Nishe

By Bemi (Founder Mor Music Group)

Nishe is an up and coming UK band. Recently they won Play at LMF heats (for Leicester Music Festival featuring Tinie Tempah, Professor Green, Union J, Labrinth, Soul II Soul, Cool & the gang, Billy Ocean and more big acts). 

You can read more about the band in the interview I had with them:

1. First of all, we would like to congratulate Nishe on winning their group heat for Play at LMF (Leicester Music Festival). Now you’re through to the semi-finals – could you share your thoughts with our blog readers?

Thank you very much! It was a great experience for us since it was our first time in Leicester. Playing in front of a new audience and winning the heat felt like a very good reward for our work so far. The semi-final will definitely be more challenging, so we keep practising as much as we can.

2. Could you give a brief introduction of the band members and their role in the band?

The band consists of Giovanni Zappa (vocals, guitar - 20 years old), Thomas Romer-Smith (drums, backing vocals - 19 years old) and Harold Wilson (bass, backing vocals - 18 years old).

3. Nishe is a catchy band name – how did the band come together and how did you pick a band name?

It all started when I (Giovanni) moved to London last year. I was writing songs and looking for great musicians to set up a band, so I met Harry and Tom after having played with endless other performers. We had our first rehearsal in August 2013 and immediately understood that something serious was coming out.

Regarding the band name, finding one is very hard these days, especially because almost every name you can possibly come up with is very likely to be already taken by another band on the other side of the planet. However going through my iTunes library I found the name “Nishe” which is a b-side track of a Muse single and thought it was a very cool name. I really liked the sound of it, refined yet simple and gritty at the same time, just like our music.

4. How would you describe your genre of music?

A simple way to describe it would be Alternative-rock with an Indie basis, featuring eclectic elements such as energetic rocky riffs, some reggae inspired grooves, catchy melodies and a hint of electronic and psychedelic sounds.

The best way to find out is to listen to our songs and come to our gigs!

5. You’ve got almost 2000 likes on Facebook. It’s easier to gain followers on Twitter than to gain likes on Facebook. For a band that joined Facebook August of last year (2013), that’s a great accomplishment. You also have a lot of fan activity on your page - how do you keep your fans engaged?

On social networks we tend to work internationally, trying to spread our music outside the UK too. That’s why we have many likes from different countries such as Italy, France, USA, Spain, Portugal, Turkey… We always try to keep our fans interested by posting photos, videos, reviews, interviews, updates about gigs etc…

6. Do you have any new music coming out soon (single/EP/album)?

 Our 4 song EP “This Is Nishe” is now available for everyone to stream on SoundCloud and will also be downloadable from iTunes in a few weeks, in case anyone wants it on their iPod. Alternatively we sell physical copies at each of our shows.

7. Festival season is around the corner – any festival gigs lined up for Nishe?

 We’ve been confirmed for Keynsham Music Festival 2014 on July 6th so far, but we’re also waiting for many more responses. Keep checking our website for updates!

8. Five years from now, where would you like to be as a band?

Our aim is to be inspirational, delivering our music to as many people as possible. We’d like our songs to mean to people what the songs that we love mean to us. 

9. Do you have any message for your fans out there?

We just want to say thank you very much for listening to us, and we hope that our songs can be part of the soundtrack of your lives.

We’re looking forward to seeing you at our gigs!

You can find out more about Nishe via the links below.

http://www.nisheband.com (website)

http://www.facebook.com/nisheband (facebook)

http://twitter.com/nisheband (twitter)

http://soundcloud.com/nisheband (soundcloud)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWe_Vun51fo (“This Time” live from the studio)