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					<title>Nikotin &quot;Plug In&quot; T-shirt</title>
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Hey Nikotin Army, The first Nikotin T-shirt design titled &amp;quot;Plug In&amp;quot;. Ever since Nikotin started out, we&apos;ve always been asked if we had any merch in terms of band T-shirts. So when we finally decided to get one done,&amp;nbsp; we got a talented friend of ours, Sasan to  work on a design for us. Check out his work &amp;amp; do show some love - &lt;a target=&quot;_new&quot; href=&quot;http://www.sasanpix.com&quot;&gt;www.sasanpix.com. The next step was getting the T-shirts made. We had gotten in touch with a bunch of T-shirt manufacturers &amp;amp; were quite disheartened with the quality of some of them. We always strived to deliver quality to our fans &amp;amp; fortunately for us we were put in touch with the cool peeps at Baremelon [&lt;a target=&quot;_new&quot; href=&quot;http://www.baremelon.com&quot;&gt; www.baremelon.com ] who make some quality Tees. We&apos;ve had an overwhelming response from all over the world to our first T-shirt but sadly we can only take orders from within the UAE at the moment. Don&apos;t sweat it folks, we shall have that little obstacle sorted out soon enough as soon as our website store goes online. The Nikotin &amp;quot;Plug In&amp;quot; T-shirt will be available for purchase at all our future shows &amp;amp; is currenly priced at $15.00 (introductory offer)

If you live outside the UAE &amp;amp; can&apos;t wait to get a hold of this Tee, drop us an email on &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:info@nikotinmusic.com&quot;&gt;info@nikotinmusic.com &amp;amp; we&apos;ll definitely try to sort something out as soon as possible.

The two winners of our past competitions - Rahim Mahtab &amp;amp; Amlan Limaye can now grab a hold of their Nikotin Tees!

Grab yourself a Tee today! Get plugged!

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Hey Nikotin Army, The first Nikotin T-shirt design titled <b>&quot;Plug In&quot;</b>. Ever since Nikotin started out, we've always been asked if we had any merch in terms of band T-shirts. So when we finally decided to get one done,&nbsp; we got a talented friend of ours, Sasan to  work on a design for us. Check out his work &amp; do show some love - <a target="_new" href="http://www.sasanpix.com">www.sasanpix.com</a>. The next step was getting the T-shirts made. We had gotten in touch with a bunch of T-shirt manufacturers &amp; were quite disheartened with the quality of some of them. We always strived to deliver quality to our fans &amp; fortunately for us we were put in touch with the cool peeps at Baremelon [<a target="_new" href="http://www.baremelon.com"> www.baremelon.com</a> ] who make some quality Tees. We've had an overwhelming response from all over the world to our first T-shirt but sadly we can only take orders from within the UAE at the moment. Don't sweat it folks, we shall have that little obstacle sorted out soon enough as soon as our website store goes online. The Nikotin &quot;Plug In&quot; T-shirt will be available for purchase at all our future shows &amp; is currenly priced at $15.00 (introductory offer)<br />
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If you live outside the UAE &amp; can't wait to get a hold of this Tee, drop us an email on <a href="mailto:info@nikotinmusic.com">info@nikotinmusic.com</a> &amp; we'll definitely try to sort something out as soon as possible.<br />
<br />
The two winners of our past competitions - Rahim Mahtab &amp; Amlan Limaye can now grab a hold of their Nikotin Tees!<br />
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Grab yourself a Tee today! Get plugged!</div>
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					<title>2012 - Rising anew</title>
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					<description>2012 began with a bang &amp;amp; for Nikotin it&apos;s definitely kicking off to a start with the launch of the new Nikotin HQ - Nikotinmusic.com. The start of a new year calls for the annual ritual where most of us list out our new year resolutions... some new, some old &amp;amp; some borrowed. We&apos;ve seen the departure of members, the addition of new ones &amp;amp; in spite of inevitable change, we&apos;ve stuck to our guns &amp;amp; kept moving forward!

Nikotin in 2011

What a rollercoaster of a year &amp;amp; where do I begin? We played tons of amazing gigs last year - BITS Pilani (Dubai), Big Boys toys (Abu Dhabi), Press Play 2 &amp;amp; even won the &apos;&lt;a target=&quot;_new&quot; href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DbG1eYATI4&quot;&gt;Turning up the spotlight&apos; competition which was held at all Aloft Hotels worldwide in celebration of 50 years of music and the opening of their 50th hotel in London. We were super stoked when Simon Bechus from Radio 1 announced us as the winners. The big prize - an all expense paid trip to perform at the launch of the Aloft London Excel in London. Sadly our visas didnt come through but hey, the bright side was we definitely knew that our music spoke volumes that night. Catch the highlights &lt;a target=&quot;_new&quot; href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmW0UBLESqI&quot;&gt;here!!

2011 also saw the departure of drummer, Psycho and lead guitarist, Mr. P. It&apos;s sad to see the family part ways &amp;amp; we can only wish them the best in their future endeavors. Joe, who&apos;s played with Nikotin earlier on a bunch of occasions ( Unplugged at the Fridge &amp;amp; the GT1 races at Yas island ) has joined ranks &amp;amp; you&apos;ll definitely be seeing a lot more of him around.
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Panodrama 2011... er... 2012 update

It has taken longer than usual to finish this project &amp;amp; now we can finally.. yes FINALLY say that it&amp;rsquo;s nearing the end &amp;ndash; the end of a very long journey that had numerous obstacles in its path. Our producer, what can I say, Elvis garagic has been uber patient with us &amp;amp; having him by our side on this project has been amazing. His guidance throughout this period has definitely taught a us a lot. This album also features a bunch of muso friends that you&apos;ve seen play with Nikotin over the past year. The outcome is sounding absolutely wicked!

Thank you

We&amp;rsquo;d just like to say that we are BLESSED to be able to do what we do. Thanks to all of YOU. We might be a small band trying to make it in a super challenging industry &amp;ndash; but if you think signed artists in this region have it tough,  just consider what it takes to be in an unsigned band or a band on a small label. We&amp;rsquo;re extremely honored to be involved with other bands on the scene. All of whom share similar stories of perseverance and juggling day jobs with trying to save up enough to go on tour or record and release their music. It takes a lot of time and effort so we hope you&amp;rsquo;ll join the Nikotin army and help support us by spreading the word &amp;ndash; buying a band Tshirt (coming soon) or picking up a copy of the album (when it&amp;rsquo;s out) &amp;ndash; in return we&amp;rsquo;ll do all we can to make sure you&amp;rsquo;re happy and proud of your order by putting love into the artwork, and the work whether it&amp;rsquo;s recording, printing or whatever. We want every release, every print to be a timeless collectable you can be proud of. So, if even the most you can do is post a comment on our band&amp;rsquo;s Facebook page or any of our Youtube videos &amp;ndash; then do it &amp;ndash; things like that can be so encouraging and fuel us to keep BRINGING IT in the face of whatever difficulty lies ahead. Thank YOU all for being a part of this. We&amp;rsquo;d also like to say that there are thankfully A LOT of good people out there doing shit the right way -  helping bands like us and helping good music be heard. Magazines like Rockability,  Rolling stone etc., music blogs, radio stations, labels, studios, promoters, venues, photographers and fans who get involved, give up their time, energy and help. We&amp;rsquo;re proud to know you and work with you on a daily basis. So, here&amp;rsquo;s to an incredible 2012 for us all. Now check out the rest of Nikotinmusic.com, get your daily dose of addiction and bang your heads! :)

Mucho love, thanks and respect!

~ Nikotin

On another note.. check out the bang-tastic NYE fireworks at the Burj Khalifa (01/01/2012)

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					<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: justify;">2012 began with a bang &amp; for Nikotin it's definitely kicking off to a start with the launch of the new Nikotin HQ - Nikotinmusic.com. The start of a new year calls for the annual ritual where most of us list out our new year resolutions... some new, some old &amp; some borrowed. We've seen the departure of members, the addition of new ones &amp; in spite of inevitable change, we've stuck to our guns &amp; kept moving forward!</div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Nikotin in 2011</span><br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">What a rollercoaster of a year &amp; where do I begin? We played tons of amazing gigs last year - BITS Pilani (Dubai), Big Boys toys (Abu Dhabi), Press Play 2 &amp; even won the '<a target="_new" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DbG1eYATI4">Turning up the spotlight'</a> competition which was held at all Aloft Hotels worldwide in celebration of 50 years of music and the opening of their 50th hotel in London. We were super stoked when Simon Bechus from Radio 1 announced us as the winners. The big prize - an all expense paid trip to perform at the launch of the Aloft London Excel in London. Sadly our visas didnt come through but hey, the bright side was we definitely knew that our music spoke volumes that night. Catch the highlights <a target="_new" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmW0UBLESqI">here</a>!!<br />
<br />
2011 also saw the departure of drummer, Psycho and lead guitarist, Mr. P. It's sad to see the family part ways &amp; we can only wish them the best in their future endeavors. Joe, who's played with Nikotin earlier on a bunch of occasions ( Unplugged at the Fridge &amp; the GT1 races at Yas island ) has joined ranks &amp; you'll definitely be seeing a lot more of him around.<br />
&nbsp;</div>
<b>Panodrama 2011... er... 2012</b><i> </i><b>update</b>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
It has taken longer than usual to finish this project &amp; now we can finally.. yes <b>FINALLY</b> say that it&rsquo;s nearing the end &ndash; the end of a very long journey that had numerous obstacles in its path. Our producer, what can I say, Elvis garagic has been uber patient with us &amp; having him by our side on this project has been amazing. His guidance throughout this period has definitely taught a us a lot. This album also features a bunch of muso friends that you've seen play with Nikotin over the past year. The outcome is sounding absolutely wicked!</div>
<br />
<b>Thank you</b><br />
<br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">We&rsquo;d just like to say that we are BLESSED to be able to do what we do. Thanks to all of YOU. We might be a small band trying to make it in a super challenging industry &ndash; but if you think signed artists in this region have it tough,  just consider what it takes to be in an unsigned band or a band on a small label. We&rsquo;re extremely honored to be involved with other bands on the scene. All of whom share similar stories of perseverance and juggling day jobs with trying to save up enough to go on tour or record and release their music. It takes a lot of time and effort so we hope you&rsquo;ll join the Nikotin army and help support us by spreading the word &ndash; buying a band Tshirt (coming soon) or picking up a copy of the album (when it&rsquo;s out) &ndash; in return we&rsquo;ll do all we can to make sure you&rsquo;re happy and proud of your order by putting love into the artwork, and the work whether it&rsquo;s recording, printing or whatever. We want every release, every print to be a timeless collectable you can be proud of. So, if even the most you can do is post a comment on our band&rsquo;s Facebook page or any of our Youtube videos &ndash; then do it &ndash; things like that can be so encouraging and fuel us to keep BRINGING IT in the face of whatever difficulty lies ahead. Thank YOU all for being a part of this. We&rsquo;d also like to say that there are thankfully A LOT of good people out there doing shit the right way -  helping bands like us and helping good music be heard. Magazines like Rockability,  Rolling stone etc., music blogs, radio stations, labels, studios, promoters, venues, photographers and fans who get involved, give up their time, energy and help. We&rsquo;re proud to know you and work with you on a daily basis. So, here&rsquo;s to an incredible 2012 for us all. Now check out the rest of Nikotinmusic.com, get your daily dose of addiction and bang your heads! :)</div>
<br />
Mucho love, thanks and respect!<br />
<br />
~ Nikotin<br />
<br />
On another note.. check out the bang-tastic NYE fireworks at the Burj Khalifa (01/01/2012)<br />
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