Gauley Bhai

Gauley Bhai (“the boy from back home/of the neighbourhood” in Nepali, lit. “younger brother from the village”) is a trans-traditional rock band, based in Bangalore and Kalimpong. In 2017, a group of friends met in a jam room in Bangalore – Siddhant, Veecheet and Anudwatt from Kalimpong (Gorkhaland – nepali-speaking north-east India) & Joe from Calicut (Kerala). They began creating music that reflected their journeys of migration. The music drew from sounds of their childhood, growing up in small towns, and the fractures of life in a city.