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===Album Recording===
===Album Recording===
In October 2007 Bamboo Shoots left New York for Sausalito, CA where they began working with producer Jerry Harrison on their Epic Records debut. Et Thorngren and Matt Cohen engineered. Recording was completed in March 2008. The album was mixed from May-June at Chalice Studios in Los Angeles by Mark “Spike” Stent and mastered by Brian Gardner. The album, titled Armour, is slated to be released in 2009.
In October 2007 Bamboo Shoots left New York for Sausalito, CA where they began working with producer [[Jerry Harrison]] on their Epic Records debut. Et Thorngren and Matt Cohen engineered. Recording was completed in March 2008. The album was mixed from May-June at Chalice Studios in Los Angeles by Mark “Spike” Stent and mastered by Brian Gardner. The album, titled Armour, is slated to be released in 2009.


== Discography ==
== Discography ==

Revision as of 23:52, 25 March 2009

Bamboo Shoots

Bamboo Shoots[2] is a five-piece band from New York City. Selected as mtvU's Artist of the Year for Best Music on Campus, the quintet signed with Epic Records and performed on Late Night With Conan O'Brien in May 2007. The band is known for its smart guitar hooks, heavy and danceable rhythm section, and its South Asian identity and influence.

Formed in 2004, the band consists of long-time friends Avir Mitra (lead vocals, guitar) and Karl Sukhia (backup vocals, bass and keyboards), the group's primary songwriters and musical collaborators for more than a decade. They are joined by Shiv Puri (drums), Ankur Patel (percussion) and Ahmed Mahmoud (guitar). The group's Myspace page describes itself as "Daft Punk meets Alice in Chains. Graceland in Space. The Police produced by Timbaland. LeVar Burton."

Bamboo Shoots spent most of the past year recording its first major-label album in Sausalito, California with producer Jerry Harrison from the Talking Heads. Mark "Spike" Stent, whose credits include Madonna, U2, Bjork, and Maroon 5, mixed the album in Hollywood, and Brian Gardner mastered the final cut.

Recently completed, the band's 11-track debut album, titled "Armour", will be released in 2009 through Epic Records.

Most recently, Bamboo Shoots was a Featured Artist on Myspace Music for the week of October 14, 2008.

History

Formation

Bamboo Shoots played their first show at Pianos in New York City in 2004, however most of the members were friends prior to being in the band. Avir and Karl met as young children through the Zoroastrian community in Southern New Jersey (Karl’s parents and Avir’s mother are of Parsi heritage). When Avir was 12, he got a guitar and within two years Karl got a guitar and the two began playing music together. They began writing songs together soon after.

Avir met Shiv while spending the night at a mutual friend’s dorm in NYU. Shiv, a student in the Stern School of Business, had already heard some songs Avir had made and the two became friends. Avir, Karl and Shiv began playing house parties and writing informally under the moniker Bojangles. Ankur’s brother was a friend of Avir and introduced Ankur to the group at an early practice. Ankur reportedly began playing a dhol over their songs and became a band member that day. Ahmed met the band at Karl’s birthday party in 2006. A prior guitarist had quit and Ahmed joined the band in late 2006.

mtvU Contest

In late 2006 Bamboo Shoots casually signed up for the mtvU Best Music on Campus contest. They soon forgot about it. In March of 2007 they were informed that they had made it to the top 50 out of a pool of thousands of bands. Within a few months they were voted into the top 15, then the top 5. Friends and fans from all over the world helped propel the band forward with their votes. The band were surprised when an MTVu camera crew ambushed them at their friend’s apartment in Crown Heights Brooklyn and informed them that they had indeed won the contest. They were informed that they would be playing live on Late Night with Conan O’Brian within a few days.

Record Contract

Bamboo Shoots signed to Epic Records in the summer of 2007.

Album Recording

In October 2007 Bamboo Shoots left New York for Sausalito, CA where they began working with producer Jerry Harrison on their Epic Records debut. Et Thorngren and Matt Cohen engineered. Recording was completed in March 2008. The album was mixed from May-June at Chalice Studios in Los Angeles by Mark “Spike” Stent and mastered by Brian Gardner. The album, titled Armour, is slated to be released in 2009.

Discography

Albums

Year Title
2009 Armour

EPs

Year Title
2004 Research and Development EP
2006 Blue EP
2006 Hey Girl 7"

Mixtapes

Year Title
2009 Music for Cotillions

Touring and Appearances

Bamboo Shoots performed on Late Night with Conan O’Brien on May 14th, 2007.[5] They have since toured with Plain White T’s, All Time Low, Secondhand Serenade, and Tyga through MTVu’s summer concert series.[6][7] Bamboo Shoots has also performed with acts such as Thurston Moore, The Donnas, The Fashion, Soulja Boy, Gift of Gab, The White Tie Affair, Ordinary Boys, 22-20s, Hail Social, Illinois, Karsh Kale and Chamillionaire.[8][9][10][11][12] Prior to signing, Bamboo Shoots toured with Jimmie’s Chicken Shack.[13]

In early 2008 Avir was selected to appear in Virgin America's "This is How to Fly" ad campaign. An image of him playing guitar on a Virgin plane surrounded by flight attendants appeared in billboards, magazines and posters in New York City, Los Angeles, Seattle, Washington DC and San Francisco.[14][15] On April 8th 2008, Bamboo Shoots played live in the air on Virgin America’s inaugaral flight to Seattle.[16]

On February 6, 2009 Avir and Ahmed interviewed Tricky as part of MTV Iggy’s Artists interviewing artists series.[17]

Licensing

In January 2007 a demo version of "Hey Girl" produced by Britt Myers[18] was used in a promo for the MTV’s The Real World: Denver.[19]

A demo version of "If You Should Die" was featured in the launch promo of MTV’s Virtual Laguna Beach.[20]

"Interstate 95" was used in the film Finding Preet.[21]

"Talking to Death" was used in the independant Alaskan documentary Nome Golovin Snowmachine Race.[22]

Personal

Descent

Four members of Bamboo Shoots are of Indian descent. Shiv Puri is Punjabi, Karl Sukhia is Parsi, Ankur Patel is Gujarati, and Avir Mitra is half Bengali and half Parsi. Ahmed Mahmoud is of Egyptian descent. All members were born and raised in the US except Karl, who was born in the UK and spent his early years in India.

All members went to high school in New Jersey. Avir and Karl are from South Jersey (Voorhees and Cherry Hill respectively), Ankur is from New Brunswick and Shiv and Ahmed are from North Jersey (Parsipanny and Jersey City respectively).[23]

College

Avir Mitra attended Brown University where he received a degree in Biology. He was a few months away from commencing medical school when Bamboo Shoots won the MTVu contest. He decided to forgo medical school. Karl Sukhia received a degree in Government and Politics from the University of Maryland. Shiv Puri received a finance degree from NYU Stern School of Business and quit a job on Wall Street to be in the band full time. Ahmed Mahmoud graduated from William Paterson University with a degree in biology. Ankur postponed his college degree in civil engineering at Middlesex Community College.[24][25]

Interviews and Articles

References

  1. ^ http://www.popmatters.com/pm/article/vampire-weekend-bites-into-passport-rock
  2. ^ Entertainment Weekly
  3. ^ http://www.mtviggy.com/global/artist-page-bamboo-shoots
  4. ^ http://www.mininova.org/tor/2372175
  5. ^ http://www.paulkorda.com/news/2007/05/mtvu-epic-records-college-students.html
  6. ^ http://www.sixflags.com/national/footerNav/news_2008mtvU.aspx
  7. ^ http://atlsource.net/2008/07/04/mtvu-video-music-awards-tour-at-six-flags/
  8. ^ http://www.gadling.com/2008/04/10/virgin-americas-los-angeles-seattle-launch-party/
  9. ^ http://www.virginamerica.com/va/press/2008/Apr/KicksOff-Service-SFO-SEA.html
  10. ^ http://www.huntington-news.com/2.6297/1.1252083-1.1252083
  11. ^ http://www.metacafe.com/watch/2152397/bamboo_shoots_karsh_kale_and_more_support_project_ahimsa/
  12. ^ http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/phillygrooves/message/6679
  13. ^ http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:J_f5ZSTmTIYJ:www.youtube.com/PatternTheory+%22bamboo+shoots%22+%22jimmies+chicken+shack%22&cd=3&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a
  14. ^ http://digital.spin.com/spin/200805/?pg=14
  15. ^ http://www.mediapost.com/publications/index.cfm?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=75886
  16. ^ http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/item.aspx?&type=photo&photo_id=08eG9Ub7Vd6Fl&pn=3&tid=000000000
  17. ^ http://www.mtviggy.com/global/iggy-music-tricky-interview-part-one
  18. ^ http://www.greatcityprod.com/?page_id=1482
  19. ^ http://www.getrealdenver.com/2006/10/09/the-real-world-denver-official-promo/
  20. ^ http://niralimagazine.com/2006/12/bamboo-shoots-sprout-forth-rhythm-and-solid-beats/print/
  21. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0432288/soundtrack
  22. ^ http://www.filmbaby.com/films/449
  23. ^ http://www.jammag.com/rock/show_rock.php?article_id=129
  24. ^ http://www.indiacurrents.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=78936d115417ba324dfd57967b99de1a
  25. ^ http://www.jasonnark.com/2008/03/band-hopes-to-shoot-to-stardom.html
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