Sabin Rai & The Pharaoh drop a remix single

Sabin Rai is one of the most celebrated musicians of the country who has been actively producing popular Nepali music for over two decades. Known for his raspy vocal timbre, romantic ballads and energetic live performances, the singer has overtime been much appreciated by his followers for the constant rediscovery in his music presentation style.

With six massively successful albums under his belt: Nine (2001), Sataha (2003), Sabin Rai Remixes (2004) and Sataha 2 (2006), Ranga Mancha Ko Rang (2010) and Dhanyabaad (2018) each new set of songs embodies his accelerating career arc. His latest avatar with his new band Sabin Rai & The Pharaoh has hoarded much love and appreciation from the followers who are dazzled to see this reinvention of their beloved pop icon. 

Currently, they are amidst the most sorted after band in the Nepali music scene with local pub shows every other week and grand open concerts at least twice a month. The band just had a show yesterday evening at Majestic Party Palace, Nepalgunj and will be performing this coming Friday, 29th July 2022 at Vanapa Hall, Mizoram, North India. And this coming August the group will be traveling to the US for over a month-long tour starting from 6th August lasting up till 11th September in thirteen different venues across America. 

Apart from their live performances Sabin Rai & The Pharaoh have a quite commendable online presence as their official YouTube channel engrosses 157,000 subscribers. The handle is filled with great content such as performance bootlegs, lyrical videos, live sessions, official releases, song breakdown series, tour-vlogs and much more. 

The band also bagged three awards for Best Pop/ Rock Composition, Best Performance by a Group and Best Rock Vocal Performance at the 23rd Hits FM music awards for their album Dhanyabaad.

Their latest single ‘Sadhai Timi Mero’ released on July 12, 2022, is currently #29 on trending for Nepal moderated YouTube music broadcast. A prequel tune taken from the singer’s fifth studio album Ranga Mancha Ko Rang, the original draft of the song was published back in 2009. 

This new version features plenty input from his dynamic band consisting of topnotch musicians Nikesh KC and John Shrestha on guitars, Jeevan Lama on bass, Binod Lama Tamang on drums, Steven Tamang and Subash Gurung on audio engineering, Abiz Basukala and Jitesh Shakya on technical team. 

The video for the tune is credited to Faith Films Productions with Santosh Chhantyal on direction and editing, Anish KC on cinematography. This revised tune was recorded at Seed-tone Music Studio and Studio 5150 with the band members as audio technician and Steven Tamang as the audio producer and recording engineer. The single was further supported by R&R Music Store and Enya Guitars Nepal. 

A laid back chill tune, the video showcases a similar vibe with the band members having a blast amidst the serene spacey landscape and view of the Kathmandu Valley in their backdrop. The music kicks in abruptly with a sleek guitar intro, the break-like accented pattern in the pre-chorus complements the entire arrangement and also breaks the otherwise flowy texture of the tune. The post chorus vocal harmonies and chord progression develop a very interesting phrase and almost function as the bridge section for the song. 

The voice-over at the very end of the video where the band is just supporting each other also adds a humorous and light-hearted angle to the audience who gets to see the more human side of the band even for a split number of seconds. So do check out the video and support your local musicians.