTH A NEW SONG WILL BE
RELEASED ON KOSHImusic WEBSITE, SO STAY TUNED!
"Being
aware of the chords we play will paint the music that is inside us. With this
realization, the artist can truly channel out their feelings, emotions, chi,
prana or
cosmic energy through the vibration of sound.
What comes out can be good or ugly, white or grey; it is a form art that we do
not
own it. Like lights reflecting we simply act as a medium."
PERFECTION IS A
BEAUTIFUL CURSE. TO ATTAIN "PERFECTION", KOSHI'S OLD SONGS SONGS "EMPTY" AND
"ORION'S BELT" HAD BEEN CHANGED OVER NINE TIMES IN THE PROCESS OF CREATION
AND THE BAND SAYS "THEY STILL SUCK!". PRE-AMPS, MICS AND MIXES WERE LOW END
QUALITY. HOWEVER, THIS ALSO SERVED AS A LEARNING CURVE AS THEY RECORD THEIR OWN
MATERIAL IN KOSHI STUDIO. DEMO'S WERE
RECORDED IN "98 AND 2000 AND 2001. NEW
ALBUM "IN MISTLETOE GARDEN IS RELEASED ONLINE FREELY IN 94 AND HAD OVER 110,500
DOWNLOADS AS OF 2008. SONGS "OLD NAVY" AND "SEA BREEZE" CLIMBED
UP THE CHART "TOP 50 SONGS" ON SOUND CLICK '04/'05, GARAGE BAND '05 AND MIXPOSURE
'04/'05.
IMAGINE
HAVING TO GIVE UP THE ONE WHO YOU LOVE THE MOST. WE ALL DO AT ONE POINT. KOSHI'S UPCOMING ALBUM "LOVE TRAGEDY" IS INSPIRED BY A
LIFE EVENT OF TWO YOUNG PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT ETHNIC BACKGROUND WHO HAPPEN TO MEET IN A
PLACE DURING THEIR EDUCATIONAL JOURNEY. THEN IT ALL ENDS WITH A SWEET-TRAGIC
TALE WHEN THEY HAVE TO LET GO OF EACH-OTHER IF THEY WERE TO TRULY LOVE
ONE-ANOTHER. IT WAS WRITTEN.
ONCE UPON A TIME, A GUY WALKS INTO A DIFFERENT SECTION OF A STATS CLASS TO CATCH
UP WITH MISSED LECTURES. THERE HE IS ASSIGNED WITH A GROUP OF STUDENTS AND
ASKED TO CARRYOUT ASSIGNMENT AND BRING THEM IN THE NEXT MEETING SESSION. HE IS
INTRODUCED TO A KIND HEARTED LADY IN THE GROUP, WHO HE IS DRAWN UPON. THE GUY
SWITCHES HIS CLASS AND COMES TO THE NEXT MEETING SESSION SESSION.
WEEKS PASS BY AND AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLETION OF THE CLASS, THE TWO FALL
FOR ONE-ANOTHER.
IN THE PROCESS THEY SPEND 3 YEARS OF THEIR LIVES
TOGETHER UNDER ONE SHED AND HELP EACH OTHER OUT THROUGH ROUGH TIMES. THE GIRL
HELPS OUT THE GUY WITH HIS UNFINISHED SCHOOLING, AND THE
GUY HELPS THE GIRL WITH HER HEALTH AND SPIRITUAL AWAKENING ACCORDINGLY. AFTER A
LONG HARD DAY, THEY WOULD COME HOME TO A COMFORT OF THEIR NEST AND FIND PEACE IN EACH-OTHERS ARMS.
AS TIME GOES BY, SO AS THEIR LOVE DEEPENS. HOWEVER
THOUGH, LOVE ITSELF IS NOT ENOUGH IN
THEIR CASE. THE REALITY STRIKES IN WHEN THEY HAVE TO CONSIDER TO TAKE CARE OF
THEIR OLD PARENTS BACK HOME AND SURVIVING VAST CULTURAL DIFFERENCES. THE GUY COMES FROM SOUTH
EAST ASIAN COUNTRY AND HAS TO RETURN BACK TO HIS HOME TO TAKE CARE OF HIS OLD PARENTS. COMING
FROM A COUNTRY WHERE THE ECONOMIC LIVING STANDARD IS LOW AND CULTURALLY DIFFERENT, IT
WOULD BE A GREAT STRUGGLE FOR A WESTERN GIRL TO LIVE IN SUCH ENVIRONMENT. THE
GIRL ON THE OTHER-HAND MISSES HER PARENTS WHO ARE OLD AND LONELY BACK HOME IN
EUROPE; WAITING IN VAIN FOR THEIR DAUGHTER TO RETURN.
THE REALITY WAS SO CRUEL THAT IT
WAS DIVIDING THEIR DESTINY AND DIVINITY. SINCE THE DAY THEY DISCOVERED THEIR LONG LOST
LOVE WILL BE TAKEN AWAY AS THEIR FUTURE HOLDS DIFFERENT PATHS, THE COUNT
DOWN IN THEIR LIVES BEGIN. DURING THIS EMOTIONAL TIMES, THEY BEGIN TO REALIZE
THE VALUE OF EVERY SECOND MEANT EVERYTHING. BOTH OF THEM LEAD A SPIRITUAL LIFESTYLE, FOCUSING ON
NOW, AND LET GO OF THE FUTURE. TOMORROW WILL
COME THE WAY IT WAS MEANT TO. IT WAS PAINFUL JOURNEY KNOWING THAT THEY WILL NOT
BE SHARING THEIR LIVES TOGETHER, YET THEY HAVE TO ACCEPT IT REGARDLESS.
IN THEIR LAST DAYS, THEY SAY GOODBYE TO ONE-ANOTHER, NOT
TO FORGET THE LIVES THEY LIVED, AND THE LESSONS THEY LEARNT. THEY TIED TWO BALLOONS AND SET THEM FREE UP IN THE SKY AS A
METAPHOR FOR IF IT WAS MEANT TO BE IN THE NEXT TIME-SPACE, IT WILL.
THERE WERE SO MUCH TO SAY, SO MANY DREAMS, SO MUCH TO SHARE AND GIVE; YET, ALL
OF WHICH REMAINED DEEP WITHIN THEIR WISHES. AFTER BEING OCEANS
APART FOR 3 MONTHS, THEY PROMISED TO BE EACH-OTHERS EXTENDED FAMILY AND BECOME
THE SHADOW THAT CANNOT BE SEEN.
ALTHOUGH THE DREAMS OF THE TWO CHARACTERS DOES NOT COME TRUE IN THEIR LIVES;
WITH THEIR PAIN THEY WISH TO TAKE THE SUFFERINGS OF OTHERS WHO GO THROUGH
SIMILAR PATHS IN LIFE. IN THEIR MEMORY, THE GIRL BUYS AN ACOUSTIC GUITAR FOR HIM
TO REMEMBER HER; AND THE GUY WRITE SONGS FOR HER TO REMEMBER HIM. SOME OF WHICH
ARE BEING CAPTURED IN THE ALBUM CALLED "LOVE AND TRAGEDY". THE ONLY THING THAT
IS CONSTANT IN LIFE IS CHANGE, EMBRACE IT.
IF IT WEREN'T FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS, WE WOULD SUCK: THE
HAVE-NOTS, LESS-FORTUNATEs, SUICIDAL, HOMELESS, DEPRESSED, ANXIOUS, PATIENTS, AND
INDIVIDUALS AND CREATURES WHO APPRECIATE
MUSIC.
SPECIAL DEDICATIONS:
RAJAN WOULD LIKE TO THANK "EX" MAR DUQUE "FOR BEING THERE FOR ME IN TIME OF
NEED, INSPIRING ME AND HELPING ME GRADUATE. WITHOUT YOUR LOVE AND SUPPORT,
GRADUATION WAS FAR FROM POSSIBLE", AUNT BISHNU RASAILY, BRO ROSHAN.
KOSHI WOULD LIKE TO DEDICATE:
"LATE BROTHER SACHIN - MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE. THERE IS A NEW MEANING IN OUR
LIVES", THE DIGAMSOR FAMILY, THE
RASAILY FAMILY, OBASAN & THI YOUNG YI, SUMAN & THE GANG, ROHIT & THE FAMILY,
SMALL/BIG AMITS & THE GANG, BHIM RAI, THE DOUG HOUSE CREW, THE PROJECTS CREW, EX-GURKHA
HIGH/CHILDREN SCHOOL INSTRUCTORS/STUDENTS, NEBRASKA NEPALESE SOCIETY, TANDOOR
RESTAURANT, OUR CHILDHOOD FRIENDS (YOU KNOW
WHO YOU ARE), SEKKONG.COM, THE NEPALESE HAWAII SOCIETY, SHRINKHALA RAI, SARUNA SUBBA, WINNIE LAI, CAMILLA NAESS, VENESSA,
MICHELLE, SIRI, AMY MICHELLE CAUSEY, HEATHER DANIELLE LAWRENCE, CYBER SANSAR,
NEPALISITE, KTMROCKS, MURCHUNGA, DCNEPAL, SAJHA AND THE
UNIVERSAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
WHAT GOES OUT GOOD, COMES BACK GOOD TIMES ONE. WHAT GOES
OUT BAD, RETURNS 3 TIMES WORSE.
AFTER A DECADE OF TRIAL AND
ERRORS, KOSHI OFFICIALLY DECLARED IT'S PRESENCE IN OCTOBER OF 2003. "OUR MISSION
IS TO TRANSCEND OUR AUDIENCE INTO THE WORLD OF IMAGINATION WHERE DREAMS ARE MANUFACTURED."
GOD BLESS ALL AND MERCY TO ALL WHO ARE SUFFERING!