Guwahati-based international award-winning band, Rain in Sahara, released their highly anticipated second single You Think Our Future Is a Joke and a music video on Saturday.
The song aims to inspire and catalyse a global and multi-generational action against the biggest crisis of the present day — climate emergency.
“Right now, there is no bigger issue than this (climate change). Every single person on this planet, has a responsibility to the young generation to tackle this problem. For us this is really important…absolutely critical to tackle this issue and try and get everybody involved in whatever way we can so that we can build a sustainable future for everybody. This has been our approach in making this single,” Lain Heringman, one of the band members, told this correspondent.
Rain in Sahara — comprising vocalist Rain Jong, guitarist Pawan Damai, bassist Rajat Bangia, drummer Rui Xing, and Lain Heringman on vocals/keys/flutes — fuses a huge and often experimental range of elements and instrumentation such as rock, hip-hop, trap, Indian and Western classical music, electronica, reggae, and even Latin music into their sonic palette to create their signature sound.
The band uses its words and music to create engagement, spread awareness, promote dialogue and most importantly spread love for humanity and planet Earth.
Branded as Music for Change, Rain in Sahara uses the power of music and performance to bring people together and ignite minds. Their original sound is a reflection of their experiences and understanding of the world.
“For us, music is a really powerful medium to transmit ideas and messages in a way that people can relate to and feel emotionally. As a musician, this is the way we can contribute to tackle climate emergency,” Heringman said.
Their debut single Black Water, which focused on the issues of corruption, income inequality and environmental degradation, received critical acclaim and picked up several international awards. It was premiered in the US.
As a socially conscious Indian/ American/ Spanish band, Rain in Sahara is highly focused on the climate and ecological emergency and works closely with international movements such as Transparency International, Fridays for Future and Extinction Rebellion to leverage and catalyse action and change through music.
The band tries to resonate with the huge number of young people who are aligning across the globe to work on issues related to climate and ecological emergency.