Heroek talks to Kshitiz (“Kevin”) Moktan about coming up with the term "immigrindcore," why he prefers the recording process to playing live, the band's upcoming album "Jhyappa" on May 23rd, and more!

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📚CHAPTERS📚

0:00 Intro

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1:54 Welcome Kevin from Chepang!

2:11 Upcoming album "Jhyappa" out May 23

4:02 Choosing singles from "Jhyappa"

5:10 Chepang's songwriting process

6:02 Making short songs

6:47 The success of "Stacked" with Aelk Minsur

8:45 Meeting Aelk Minsur

9:20 Coining the term "immigrindcore"

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11:17 Chepang name origins

12:32 Connection to Nepal

13:15 Advice to new bands

14:00 Playing live shows

15:16 Recording process vs playing live

16:26 Favorite live performance memories

18:52 Inspiration during songwriting

19:57 Discovering punk and grindcore music

20:54 Does knowing music theory help making music?

24:35 Dream collaboration

25:30 "Bucket list" festival performance

26:14 Essential Chepang songs

26:53 Wrapping up

27:14 End screen