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Lucid Recess is an Alternative Metal/Hard Rock band from Guwahati, Assam, India formed
in April 2004 by brothers Siddharth and Amitabh. Partha Boro joined as their new
drummer in 2009.
Their music is a blend of Alternative Metal and Rock. Their songs
range from both heavy and fast to slow ballads and try to write songs that people
can relate to. The elements that can be seen in their songs are catchy choruses,
meaningful lyrics, good melodies and memorable hooks.
From the very beginning, they were more inclined towards writing originals and have
been playing shows with all original sets. In a very short time, they have developed
a considerable fan following on the strength of their originals.
Though the brothers
have been playing their respective instruments for a long time, they have never really
played in a band until they formed Lucid Recess. The band played their 1st show in
the Assam Engineering College PYROKINESIS 2004 in which they became 1st Runners up.
They continued to play a number shows in Guwahati during that year. In 2005-
It was only since the end of 2007, when they acquired the services of then drummer
Tanmay Raychoudhury, that Lucid Recess was finally ready to unleash their sound to
the unsuspecting audience. Lucid Recess released their 7 song EP on 18th December
2007 which was well received. Lyrics on the EP were about various social issues like
Aids (The Maze), Global Warming (End That We Know), Terrorism (The Forever War),
Alcohol and Drug abuse (Painstaking Obsession). The song 'If I Could' from the EP
got 3/5 in Rolling Stones India magazine. In 26th October 2008, the video of their
song 'Painstaking Obsession' was released. It was created and directed by Rueban
Issac and the cast are postgraduate students in Theatre Studies, The University of
Surrey, UK.
Their EP 'Carved', along with a previously unreleased acoustic version
of 'Painstaking Obsession' was distributed with the June 2009 Issue of RSJ magazine.
With a 42,000 copy circulation, the CD with RSJ magazine gave them a huge exposure
and a much wider audience. It is now available for free download in their website
www.lucidrecess.com.
Since the release of their EP, they have been actively taking
part in various shows and festivals. In May 2008, they were selected for RSJ PubRockFest
and opened for Them Clones in Guwahati. They were among the 15 bands selected for
Great Indian Rock XII in 2008 and played the Shillong leg of the festival along with
Bhayanak Maut, Scribe, Undying Inc and the Norway band Sahg. Their song Painstaking
Obsession appeared in the Great Indian Rock XII CD. In Aug, Sept and Oct 2009, they
have played shows in Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata, Shillong and Guwahati in the Kingfisher
RSJ PubRockFest along with other artists like Boomerang, October, Jester and Five
Little Indians. They were also headliners in no. of shows in Assam such as Picks
N' Sticks 2008 in Guwahati, Rock Chapel Vol II 2009 in Diphu, Rock Harvester in Howraghat
etc.
Lucid Recess will release their new album in April 2010. It will have 12 new
songs. One song called 'Socially Active Warrior' is already available for streaming.
LUCID RECESS is:
Amitabh Barooa -
Siddharth Barooa -
Partha Boro -
BIOGRAPHY