Hai Yaha Intezaar!

A warm hello to all our Radio people, let me start off with something you guys will enjoy over a period of time i.e new songs of radio which are being recorded @ Demonic Studios (Juhu) Mr. Demonstealer him self is helping us produce our new single 'Intezaar' and it shaping out to be much better than we expected. Today's recoding session went on for 9 hours and thats quite a lot for 1 day. I would love to post the lyrics but (sowie can't do that right now)

I'm sorry to disappoint all the Radio fans who are expecting songs to sound like Kachcha Nimbu. We've grown over a period of time and let me tell you its for the better good.

( i know i'm sounding like some philosophical old guy)

Well our new songs are more powerful and our approach towards our songs have changed tremendously even our gear has changed from 8 year old instruments but that doesn't mean we don't play on them.

Radio is using ESP guitars, Sans Amp peddles,Digitech Effect Processors, Shure microphones,TAMA Drumkit, and a nice blend of diminished chord structure and Mr. Demonstealer. We have just finished recording 'Intezaar' guitar, bass, vocals only thing that is left is the drums which will be done after our drummer gets back from his tour with TRIPWIRE.

One more song that we recorded is 'Kajra Mohabbat Wala' which has lots of guitar riffs some bit of raping and a set of dark chord structure, guitars and bass were recorded today but vocals and drums still have a long way to go for this song to reach out to you guys.

Also we would like to know what you guys want to hear from us, like some old song that you think we can play (THE RADIO WAY) not the highway. In the mean time you guys can listen to our songs @ http://in.myspace.com/radioreligion or stream our videos on www.youtube.com

- The Bassist -

Back To The Recorder !!!

Hey there,

I’ve just come back from Demonic Studios where RADIOs been busy recording its new single ‘Intezaar’ and I must say it sounds really good so far. We’ve changed our sound a bit from what our debut EP ‘Kachcha Nimbu’ had to offer and we’re planning on playing a whole new setlist comprising of new originals for all upcoming shows of the year. Of course, we’d still play Musafir and Teri Chu, but we’d be putting a pause on the rest for now.

Coming back to our studio trivia, we’re back to Demonic Studios with our man the Demonstealer Sahil Makhija producing our new single and the two songs we will be recording in January ’11 and releasing on line in Feb. Intezaar is almost done and we’ll be recording our infamous version of Kajra Mohabbat in about two weeks from now. Teri Chu has not yet entered the recording pipeline but it will soon, I think most probably in the next season around June when the big college fest start to happen.

Around a week ago we were approached by a very famous Indipop musician cum music director – I won’t say ‘Who’ but we’re in talks on a collaboration with him. As of now, all that they’ve laid on the table sounds stupid like most of what comes out of the Indian Music Industry but if all goes according to demand, we’ll be recording with him pretty soon. Prodigy – in India and an awesome lineup of acts opening for ‘em and its gonna be one hell of a show. In fact it is prety sad that these bands come down to India and do not play in Mumbai, damn the taxes, damn the terrorists and everything else that starts with a ‘T’ (aw shux, that’s what my name starts with).

As for us, well the brothers Adi and Alok are hogging on some ol’ Robot Chicken episodes and Sharad is busy stretching those vocal chords for the Friday recording and as for me, I’m not busy at all, just gearing up to pour down lots of booze for my girlfriend’s birthday tonight. Actually we all need a break. December wasn’t as chilled out for most of us with work and all and we’ve not gotten time to sit down on most of the new stuff we’ve written, but that’s all taking shape in January and schedules are working out finally.

In the meanwhile you guys could continue to write to us and listen to our songs from ‘Kachcha Nimbu’ at www.myspace.com/radioreligion and please do find us on Facebook on the ‘Radioreligion’ community. Hope to be hearing from you guys soon enough….Stay tuned!

-Khan-

Here Comes The Christmassss !!!!!!!

Hey guys,

First of all Merry Christmas man! We hope you guys are totally enjoying the winter chills hitting our beloved city of Bombay this December and as for us, we are so totally loving it. Temperatures are gonna hit 7 degrees on Thursday ‘cording to the funny papers and this is the best time to be out with your girlfriend / boyfriend or your MP3 player.

RADIO is working on new music these days and we’ve hit the jam room after quite some time I’d say. Well firstly, we thank all you guys for your support as the limited copies that we’ published of our debut album Kachcha Nimbu have all been sold out. We’ve gotten a lot of your mails and again, thank you for liking our songs. Most of you loved ‘Freedom’ and ‘Jaise Baarish’ and we were planning on a video for ‘Freedom’ to follow up on the ‘Musafir’ video which featured in ‘Rock On’ (which btw has crossed over 25,000 hits on YouTube), but we’re done with Kachcha Nimbu and have already written about seven songs which are totally different from the old stuff.

No! We’ve not yet recorded ‘Teri Chu’ but we will in our second album…actually come to think of it, I don’t think albums work that much anymore and we’re pretty much contemplating on getting our singles and mailing it to you guys or putting it up for D.W.N loads, so do mail us you email add’s at radiotheband@gmail.com and we’ll send you our singles as we release them.

You can as always find us on facebook on the ‘radioreligion’ community and keep looking up to our myspace page. As for the new, we’ve got our new original ‘Ka Mate’ – an anti terror song we based on the infamous Maori war chant and our new releases will feature vocals from Aditya and Alok who were pretty mum in ‘Kachcha Nimbu’ but they will be totally blurting it out now. Alok for one has brought some real good bass sounds to the jam room and I must say it’s helped the band find a new, more ‘BANG’ sound that we’ve been looking for. Aditya ‘Jack’ Gaikwad is just back from Nagaland where he played the Hornbill Music fest with Tripwire – India’s totally awesome punk act who btw complete eight years, so way to go guys and Sharad Shah turns 24 today and is all geared up for our recording sessions as we boot up to hit Demonic Studios in January ’11 to record the first three songs from our second compilation and a completely new RADIO sound.

Till I write to you guys again, go on and have a rocking Christmas. Share the gifts with your loved ones, spread the love, sing those Christmas carols and after that, have a beautiful New Year’s eve and an equally awesome New Year.

On behalf of Sharad, Aditya and Alok, this is Terry wishing you guys a Merry Christmas – Stay Tuned!

- RADIO

KACHCHA NIMBU - 2010

There are somethings in life money CAN buy....for everything else there is a download link ;-)

You can now download RADIOs Whole Album (KACHCHA NIMBU) for Free from this link:

http://www.4shared.com/dir/P2TLH4Yh/sharing.html

Also heres the link to our Facebook Group "RADIO - The Band":

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6270532955&ref=ts

Enjoy and post your comments here about the album!!!

-RADIO

Let's Celebrate A Promise !!!!

A Few Of Us...

What Memories Can Mend.....

I remember the first time I played a guitar. Do you remember the first time you did something…let’s say ‘unforgettable’. Right now I don’t feel like talking about RADIO. I have this nostalgia take over me since the past couple of days; a particularly remnant one, considering all that I have been missing ever since I left Bombay last week.

Since this isn’t a phone call, let’s listen to me write. Then you try and think about your happy moments and write your own blog. I promise I will read it…entirely.

But think about it; your yesteryears. Those were the moments that made us realize that life is much more than a desk, a non face-book accessing computer and a very ugly boss. Life used to be about exploring, experimenting. For me, I have long since forgotten what it felt like to be living in wonderland. Right now I could own the pedestal by cursing life for all that it does to me day in night out. But I prefer to be a little more sadistic to my oppressor.

As me…or we all, sit behind a pathetic excuse of a job, trying to prove to our loved ones how we burned the midnight oil to be capable enough to burn it for the rest of our lives, I want you to stop for a minute and remember…

Remember how a wasteland behind your buildings used to be like an African jungle and sticks were no less harmful than swords. Remember those stupid lines you scribbled in you History notebook, trying to dress them into a song; all for that girl on the third bench…or maybe her friend on the fourth or dear Miss. History Teacher if you were in my school. Remember how getting bowled in the first ball was a completely unacceptable thing and you would fight with the US Army to prove that it was a no ball. Remember how you trembled under your blankets in a fever to have no one in the world but your mom rub her hand on your head.

Remember how you always could go down to your friends building and scream at the top of your voice knowing that in less than 2 minutes he’d be on his cycle ready to fly away with you. Remember how you never had to wonder who would show up for your birthday…you knew they’d come. Remember how forgetting a word during elocutions meant forgetting your very name and then all you could hear was white noise.

Remember how hungry you felt before lunch break no matter how heavy a breakfast in the morning. Remember how you stained your clothes, hands, face and everything with paint during art class…when was the last time you got dirty. Remember how Essel World was more fun than Paris and Carter Road was more than Home.

Remember how it felt like to be living on Rs. 100 in your pocket and taking girls out on dates with having to walk back home. Remember how things were when you were working to get to where you are now. Remember how it felt like back then. I think the best thing about life is that it takes from you everything but leaves you with memories; beautiful ones. No matter where you are or might go, they will make you smile, weep – feel alive.

So all I can ask you guys to do is pause your lives for a moment and walk down memory lanes. Try collecting some smiles. Take a picture from your yesterdays and share it with your today. In the meanwhile I’ll be cleaning my camera lenses for tomorrow. Wonder If I’ll be the one taking a picture or I’ll be the one in it…