Tatakai Tour

21/08/2025

"12 Underrated Indian Bands We’d Like To See Take Over Big Festival Stages This Season" - Anurag Tagat lists Rain in Sahara among the bands.

From the folky, groovy songs of Gauley Bhai to the pop-punk of Street Stories and the synth-wave of Tron 1982, here's who we want to see at music festivals

12/08/2025

Introducing our regional leads:

Sarah Hannan - Kandy, Sri Lanka

Sarah is the band manager for Paranoid Earthling and will take the lead on the third leg of the Tatakai Tour. (Anticipate tour schedule in early 2026)

Sarah is skilled in public relations, artist liaisons, and event production.

Photo by Chasith Udagedara

11/08/2025

Introducing our regional leads:

Rajat Bangia - Guwahati x Bangalore, India

Bass Guitarist for Rain in Sahara, Rajat takes the lead on second leg of the Tatakai Tour. (Anticipate the tour schedule announcement)

An award-winning video producer, Rajat is also skilled in artist management, event production, event management, content creation, video production and provides 360 event solutions through Toadlabs - a company that he founded in 2015.

More on Rajat - https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajat-bangia-a8810820a/

Photo by Vaishnav Sai Capilai

11/08/2025

Introducing our regional leads:

Akarsh Singh - - Pune, India

Drummer and band manager of , Akarsh took the lead in executing the first leg of the Tatakai Tour which took place in June 2025 covering four cities: Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, and Mumbai.

Akarsh is skilled at audio engineering, music production, music education, and band management.

When he is not touring with the band Akarsh conducts in-person drum lessons at a music institute in Pune. Even for aspiring drummers who are not in Pune, Akarsh conducts drum lessons online as well.

06/08/2025

Introducing our designers:

Mirshad Buckman Mirshad Buckman - Kandy, Sri Lanka

Mirshad is a multi-disciplinary artist and the founder of Paranoid Earthling He is the songwriter, composer, producer, vocalist and guitarist of the band, who also doubles as one of the designers for Tatakai Tour.

Mirshad contributes his expertise in improving brand visibility, print ready designs, ATL and BTL strategy and postproduction work for the Tatakai Tour.

He also adds his insights on event production and stage design based on each location a show takes place.

Photo by Vaishnav Sai Capilai

06/08/2025

Introducing our designers:

Majid Khan - Guwahati, India

Fondly known as Rui, Majid is a multi-disciplinary artist that plays the role of drummer for Rain in Sahara, bassist for Arogya and digital storyteller.

When he is off-stage Rui also contributes his skill in digital storytelling by creating the most engaging content for the Tatakai Tour.

Check out his portfolio at https://www.zengentertainment.com/

01/08/2025

26/07/2025

Introducing the Visual Artists:

Nuwan Shilpa - Sri Lanka

A psychedelic visionary artist, Nuwan stepped in as the VJ for Paranoid Earthling during the Tatakai Tour 1st leg.

He is also a core crew member of Parannoid Earthling and works with the band in collaboration to see through the production of its various events.

In addition to the VJ duties, Nuwan also contributes his skills in Content design, ATL and BTL strategy, tech support, and trouble shooting.

More about Nuwan: https://nuwanshilpa.com

24/07/2025

Introducing our FoHs:

Xulfi Nawaz – Guwahathi, India

Xulfi joined in as the FoH and tech for
Rain in Sahara. He also filled in as the FoH for Paranoid Earthling during the tour closing show in Mumbai.

Xulfi picked up a guitar and started performing for the blackened death metal band from Dispur, Assam – Insane Prophecy in 2008 and continued for a better part of 8 years with them.

In order to pursue his education in the field of music Xulfi had to move to Mumbai in 2013 and after completing his studies in Audio Engineering at SAE School for Audio Engineering in Mumbai in 2015, he pursued a career in audio engineering and becoming a technician for touring bands in India.

He worked as the technician for Shillong’s death metal band Plague Throat for two years, and is currently working with numerous artists as FoH engineer and technician.

When he is not on tour with bands Xulfi works on audio production projects for various artists within the comforts of his home studio in Guwahathi, Assam.

Xulfi continues to contribute his skillsets in Music Production, Live Sound, postproduction, Location Recording, Film Mixing, Audio Mixing, Field Recording, and Acoustic Design Solutions over the past decade.

Get to know more: https://www.linkedin.com/in/xulfi-nawaz-98052019/

24/07/2025

Introducing our FoHs:

Dev Verma – Mumbai, India

FoH for Nemophilis , Dev filled in as FoH for Paranoid Earthling during the tour opener in Bangalore.

Dev is originally a bass guitarist who took up bass duties for numerous bands in Pune and filled in as a session bass guitarist since 2015.

In 2017 Dev graduated from Disha College in Chattisgarh, India with a Bachelor of Commerce degree and is currently reading for his MBA in Marketing at the Andhra University. The Gray Spark Audio school has certified Dev as an Audio Engineer in 2019.

Today he is a sort after Live Sound Engineer by many musical acts ranging from pop, rock and metal bands in his home country and joins these artists and bands as their FoH on tours across the world.

When he is not on tour you would find him at High Spirits Café and Swig Bar and Eatery located in Pune, India fulfilling his duties as the Chief in house sound engineer.

Dev continues to contribute his skills in audio engineering, music education, facility management, Live Sound, Audio Mastering, Audio Mixing, Pro Audio Sound Services, Audio Recording, and RF coordination.

More about Dev: https://devaverma1.wixsite.com/devvermalive

23/07/2025

Celebrating heavy metal's greatest of all time Ozzy Osbourne
Thank you for making space for heavy music to thrive 🤘

Farewell Prince of Darkness!

03 December 1948 - 22 July 2025

PC Ross Halfin Photography