NEEDSHES

Hailing from the colorful suburbs of Tashkent, NEEDSHES is an alternative/indie rock artist aka singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Otabek Salamov (Bek). With a musically diverse experience in mind, he encapsulates his art for composing bluesy story-telling songs with love ballads infused with swagger punk and suffocating alt-rock tints. Someone once described him as a balancing act between the atmosphere of The NBHD, with dainty anthems reminiscent of The Killers, a bit of the oddball nature of Jack White and the heartbreaking ballad skillset of Coldplay.
At the age of four, Bek began playing the piano. He attended a music academy where he was awarded the first price for his precision on clarinet. As a teen, his musical interests varied, and he was drawn to compose metalcore. One day he decided to dilute the metal with melodic undertones. Soon he realized that the switch was something that gravitated to his liking. He decided to create a melodic indie-rock project.
Beck gathered a traditional rock band with the intent to create true authentic music. His biggest influences stemmed from The Killers, Jack White, James Brown, David Bowie, Queen, RHCP, U2, a-ha, Coldplay, Nirvana.

Since conception, NEEDSHES has topped the iTunes and Apple Music charts with the singles ‘Time to See’ and ‘Anything You Want’ which have been featured in TV ads such as Lay’s chips, Renault cars, international movies, and have been placed on the Verizon in-store playlist across the US.
NEEDSHES has become a winner of the Unsigned Only 2017 in the rock genre and a finalist of the Independent Music Awards 2019.
In 2019 the artist returned with the third studio album, Truth Power, with the leading singles ‘U Babe,’ ‘Pain,’ and ‘Sometimes I Can Fly.’ The album was featured on Alt Press, idobi Radio, Substream Magazine, BBC 6 Radio Music, and The Hype Machine Most Popular chart.

At the end of 2020, NEEDSHES performed at the American showcases MONDO NYC '20, NAMM Global Live Stream, and won the Independent Music Awards (Song Used in Ad) with the single "Unbelievable."
During 2020-21 Bek released 9 singles with a huge array of genres and styles, and he has new songs coming out in 2022!