Avartan the Band is a LIVE band based out of the capital city of India, New Delhi. The name Avartan suggests continuity in music. They generally play alternative, pop, rock, acoustic and unplugged, Bollywood covers, Sufi, Semi-classical and Hindi rock music. Band Members: Sandeep Koli – Vocalist He is a very talented singer with a multi-genre vocal capacity. He received an eight months training in Indian classical music. Amit Verma – Composer, Guitarist and Lyricist He is self-trained and adds dedicated and creative guitar pieces, riffs, patterns and solos. David Paul – Lead Guitarist Mohit Bajaj – Percussionist He is proficient in playing the Tabla, Dholak, D’jembe, Darbuka, Cajon and Dhol. Kuleep Sharma – Bassist He started his career as a keyboardist but later played bass. Piyush Naidu – Drummer He was in the tenth standard when he trained himself from the Trinity College of London.
Aleph is a LIVE band based out of the capital city of India, New Delhi. The name of the band has been derived from the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet which stands for creation or genesis. The band does not perform a specific kind of music but experiments with blues, rock and pop styles. It also draws inspiration from Sufism. Band Members: Atif Ismail – His stage presence is what will draw your attention. He is expressive and has an addictive personality that is definitely a crowd puller. Zenif Saeed – He is a guitarist with originality, perceptivity and incomparable talent. He has composed many songs that have touched our souls. He is by far one of the most talented musicians in recent times. Progressive rock and Darbari Hindusthani music influence him the most. Subhanshu Singh – He has worked with talented people like Shankar Mahadevan and Raghu Dixit and is now one of the most talented freelancing musicians. He has deep knowledge about music and his instruments. He creates music that is incomparable. Pawan Mundephi – He has been playing the tabla ever since he was 15. He showed a keen interest in drums, in particular. He has a great depth of knowledge when it comes to experimenting with the percussion instrument. Yugank Mishra – He is a talented individual who mixes different forms of
Dhun is a LIVE band based out of the capital city of India, New Delhi. The classy band is popular for its renditions of popular Bollywood songs. Dhun changes the tracks into peppy and dancey numbers. This band is perfect for all kinds of shows like private parties, corporate gigs, or club shows. Dhun’s powerful original compositions will mesmerize you and the quality of music will blow your mind away. Band Members: Mohan – Vocals, Guitar Sujoy – Vocals, Keyboard Jatin –Vocals, Guitar Prajwal – Bass Parminder – Drums
Rivaaz is a Sufi-rock LIVE band based out of the capital city of India, New Delhi. The band plays Sufi, rock, pop, and Bollywood music. It was formed in the year 2016. Although the band is new to the scene, the members have a great record of performing for the last six to seven years. Performed at: Hyatt Regency, SeptembersingleQuote16 Ali Baba, Hauz Khas Elf, Hauz Khas Tivoli Gardens, Chhattarpur (private party) ...and many shows in Chandigarh. Band Members: Pankaj – Lead Vocalist Mukund – Bassist Saurav – Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals Dushyant – Lead Guitar Vishesh – Drums and Percussion
We are an Alternative Rock band from capital city of India, New Delhi. Our Genere is Alternative Rock,Sufi Rock, Bangla rock, fusion and Bollywood. We believe in true entertainment and spreading good musical vibrations through our performances. We are influenced by MTV Unplugged, Coke Studio, Junoon, Kishore Kumar, Jal, Indian Ocean, Euphoria and many more. Members: Parth on vocals and guitars Anil on lead guitars Mohit on bass guitars Rohan on synthesizer Lakshay on Drums
Bhadraksh is a LIVE Hindi pop band based in New Delhi. There are three core members who have been performing for more than five years at different platforms such as stages, cafes, corporate shows and so on. Ravi Dhiman is the lead vocalist who is trained in semi classical music and is well-known for his performances in Hindi, Punjabi and Sufi. He shows interest in Bollywood music, Sufi music and Punjabi music. Rahat Fateh Ali Khan is his role model. Naman Sharma is the percussionist. He has been playing for more than ten years. He is a multi- instrumentalist and received training in sound recording. He is famous for his solo performances and sings more than 30 Hindi songs at a stretch. His deep and melodious voice and amazing guitar skills have charmed the audience. He shows interest in Hindi and western music. Kanishk Sablania plays the rhythm guitar. He also plays the mouth organ and guitar. He has been performing live for more than six years. He creates unique and original instrumental compositions. He received his training in western music and loves rock, jazz and reggae.
Arpit Agnihotri is a singer-songwriter and a producer. He was born and raised in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh and attended the University of Delhi for his majors in Political Science. He was on the bass guitars and vocals for a short-lived five-piece band called Rotten Roses, which was majorly a cover band playing classic rock. After their split, Arpit continued to play at local clubs and coffee houses, refining his skills and gaining a following both as a solo artist and an entertainer. LIVE music altogether influenced him as an acoustic guitar player and a singer-songwriter. As a solo career, Arpit has been writing songs and performing at club venues along with other popular music. Along with the gigs, he has also been playing the bass guitars, doing music arrangements and playing with seasoned musicians. Arpit Agnihotri and his band have been known for their versatile repertoire that ranges from independent and Bollywood music to popular and classic music from the West, on the acoustic guitars – and what comes as a delight is their subtle humor and engagement with the audiences, which goes around discussing from anything to everything. You would want to attend another gig after the first one, because a few discussions would always be pending.
Prominent for its unique stage aura, Diabolical Damage consists of very renowned, musically acknowledged and experienced musicians from across Lucknow. Being active since past couple of years, the band started in 2013. After few line-up changes, the band got into the music scenario and has been gigging all around. Keeping as a record, the band has done almost 300+ shows in north India. Over the years, the band has accomplished many milestones being the best in keeping their existence amongst country’s top notch musical groups and grabbing the top titles in nation’s most acclaimed musical competitions like Rendezvous of IIT-Delhi, Crosswindz at IIT-Bhu , Synchronicity at IIT-Kanpur etc. Band Members: Utkarsh Srivastava – Vocals Shakti Chanchal – Lead Guitar Vasu Gupta – Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals Danish – Bass Guitar Abhisar Jaiswal – Drums
The band, Anuragi was created by Dr Rajesh Anuragi and his brother, Dr Ashish Anuragi in March, 2010. It was popularly regarded as a medicos band since they were pursuing a career in medicine at Benaras Hindu University. They specialize in rock, alternative rock, pop rock, acoustic, and Hindi rock. They perform in New Delhi. The band’s first album is known as Nishaani and the second is Zaher. The band released Demos on October, 2011, released debut EP on 15th August, 2012 and launched their debut album, Nishaani, which was released by Times Music in 2013.The music video of Nishaani’s title track appeared on YouTube. This music video was aired on Pepsi MTV Indies. Anuragi's second studio album, Zaher, was released by Songdew on 7th August 2015. They released the official music video for their new single, Aazadi, on 15th August, 2016. Anuragi released the music video of Ajnabi from the second album, Zaher, on October, 2016. Radio Appearances: Radio City 91.1 FM, Delhi (Sounds of freedom - Broadcast of Songs) Radio City 91.1 FM, Delhi (Interview and Acoustic Gig) - Sep 2012 Hint Radio 90.4 FM, Ghaziabad (Interview, Acoustic Jam and Broadcast of Songs) - Nov 2013 Aap Ki Awaaz 90.8 FM, Agra (Interview, Acoustic Session and Broadcast of Songs) - Nov 2013 Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM, Varanasi (Interview and Acoustic Jam) - Nov 2013 & January 2015 Awards: Anuragi - Nishaani (Music Video) - Nominated for VIMA Music Awa
Dhruv Sangari and "Rooh" is an ensemble of Sufi and semi-classical Indian music. Their collection ranges from Punjabi and Hindustani to Urdu ghazal and profound Sufi devotional verse. Rooh has effectively performed universally since 2004. Rooh is Dhruv's original Sufi ensemble. The band consists of : Dhruv Sangari: Lead Amjad Khan Nadeem Khan: Tabla Arshad Khan Dilruba Israj: Vocals Siraj Khan: Mandolin, Tenor, Rabab Chorus Salamat Ali: Harmonium Vocals Saif Khan Faizan Khan: Chorus Suchet Malhotra: Multi-percussion mediterrainean Fakhroddin Ghaffari: Multi-percussion middle eastern Kartikeya Vashisht: Flute Junaid Khan: Sarangi Anil Chawla: Keyboards Kashif Ahmed Nizami: Sarangi Vocals Harmonium Arman Ali Raza Dehlvi: Vocals Dholak Morchang
Fusion Addiction is a LIVE band based out of the capital city of India, New Delhi. They are known to perform Bollywood, fusion and Sufi music. The band has performed in numerous gigs, college fests, private parties, etc. The Band promises to stir up emotions hidden deep within, surfacing them into a beautiful memory. Akash Chauhan, the lead singer of the Delhi based band, Fusion Addiction started his career from the clubs located in the Capital. The Charismatic singer catered to a packed crowd every time they performed. soon after a few performances in New Delhi, fusion Addiction started performing for huge corporate houses in and around NCR. Akash got a lot of love from the Delhi circuit. Since then there is no looking back. The line - up of songs have been designed so well that the performance suits every occasion, be it a wedding or a Corporate show, a Club show or an Annual College Fest. The enthusiasm that the band boasts is immense and can make people sway to their tunes.
Garuda is a LIVE band based out of Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. The band presents music with their own renditions. They are the masters of unplugged and many new styles of music. They have been performing for more than two years now. Garuda has performed at many college festivals and private events. They have performed for corporate giants like Intel, Hp, Airtel, Intex, Tata Steel, etc. Band Members: Anindhya Joshi Ankit Dubey Arohi Mishra Palash Bhatnagar Manish Kathiwas
Chugge Khan and Rajasthan Josh is a folk band from the colourful state of India, Rajasthan. It was formed in 2009. It is a band that makes music with rhythmic hypnotic desert sounds which embraces traditional and contemporary styles and fusions. It is grounded in the traditions of the Manganiyars and Langas, artists and musicians, who for eras have navigated Rajasthan performing for the Moghul rulers and Rajput princes as well as at weddings, births, feasts and funerals. All the band members learned music from an early age and have been playing together and teaching others for more than a decade. They have performed for many government festivals, tourism events and local and National venues in India. Rajasthan Josh is a band of gifted and accomplished musicians who have played since early childhood and performed all over the globe, in partnership with a wide range of international artists and bands. Rajasthan Josh has been the regular significant act in the music program at the annual Jaipur Literature Festival since its commencement. Their performances are enthralling and extremely popular among audiences.
Sachin Patwardhan's exceedingly adaptable and tasteful view of the sarod has empowered him to touch most significant profundities of his instrument. His virtue of style, the uniqueness of creative energy with his splendid method in which he mixes the components of 'Gayaki', i.e., vocal rendering and 'Layakari', i.e., instrumental rhythmic patterns make his presentations captivating. He is the recipient of "Abhinav Kala Samman" in the year 2006 and was "Artist of the Month" for 93.5 Red FM. Recently, Sachin performed for the Royal Albert Hall, London, in the IGNITE Concert Series and the University of Hong Kong. He has effectively visited UK, Canada, Hong Kong, UAE and Oman. Sachin has also been chosen for the empanelment of ICCR (Indian Council For Cultural Relations, New Delhi) in the reference artist panel.
Nicotine is a LIVE band based out of the heart of India, Indore, Madhya Pradesh. Earlier, the band struggled to form a stable line-up and went through a series of drummers and guitarists until it settled itself into a four-piece metal band. The band progressively built momentum by playing around in colleges and competitions within the city as well as outside, in cities like Chandigarh, Bhopal, Jaipur, Nagpur and Pune. The band has performed a lot of individual gigs leading to several headlining acts. Awards: LNCT Bhopal (Winners) Unison 2010 (Winners) LNCT Indore (Winners) Campus Rock Idols '09, Indore (Runners-up) War of The Strings 3.0 (Winners) War of The Strings 2.0 (Winners) Acropolis Institute of Technology (Winners) Rockwaves Medicaps (Runners-up) Geofferey's, Indore (Runners-up) Headlining Acts: Dark Horizon, Acropolis Institute of Technology Metal-o-mania, Chasers The Pub, Indore Battle of the Bands, LNCT, Indore Pedal To The Metal, 10 Downing Street, Indore Pub Rock Fest, On The Rocks, Indore Distortion 2013 Finale, IIM Indore (Opening Act for Swarathma) VITS, Indore Headbangers Fury, O2 The Lounge (with Zygnema) Pub Rock Fest, On The Rocks, Indore (with Fire Exit) Wizards of Rock, Quorum (with Demonic Resurrection) O2 The Lounge (with Assault & Blidfolds) Moshpit 4.0, On The House, Indore (with Grim Reapers) Band Members: Lead Vocals, Guitars and Lyrics: Digvijay Bhonsale Lead Guitars and Backing Vocals: Aniruddha Gokhale Bass: Anuj Malkapurkar Drums: Shaleen Vyas
Rooh is a Sufi rock LIVE band based out of Udaipur, Rajasthan. They have many LIVE performances and original numbers to their credits. The band was officially formed in 2009; the word ‘Rooh’ means soul. The band plays genres of all types of music like rock, semi-classical, Sufi, fusion, etc. Band Members: Ashok Gandharva – Vocalist Harsh Paliwal – Guitarist, Vocalist Priyansh Paliwal – Vocalist, Percussionist
Reshwin is a professional guitarist/keyboardist based out of the capital city of Tamil Nadu, Chennai. His tryst with music began as a toddler. From being a keyboardist and singer to guitarist and now an accomplished bass guitarist, Reshwin has evolved as a multi-instrumentalist who is now favoured as a professional teacher, LIVE and recording artist. He specializes in production of music as well. He is inspired by the artists like Jason, Dirty loops, Snarky puppy, and Aurora. Awards: International Justice jam, Outstanding Instrumentalist IIT saarang Power Chords, Best Bass Guitarist IIM Unmaad BSOR, Best Bass Guitarist Rivera, Best Bass Guitarist IISC, Best Bass Guitarist
Shyam Ravishankar is a 23-year-old genre-bending professional violinist & vocalist enthralling audiences since 2005. With a wide repertoire of both popular & creative music, Shyam has performed over 1000 shows across India & in Malaysia. He has recorded and performed with some of the best musicians in the country such as Padma Vibhushan Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna, Illaiyaraaja, P.Unnikrishnan, Benny Dayal, Umayalpuram Dr. K. Sivaraman, Sudha Raghunathan, Shwetha Mohan, Ghibran, Vishal Chandrashekar, etc. In fact, the song he played solo violin in, Hey Pillagaada from the movie Fida has 35 million views! In 2017, A. R. Rahman released his first album, Amalgam featuring Padma Vibhushan Dr. M. Balamuralikrishna on the vocals. This has received rave reviews in the media from esteemed organizations such as The Indian Express, The Hindu, Deccan Chronicle and over 20 other newspapers
SP Ramh is a professional veena artist based out of the capital city of Tamil Nadu, Chennai. He hails from a family of musicians. His maternal grandfather, Sangeetha Bhushanam GN Dhandapani, was a veena artist who was serving All India Radio as a staff artist for more than three decades. His father, Shri R Shankaran, and mother, Shrimathi S Kalyani, are also veena artists. Ramh was inspired to play the veena at a very young age by his father and got his early lessons in veena from his grandfather. Later, at the age of 12, Ramh took to vocal music at the suggestion of his father. Initially, he learnt singing under Shri Sethalapathy Balasubramaniam and Shri Narayanan. Later, he trained under Dr S Ramanathan and Shri S Rajam. Ramh is a regular performer in musical avenues across India. His concerts have won the hearts of music lovers and connoisseurs alike. He is an ‘A’ graded artist in All India Radio for vocal and veena music. Ramh had an extensive tour of the USA and Canada in 1994. He gave recitals in various cities of North America and was the lead singer in the operatic ballet, Jaya Jaya Devi, composed by Shri Lalgudi G Jayaraman. Awards: Yuva Kala Bharathi, 1996 Certificate of Merit for Raaga Elaboration Kalpana Swaras Best Concert Singer
Neyveli B Venkatesh is a professional mridangam player based out of the capital city of Tamil Nadu, Chennai. He started playing mridangam when he was just seven years old. His father, AS Balaraman, was his first guru (teacher) who taught him the basics of percussion. As he grew older, he attained guidance from PP Venkatesan and Ramanathapuram MN Kandaswamy, who polished his skills. Neyveli gave his debut performance at the age of 10, which caught the attention of media and other musicians. The spark to achieve, what he has got today, was ignited by his family members. He rose to fame when he played for a 28-hour-long non-stop marathon session in Neyveli. This turning point left an indelible imprint in the music industry. The then Governor of Tamil Nadu – KK Shah – congratulated him for his success. Venkatesh is a skilled at playing the very difficult 'gumuki style'. He is also an expert in playing kanjira. He is an A-grade mridangam artist in All India Radio, and a B-grade artist in playing Kanjira.
