The Elements: Finding new elements to enrich Nepal’s indie music scene

When Ishan R Onta, Dipesh Gurung and Raunaq Adhikari first went to Kau Danda near Pokhara to work on their single, Aparichit , two years ago, they knew that they would be back there again. The trio, members of a Nepali indie band called The Elements , had been working on the song for quite some time, but due to some reason, they were not able to. But, a few days at Kau Danda was all it took for them to complete it.

“It was a great experience. It made us realise that we needed this space to create what we wanted to create and that took us back there again,” says Onta, the band’s vocalist.