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History

The band was founded by Varun Sunil in 2014. The band was named "Masala Coffee" to signify the different kind of music they play (alternate folk rock). They debuted on Kappa TV’s Music Mojo in 2014, performing their own unique versions of popular Tamil songs like “Munbe Vaa” and “Snehithane”. Videos of their performance went viral and the band soon achieved widespread fame through social media. When the members of Masala Coffee first jammed together, it was not with the intention of forming a band. However, following the enthusiastic reception their melodious style of music received, Masala Coffee was officially formed and has never looked back. In 2019, the band decided to go ahead with two new lead singers Crishna & Aslam to explore & produce songs in Multiple languages. The lineup as of 2020 is Varun Sunil, Crishna, Aslam, Daya Sankar, Preeth PS, David Crimson Clifton, Paul Joseph (Pauly), Amal Sivan and Steve Kottoor.

Albums

Masala Coffee announced the release of its debut album, ''Kimaya'', in 2018. The album is composed of ten songs in Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi, including updated versions of some of their original songs in addition to all new tracks. “Arivaal” was the first of the album’s songs to be released in November 2018, followed soon after by the Hindi track “Safar.” The band has since released a few more songs and music videos, with the rest of the album due to be released sequentially. Masala Coffee has worked on new singles after their new line up has been made one of which is “Aadiyillalo Anthamillalo” song reminds us we return to where we came from back to dust, perhaps we should pay attention to more things spend our moments preciously and “Manitham” song reflects on a period of survival for humankind and urges the listener to look for positives in these distressing times.

Film composing

Masala Coffee's first foray into the world of cinema was the performance of a satirical song on liquor ban for the movie

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The band debuted into film music direction in 2016 with the title track in a promo video for the Malayalam movie ''Hello Namasthe''. Its first major composing was three songs for ''

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Filmography

Major events

International concerts

* Masala Coffee in Dubai on 17 October 2014 at the inaugural ceremony of KPL Dubai Season 3. * Masala Coffee performing live for Raag 'N' Rock - The Indie Music Festival, on 11 September 2015 in Dubai * Masala Coffee on 22 October 2016, performed at the Malaysian Independent Live Fusion Festival which will be held at the StarXpo Centre, Kuala Lumpur. * Masala Coffee Performed for the Sarvesh Festival of Arts at the Victoria Hall, Singapore, on 25 November 2016. * Masala Coffee performed on 17 March 2017, at the Dubai Global Village.

References

External links

Masala Coffee Official Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/masalacoffeeband/ Indian rock music groups Music bands from Kerala