January 2017, Do the Right Thing Jan 2017 NVS ECH O WHAT’S ON CAMPUS WORLD NEWS FROM THE rd th 3 September: 9 Nirlep Nath Valley 8th November: The Government of EDITOR’S DESK Monsoon Festival celebrated with zeal and India ceased the usage of all 500 and The month of January comes excitement. 1000 rupee banknotes of the Mahat- with a back-to-work nostalgia rd st ma Gandhi Series as a form of legal 23 September: 1 Semester Examinations for almost everyone at school for the Secondary school began. tender in India from 9 November 2016. since internals, practicals and th 19 October: Lecture on Organ Donation 9th November: Donald Trump won exams are just a few weeks by Dr. Anand Deodhar for classes 10 and the 2016 US Presidential Elections away. Students come back af- 11. to become the 45th President Elect of ter a restful Christmas pumped 26th October: Diwali Mela held. the United States. He will assume up to make the next year their office on 20th January 2017, the in- 23rd November: Jr. Cross Country and auguration day. happiest one. There is an unu- sual energy all over the school Prize Distribution held. 13th November: New Zealand was campus because every mind is th rocked by a deadly 7.8-magnitude 26 November: Interhouse Athletics Meet earthquake, and a wave of powerful resolute about their goals and held. Narmada House emerged victorious. aftershocks. Thousands are now targets in the ultimate quarter 15th December: Primary Cultural Even- stranded in a New Zealand town of the year. We certainly have ing held with Dazzling December as the near the quake's epicenter. th ‘a look’ to look back and smile theme. 19 November: Global Citizen In- at, but at the same time some- dia Festival held with many promi- 17th December: 25th Annual Day nent artists performing like thing very essential is Celebrations with Dr. Debashis Chatterjee Coldplay, Jay Z, A.R. Rahman etc. approaching towards us in full as the chief guest. 20th November: PV Sindhu clinch- speed. es her maiden title after the Rio The echo team wishes good Olympics by winning the China luck to the 10th and 12th POLL QUESTION Open. standard students for their pre- Q. Do you think electronic music will grow 20th November: Indore- Patna Ex- lims and final exam prepara- bigger than conventional music in the press derails near Kanpur at 3am tions. coming years? killing over a 120 and injuring many. Rescue operations underway. HAPPY NEW YEAR! Yes - 77.77% 21st November: India defeated No - 22.23% England in the 2nd Test of the The Theme for this issue is - Paytm series by 246 runs, leading the series 1-0. Music 29th December: Suresh Kalmadi was appointed as the Honorary Life President of The Indian Olympic Committee Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike Green Day In the opening moments of the annual ‘Bringing The Madness’ show, which saw the brothers return to their home turf of Well, all of you must have obviously heard about Green Day and if Antwerp, Belgium for a spectacle-filled headline arena, not, maybe the song “Boulevard of Broken Dreams” might sound Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike are shown striding dramatically somewhat familiar. towards the stage in slow motion. Green Day is an American punk rock band formed in 1986 by lead As the arena is bombarded with flashing lights, and one of vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong and bassist Mike Dirnt. their unreleased jams ‘Action’ rings out over the speakers, the For much of the group's career, the band has been a trio with drum- record’s drop is greeted with the requisite fireworks explosion. mer Tré Cool, who replaced former drummer John Kiffmeyer in With older brother Dimitri settling in behind the decks, it isn’t 1990. long before hype-man Mike is reaching out with two mics in Billie Joe Armstrong, the lead vocalist, primary songwriter, and his hand, pumping up the crowd. guitarist was raised in Rodeo, California. Armstrong developed an Dimitri Thivaios and Michael Thivaios are interest in music at a young age, and recorded his first song at the a Belgian DJ and record producer duo, who get the hype more age of five. He met Mike Dirnt while attending elementary school for their amazing sets than their songs. They first came into the and the two instantly bonded over their mutual interest in music, scene in 2010, when they performed for the first time at To- forming the band Sweet Children when the two were 15 years old. morrowland and made their first anthem. Their first hit was The band changed its name to Green Day, and later achieved mas- “Ocarina”, the Tomorrowland 2013 anthem, released by their sive commercial success. own label “Smash the House”, which hit no. 1 on Beatport in less than 3 days. In 2014, their single 'Tremor' – a collabora- The American punk rock band Green Day has released 12 studio tion with Martin Garrix saw busting Charts and became a huge albums, two live albums, four compilation albums, one soundtrack sensation at Tomorrowland, Ultra Music Festival, etc. album, four video albums, 10 extended plays, four box sets, 2015 saw the duo's release of their most highly anticipated 40 singles, ten promotional singles, and 39 music videos. The band track "The Hum" produced with Ummet Ozcan which was an has sold over 75 million albums worldwide, including more than 23 instant hit and topped the Beatport Charts, and their deep million in the United States alone. house collaboration with Ne Yo – “Higher Place”, making Their seventh studio album “American Idiot” reignited the band's them the no.1 DJ’s on DJ MAG. But it’s not the songs that popularity with a younger generation. Becoming the band's first have made them huge, it’s their live performances. album to top the Billboard 200, American Idiot sold over six mil- The 2015 'Bringing The Madness 3.0' Concert saw an enor- lion copies in the United States and over 14 million copies world- mous sellout of 40,000 tickets in under 40 minutes – a feat wide. The album spawned five commercially successful singles: previously seen only from the likes of iconic "American Idiot", "Boulevard of Broken Dreams", "Holiday", artists U2, Madonna, Coldplay and Beyoncé – encouraging the "Wake Me Up When September Ends", and "Jesus of Suburbia". brothers to add an additional 3rd date to the run of shows and Green Day has recently (October 2016) released their 12th studio increase the total ticket volume for the opening weekend to an album “Revolution Radio” which gained widespread popularity and eye-popping 60,000 capacity. topped the Billboard 200 charts. Their Tomorrowland sets on YouTube have more than 40 mil- Green Day is still going hard making their music and is rising lion views, which they say is their biggest pillar of success. above names like Linkin Park, Blink-182, Sum 41 and All Time Their sets are all about connecting with the crowd, creating Low. moshpits, causing earthquakes, making the crowd go crazy. Riding high at the top of the pile, party-rockers - Pushkar Deodhar Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike are going to continue smashing the X A house for a long time to come. - Kaustubh Mhaisekar X A Marshmello Marshmello is one of the known and rising names in the EDM community. He got international recognition in 2015 when he released his remixes of songs like Zedd’s “Beautiful Now” and later released his most success- ful song “Alone”. Inspired from Deadmau5 and Daft Punk, he always appears wearing a marshmallow helmet completely covering his head. He started his career after posting his first song “WaVeZ” on Soundcloud and is steadily gaining popularity. He currently is ranked 28th on DJ Mag. His musical style includes groove-oriented, synth and bass-heavy electron- ic dance music. Marshmello performed for the first time in India on 8th October 2016 in Hyderabad and was a huge success. Despite being so popular, nobody knows his true identity but some people suggest that he may be American DJ Chris Comstock popularly known as Dotcom. - Syed Shuttari X A MY SPECIAL WISH Evolution of Rock: Linkin Park Rock has been the greatest genre since the time of Queen Elizabeth, irrespective of the influence of EDM and country You all must have got something in life music. It has touched every person’s soul by its overwhelm- You really really miss, ing music and impressive vocals. It has also united some And you might be ready to give away anything communities through music. The story of one such magnifi- For that one important wish ! cent rock band, Linkin Park, began in 1999 with the release of its first official album “Hybrid Theory”. Linkin Park are For some it might be their old house considered as the best Alternative Rock band apart from Or school, college and work, Green Day and Coldplay. Though it won only one Grammy For some it might families in 2003 for their song “Numb Encore ft. JayZ”, the band has bagged the American Music Award consecutively for But I belong to a different world! three years for “Best Rock Song” in 2001 for “Crawling”, in 2002 for “Leave out all the Rest” and in 2003 for So now its time I tell you what it is “Numb”. They’ve been at their best from 2003-2013, sell- So get ready to be shocked ing millions of copies around the world. In 2012, they re- It’s my previous class VII D leased the album “Living Things” which got a good re- Which was amazing and it rocked! sponse.