AlienZ is a LIVE band based out of Kolkata, West Bengal. They introduced progressive rock in the Kolkata music scene. They have performed at numerous band competitions, cafes, private parties, corporate events, etc. They were crowned as the champions of the Airtel Band Wagon where AR Rahman was one of the judges. Alienz have been aired on a number of TV shows and radio interviews. They have performed gigs in renowned colleges in Kolkata like GNIT, Bardhaman Medical College, Shibpur BE (Rebecca), HETC, Presidency College, SMIT and many more. Band Members: Himadri Sekhar Das – Drums Joy Sasmal – Lead Guitar Mohul Chakraborty – Bass Guitar Tamal Kanti Halder – Keyboards, Vocals Rajiv Mitra – Lead Vocals, Guitar
Music Waves is a four-piece pop/rock/fusion band based out of the state of Goa, India. The band has been successfully playing at all kinds of events such as music festivals, marriage ceremonies, private parties, pubs, bars, etc. The have been delivering some mesmerizing LIVE performances all over the party capital of India. The band draws its influences from artists such as Queen, Led Zeppelin, Beatles, BB King, and many more.
Music Waves is a four-piece pop/rock/fusion band based out of the state of Goa, India. The band has been successfully playing at all kinds of events such as music festivals, marriage ceremonies, private parties, pubs, bars, etc. The have been delivering some mesmerizing LIVE performances all over the party capital of India. The band draws its influences from artists such as Queen, Led Zeppelin, Beatles, BB King, and many more.
Sahana Banerjee is a professional sitar artist based out of Pune, Maharashtra. She belongs to the Khan of Rampur Senia Gharana whose family lineage traces back to Mian Tansen himself. Sahana also received extensive training in vocal music from her illustrious mother, Chhabi Banerjee, daughter of Sangeetacharya Kashinath Chattopadhyay of Sahaswan Gharana. Her unique presentation reflects the traditional Veenkar Dhrupad style of Rampur Senia Gharana maintaining the purity of raga along with her own aesthetical blends of Gayaki. Under the tutelage of her father, she won the Pandit Nikhil Banerjee Challenge Trophy at the Dover Lane Music Conference in 1990 in Kolkata and was conferred the Best instrumentalist Award. Apart from being an A grade artist of All India Radio and Television since 1995, Sahana has also given many prestigious stage performances in India and Europe. Sahana has performed sitar in many occidental music festivals where she performed with famous Italian flautist, Massimo Mercelli. She has worked with a unique project called D'une Rive A'L'utre, where Sahana has performed with Shani Diluka, the celebrated pianist, where they presented the theme, Franz Schubert meets Indian classical music.
Adwait Gadgil is a professional sitar player based out of Pune, Maharashtra. Raised in an illustrious music-loving family, his father (Shri Vivek Gadgil) is a tabla player and disciple of Late Pt Samta Prasadji, Late Pt Madanlal Gangani, and Late Pt Chandrakant Kamat. Adwait was introduced to the world of music by his father at a very tender age of five, from where he began his initial training in vocal music and tabla and learned the intricacies of the Taal – kriya. Realising Adawait’s core interest towards sitar, his father sent him to sitar wizard, Ustad Shahid Parvez of Etawah Gharana, to gain some expertise. Adwait is undergoing rigorous training in sitar with his Ustad for more than 12 years in Gurukul style. Adwait has performed in many major cities across India like Nagpur, Pune, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Allahabad, and Aurangabad. He is one of those rare child prodigies who have done justice to his talent through sheer dint of his commitment. He was awarded the ‘Best Upcoming Instrumentalist’ by the famous Gaanwardhan Sansthan based in Pune in 2010. He was also honourably invited to perform at the ‘Festival of Young Artists’ amongst nine talented upcoming artists of India by Sangeet Sankalpa, Allahabad. No doubt, the future of sitar is in safe hands.
Formed in 2018, Melody Station is a 3 piece band that always gives its viewers a unique experience. It specializes in a variety of genres. The band has its own unique style of music, which makes the audience lose themselves in it. The band can make the audience dance and also make them touched by their music. It plays Bollywood mainstream as well as it can play Sufi music. They play their music in almost every type of events. From a corporate event to an Indian Wedding, they have the experience of playing music everywhere.
The band that steals hearts, the band that is loved by one and all, the band which is the local favourite, it’s none other than, The Acoustune! Hailing from Pune, the band travels across the country for their live music events and shows. Known for their upbeat and enthusiastic performances, The Acoustune has become really popular amongst the young audience. Music lovers eagerly wait for their shows and do not hesitate to give loud cheers in support of the band. The band is an entirely acoustic project, influenced by the acoustic elements of music and nature. Young and talented artist Omkar is the lead Guitarist while Anand impresses with his stellar vocals. The super energetic band performs at multiple venues and top locations. Their live shows are often sold out and their events are a houseful. The band is proficient in Bollywood, Indie, Pop, Reggae, and Sufi music. Do not be surprised to hear ‘once more’ cheers from the music enthusiasts at the end of their every reverberating performance! The team is super talented and aims to join the league of the top bands of the country!
Yeti is a blues rock LIVE band based out of Pune, Maharashtra. It was founded in the year 2013. Formed by Gaurav, ex-member of the band Meanstreek, the uniqueness of Yeti is that it doesn't limit itself to a single sound/genre. The Yeti Collective is the coming-together of a few similar minds to pursue their common goal of creating great music! A four-piece experimental setup, Yeti is deeply influenced by various genres from rock, blues, and reggae to rock 'n roll. They have played across various venues all over India and are quite famous for their performances in almost all pubs in Pune. Members: Unni – Drums Craig – Lead guitars Neal – Bass guitar Gaurav – Lead vocalist and Songwriter
Veshesh is a professional percussionist based out of the capital city of India, New Delhi. He has an uncanny ability to transform the ordinary into extraordinary with his musical prowess. A mystical aura surrounds him when he amalgamates Indian and Western beats to generate surreal and soothing music. Veshesh is adept at mixing electronic music, dubstep, jazz, house, hip-hop, psychedelic, trance, country, retro, techno, reggae, break beat, downtempo, and ambient with electronic dhol, electronic tabla, mridangam, pakhawaj, djembe, dufli, timbale, cajon, drums, congo, dholak, matka, bhapang, rainsticks, ocean drum, thunder pipe, darbuka, and many more. Having left his imprints in the opening set of a Sonu Nigam show in Bangkok in 2011, he marches ahead with firm determination and irrevocable faith in himself and his hard work. Veshesh has rendered scintillating performances at Apollo Tyres’ annual meet in Hong Kong, Harem, Garden of Five Senses, and at five-star hotels like The Leela, Claridges, Hilton, and Sheraton to name a few. Veshesh took on to Latin and African percussions recently. His jugalbandi with one of the finest female tabla players in India, Anuradha Pal, culminated in a glittering function at the Epicentre, Gurgaon. Veshesh also performed at big music festivals like the Indian Music Conference (IMC) held at Goa, Bangalore, and Delhi. He has been interviewed by leading media groups and channels like Sahara, P7 News, Ayur Living India, and Pragya. Moreover, Veshesh has shared his journey, experiences and even played on his percussions at radio stations like Radio Mirchi with RJ Naved, Meow channel (now OYE 104.8), Rainbow 102.6 FM. Veshesh has been learning music since the age of four. He dedicates three to four hours per day for his riyaaz (practice). Veshesh is a government-certified DJ, whose mixing grips audiences instantaneously. Veshesh has learnt in the traditional gharana styles of Ajarada and Benares. He has been trained on the tabla by Guru Pandit Radhey Shyam of AIR and DD fame. Veshesh has been one of the lucky ones to have attained invaluable dictates from the living legend Ustad Zakir Hussain. He has had the golden opportunity to meet and get tips & lessons from the music maestros like Pt Hari Prasad Chaurasiya, Talvin Singh, Anuradha Pal, Anup Jalota, Vijay Ghate, Taufiq Qureshi, Sabir Khan, Faizal Qureshi, Sivamani, Nayan Ghosh, Yogesh Shamshi, Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, and contemporary artists Vishal-Shekhar and Sajid-Wajid. Veshesh has honed up his skills under the guidance of his gurus – Pt Radhe Shyam Sharma, Late Ustad Shafat Ahmed Khan, and Mohd Idris Khan. He won the best student award while pursuing diploma in media studies from AAFT/FTP. He has also undertaken advanced training for tabla and is the state level winner in the tabla instrumental. His sequential and recurring performances at parties, college fests, events and concerts iterate his increasing appeal amongst the masses. Veshesh has bagged accolades with his performances at IIT Kanpur, IIT Roorkee, Lovely Professional University, and St Margaret College of Engineering, Jaipur. He has also spread his musical aura at the French Embassy as well. He has put his best foot forward in solemnizing his debut album, Talaash.
The 5th Veda is a Pune-based six-piece band that has played nationwide and is quite popular in the Pune music scene. They play genres like soft rock, classic rock, blues, reggae, Indian folk and indie rock. The band is mostly inspired by artists like Pink Floyd, Nirvana, Raghu Dixit, Indian Ocean, Guns N Roses, Bryan Adams, Cold Play, Kings of Leon, Eagles, Beatles, Eric Clapton, Arctic Monkeys, Radio Head, ACDC, Lucky Ali, and many more. Corporate events: Credit Swizz Pune at Cocoparra Pune UKARE Party for Tech MBS Pune, JW Marriot, Pune Corporate Party for AMDOCS Pune, Cocoparra Pune Clientele: Marrakesh Cafe 1730 Beans and Booze CO2 Cafe Burps The Alter Figo D Toss The Funky Kona ...and many more.
Tushar Kamra is a professional instrumentalist based out of the capital city of India, New Delhi. He is known to many as the drummer with a good sense of humour. Although he is inclined towards the lighter side of life, the only one thing he does not take lightly is his drumming. He makes sure his drumming does not take a back seat because of his professional work. Over the past few years, he has made quite a reputation for himself in various aspects of drumming, be it gigging with his permanent bands, filling in for other drummers, performing LIVE and studio sessions, and session recording for albums.
Saibal Bas is a renowned guitar player, composer and music producer based out of Delhi. He has worked on numerous recordings with some of the biggest names from the music industry including Neha Bhasin, Shibani Kashyap, Ranjit Barot, Loy Mendosa, Shantanu Moitra, Shubha Mudgal, Pradip Sarkar, and more. In addition to producing jingles for companies like Contract, JWT, Coke, Pepsi, Reebok, Sony, Samsung and Nestle, Saibal has also composed for the Bollywood flick, Waisa Bhi Hota Hai 2. He has also worked in Los Angeles as a session guitarist, producer, and engineer. Apart from his recording projects, Saibal was also part of the band called Orange Street, which in their later years, performed at various festivals in Europe. Currently, Saibal plays with funk rock jazz quintet, Grey Area, and other than that, can be found loitering around golf courses in the city or driving his beamer!
Nitin Virat is a professional percussionist based out of the capital city of India, New Delhi. He is one of the finest musicians in the capital. He is always in search of something musically-stimulating. Nitin has been a part of many known bands like Woody Accouche Project, The Palaver Beyond, Ensembles, Collaborations, Temple of Drums, and many more. He is charismatic and has brought together Rasta Revolution through his work and percussion djembe. Nitin plays djembé and drum kit, with a flair for Latin rhythms and samba.
Gandharva is a LIVE band based out of Pune, Maharastra. The band started when percussionist, Pranav Thorat, came up with the idea. Soon, he met with keyboard player Gaurav after which he started to take the band seriously. The duo looks forward to collaborating with various artists and growing their musical project. They primarily focus on alternative rock but are open to other genres as well. They have played in almost all the cafes and lounges in Pune.
Joshua Grant is a professional percussionist based out of New Delhi, India. Grant took center stage for the first time at the young age of six and has not looked back since then. His first performance in the world of jazz was at the age of 10 with a great jazz guitarist, Ian Harvey, followed by Louis Banks. After that, he attained formal training in Carnatic music. He strived to achieve excellence in every genre of music and got trained under the world famous jazz drummer and brand ambassador of Yamaha drums, Gary Novak for three years, during which he performed alongside Novak at several highly acclaimed jazz festivals across the globe. In India, he got trained under Pt Birju Maharaj for a long time. Joshua has been associated with the big names in the music industry including Asha Bhonsle, Kailash Kher, Shubha Mudgal, Anoushka Shankar, Karsh Kale, Indian Ocean, and Mrigya. He has been performing with them while producing scores for various music albums, documentaries, and films for other artists. He has produced music for several commercials as well like Pepsi, Jaguar, Vodafone, etc to name a few. Joshua has also been a core member of the bands like Radius and Syncopation. For a few years, Joshua was the lead drummer and backbone for the Delhi-based choir, Artists Unlimited (AU). He lent his expertise and experience to AU during its formative years. Joshua performs on his beautiful maroon Yamaha Stage Custom kit, and the arena reverberates with applause and admiration.
Mark Aranhan is a professional instrumentalist based out of the capital city of India, New Delhi. Apart from that, he is a member of a band, a sessions guitar player, arranger, songwriter and producer. This very talented artist has already performed on the radio, television, film soundtrack, at music festivals, for label releases and for an artist residency in Hong Kong. Some of the artists that he had worked with are Sumangala Damodaran in India, Tina Schouw from South Africa, Jovol Bell in USA, Parker McAllister in USA, Simon Hui in Hong Kong, Billy Hung in Hong Kong and playback singers like Kavita Thomas, Rachel Varghese and Alyssa Mendonsa. Some of the musicians with whom he studied music are Guitar Prasanna (India), Panagiotis Andreou (Greece), Rubens de la Corte (Brazil), Jason Lindner (USA), Frank Rozells (Malaysia), Ed DeGenaro (Germany), and many other people.
Fiddlecraft is a six-piece LIVE band based out of Pune, Maharashtra. The band started out in 2013. They do not restrict itself to any particular genre or form of music. Within their first few gigs itself, the blues/electronica/folk/jazz/fusion/pop/rock band created a huge fan following, and now their clientele is extending. This band is currently working on jingles for renowned pubs and restaurants, and for commercial giants as well. There is no stopping or looking back for Fiddlecraft; they are trying their best to make their music heard.
Naman Sachdev is a professional drummer based out of the capital city of India, New Delhi. He is among the few people in the country who are endorsed by any cymbal company. He is currently endorsed with Meinl Cymbals. He loves to cover Bollywood songs and creates his drum renditions. He believes that his instrument should be the significant other of him so that he knows it very well. Naman is also the drummer of a Pune-based metal band called Abraxas.
It won't be wrong to call Armaan Ali Reza Dehlvi a prodigy when it comes to Indian classical instruments and Sufism. Armaan Ali Reza Dehlvi, son of Sadia Dehlvi, Columnist and author of 'Sufism: The Heart of Islam & The Sufi Courtyard', has been studying Indian classical music and tabla since a very young age. He produces a variety of music, plays LIVE at events and also composes background music for short films. Armaan can lay his hands on tanpura, tabla, morchung, darbukha, harmonium, daf, dholak and little bit of guitar.
Hasit Nanda is a professional pianist/keyboardist based out of the capital of India, New Delhi. He is a self-taught musician who joined YouTube in 2007 and uploaded a low-quality video of a song he covered. Next thing he knew: Hasit became a known YouTube personality who plays and teaches new songs on the piano. Earlier, he used to cover popular Bollywood and pop songs, but it was not Expectedly working out. He was then introduced to dubstep and EDM by his friends, which Hasit later started to cover. He was supported by a lot of famous DJs like Hardwell, Zedd, Skrillex, and Tiesto. His YouTube channel has over million of views, and he has been featured in the official Ultra Music Festival. He has also won the International Pirates of the Caribbean Piano competition.
