With members hailing from different parts of the world, Post-Modern Connection converges in Kelowna to blend its cultures into a distinct sound.
Tega Ovie, from Nigeria, Georges Nasrallah from Lebanon, Steven Lin from Taiwan and Aaron Gordon from Canada let their different cultural backgrounds pour through their songs.
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Foraging their own sound and genre, the musicians fuse indie-soul and indie-jazz progressions with a little bit of an R&B, rock-n-roll edge that makes them stand out of the crowd.
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Nasrallah, along with Ovie, take the reigns when it comes to writing the songs, and the band comes together to put their lyrics to music.
Pulling from his own experiences, revealing himself slowly line by line, Ovie finds he needs to be alone to craft a perfect song. In solitude he said he can appreciate the silence and appreciate what he has accomplished in life so far and what he hopes to accomplish.
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Frequenting local haunts such as Fernando91裸聊视频檚 Pub, will always hold a special place in the band91裸聊视频檚 heart as it has taken the stage several times since forming in March 2017.
Since they started playing together, Ovie says he and his band mates have always felt they can go the distance and play professionally one day.
The band is currently working on their first EP that will be released in Spring next year and have released their debut single, Lost in Talk and will be releasing another single Friday, Nov. 30.
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