Alternative BAND from Australia, Glass Beams, has released their latest EP entitled Mahal. The journey of the Mahal EP began 4 weeks ago when the EP’s titular single entitled Mahal was released and has now received 5 million streams on various streaming platforms.
Mahal’s single stole the attention of music lovers in various parts of the world thanks to a video clip on Instagram showing them performing the single. The video has now received 1.4 million likes. Meanwhile, the full version of the video managed to collect more than 2.6 million views on YouTube.
Glass Beams also succeeded in breaking the 1 million monthly listeners mark on Spotify. Glass Beams’ follower numbers on social media have skyrocketed. They achieved more than 500 thousand new followers organically on Instagram.
Glass Beams’ journey is unique, especially with only two EPs in their music catalog and almost no information at all about their three members.
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The formation of the band from Melbourne began when Rajan Silva was nostalgic for childhood memories that were close to his father who moved from India to Melbourne, Australia at the end of the 1970s.
Little Rajan used to often watch a DVD entitled Concert for George, which was a star-studded tribute concert held in memory of the deceased member of The Beatles, George Harrison.
The concert, which was held at London’s Royal Albert Hall in 2002, featured the legendary sitar player from India, Ravi Shankar, with his son Anoushka, along with western world music icons, namely Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney and Jeff Lynne from ELO.
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Rajan’s father’s music collection became a melting pot where the music of iconic Bollywood vocalist Asha Bhosle and the Mangeshkar family was juxtaposed with the music of world blues legends such as BB King and Muddy Waters.
What really caught Rajan’s attention was the fusion of Western musical styles and traditional Indian music pioneered by Indian musicians such as RD Burman, Ananda Shankar, and the Kalyanji-Anandji duo.
Glass Beams works are the point where East and West meet. A place where tradition and modernity meet. The result is a timeless blend of culture and sounds, presented through live instrumentation and electronic music in a DIY (do it yourself) format. Everything is packaged with mystical and stunning visuals of their creations.
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Glass Beams’ first EP, Mirage, which was released in 2021 attracted the attention of music lovers in various parts of the world through songs with psychedelic nuances that were discovered via social media, streaming services, or by word of mouth. The physical vinyl release for the EP sold out quickly.
It didn’t take long for them to finally be invited to various well-known music festivals around the world including Joyland Festival 2023 Jakarta where they shared the stage with world-famous musicians such as Interpol, Bloc Party, Fleet Foxes, Mew, and Alvvays.
On stage, Glass Beams performed the Mirage EP in various hypnotic versions and also about 20 minutes of unreleased material.
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Video recordings of previously unreleased materials went viral on social media and managed to get millions of views. Today, these materials can be heard on the Mahal EP.
The Mahal EP can now be heard digitally and the vinyl version will be released on May 17 via Ninja Tune.
Glass Beams have also released a 20-minute video with them performing all the songs on their latest EP live. (Ant/Z-1)
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