The Vinyl Records

The Vinyl Records (aka TVR), is a four-piece all-female band based in New Delhi that came together in February 2010. The band has been featured in articles in that of; 'Times of India,' 'Rolling Stone India,' RSJ, Tehelka, NH7, Cosmopolitan and Marie Claire magazine editors (all of whom have featured TVR on their pages) in the process.

Their debut 4-track EP "Whims" was released at Ziro Festival in September 2013 to critical success, following which TVR received greater performance opportunities

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 recently successfully 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.

History

The Vinyl Records (aka TVR) was formed in February 2010. Initially, the band was formed by Banu, Minam and Mithy, all from Arunachal Pradesh.[1] The final touch to the band came when they were joined by the present vocalist and keytarist Cheyyrian Bark from Assam in January 2011. 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. TVR has also been voted among the top 3 bands for the Red Bull Tour Bus national tour.

List of The Vinyl Records 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.[2] The Vinyl Records states “We look up to girl bands like CSS… Sahara Hotnights and The Donnas are the modern Riot Grrrls to us".[3] Their style has been described as an alternative indie mixture, encompassing many ideals and techniques found within the New Delhi music industry.

Performances

The band has performed in various cities all across India. They have performed at premium shows such as the Ziro Festival of Music, Puma Loves Vinyl, The LOUDEST Gig in Delhi, Nh7 weekender etc.[2] They have also headlined the Maudit Tangue festival at Reunion Island, France last December on 2017. Besides having released two of their albums, they constantly play gigs in and around the country at popular 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. "Everywhere you go, girls wanna rock". The Times of India. 10 February 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  2. "The Vinyl Records". OML Digital. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  3. https://www.facebook.com/thevinylrecords/
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