Kuru Circus
Kuru Circus includes Ari Jayaprakash aka Rogue Atari, Chintan Kalra aka IMFL and Rohan Kulshreshtha aka Bass Ninja. The Kuru Circus & Orchestra ensemble constitutes other guest artists who featuring periodically on tour. Having played and toured together for over 5 years now, the new show includes brand new material from IMFL and Rogue Atari’s unreleased studio albums. Kuru Circus was initially conceived as a performance art project which largely incorporated soundscapes to the graphic novel – ‘The Kuru Chronicles’ by Ari Jayaprakash and Anisha Sridhar . However, over the last couple of years, the music has expanded into other songs and soundscapes. These tracks will be released separately, following the debut album album from the band, later this year.
Ari Jayaprakash AKA Rogue Atari: Founder and artist/vocalist of Kuru Circus. He has been working on visuals and soundscapes on the project for half a decade now. He is also the creator of The Kuru Chronicles. He spends his time between Delhi and his studio in Bangalore.
Chintan Kalra: Ex-Bassist of Parikrama, and a legend in the Indian music circuit. His current projects include Think Floyd (Pink Floyd Tribute), Contraband, Mob Marley, Kaal & Kaalia amongst others.
Rohan Kulshreshtha AKA Bass Ninja: Delhi-based music producer and promoter, Rohan has been a part of the project since its inception. When he’s not with Kuru Circus, he’s playing bass with the Peter Cat Recording Company.
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Soundarya Jayachandran
Soundarya, a singer-songwriter from Bangalore was a find as honest as could have hoped for, with her love for her music and passion for song writing and more than anything else, her willingness to work hard for what she wanted to achieve. Soundarya is now a The Stage fame, which was telecasted by Colors Infinity.She stood in the finale and received great appreciation from Judges Vishal Dalani, Ehsaan Noorani, Monica Dogra. Soundaryas new single Unapologetic was telecasted on TH1 and got great response in social media as well. Few of Soundaryas originals are Let Me Go Girl in Black, Big Town, Invectives and Hey Jude.
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Dhruv Sangari is a renowned music performer in India, trained and also given guidance by the legendary maestro late Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khansaheb. He is part of the Rooh ensemble based in New Delhi, India. The troupe shall be paying tribute to the late maestro by performing the timeless poetic works of the great master, embodying the mystic message of peace, love and joy.
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Bombay Bassment
Bombay Bassment is an award winning outfit from Mumbai that combines sounds of Hip-Hop, Reggae, Funk, and Drum & Bass.
With a definitive thought of forming a Drum & Bass band, drummer Levin Mendes and bassist Ruell Barretto got together and combined forces with Robert Omulo aka Bobkat, a veteran emcee, rapper, and DJ, originally from Kenya who formulates his lyrics and sound around the rhythms of his life and Chandrashekhar Kunder aka Major C, a DJ with over 15 years of experience of the Mumbai Hip-Hop scene under his belt.
Over the years the band has shared stages with Snoop Dogg, The Wailers, Gentlemans Dub Club, Young the Giant, Will & The People, and Apache Indian who has even joined them on stage for their rendition of Manu Chaos King of the Bongo.
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Dhruv Sangari is a renowned Sufi music performer in India. He was trained and also given guidance by the legendary qawwali and classical maestro late Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khansaheb. He is part of the Rooh ensemble based in New Delhi, India. The troupe shall be paying tribute to the late maestro by performing the timeless poetic works of the great master, embodying the mystic message of peace, love and joy.
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THE FANCULOS:
The Fanculos was dreamt up by half-Italian, half-Guyanese, British-born musician Ramon Ibrahim. Ramon was heavily influenced at an early age by British Ska bands such as The Specials, The Beat, Madness, etc. and set about writing an original set based on his own interpretation of Ska and other things.
The Fanculos set is a mixture of high energy ska, dub, reggae, funk and even more high-energy SKA! The main focus of this 5-piece band is live performance, audience interaction, good times and just general fanculery!
Line-Up:
Saurab Suman – Bass
Ryan Sadri – Tenor Sax
Vinay Lobo – Guitars, Backing Vocals
Ramon Ibrahim –
Vocals, Keys, Trombone
RUDY ROOTS:
With 13 years of experience as DJ in France and abroad, Rudy Roots spent the 3 last years oragnizing reggae parties in Goa, India, performing and promoting the reggae genre in that place that was until then reserved for GOA trance music.
Rudy Roots is ready to show his DJ’s skills in festivals in Europe.
Talented DJ, he brings the level high with great selection of modern reggae, accurate mixes and positive vibes!
He played in few countries of Asia, especially India (Goa, Mumbai, Bangalore, Pune, Hyderabad etc.) but also Hong Kong, Katmandu, Sri Lanka, passing through Istanbul, Tel Aviv throughout the years.
He gets the experience and adapts to different crowds.
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WTS NewsNischay Parekh is an award winning, sushi-loving songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist. He has been writing and playing shows since he was 11 years old. He has since played sold out shows at acclaimed music festivals such as ‘A Summers Day Festival’ (2013) and multiple editions of the ‘Bacardi Nh7 Weekender’. His first album “Ocean” was released to public and critical acclaim. He was also selected to participate in the 2014 edition of the Red Bull Music Academy in Tokyo. His music is a precise mix of chance, joy and personality.
Jivraj Singh is an internationally recording and touring beat-poet, designer and producer who has been called one of the hottest drummers on the planet by Nitin Sawhney. He is rapidly becoming the go-to-guy for futuristic collaborations, at home, and away. One of 60 participants at 2011s Red Bull Music Academy in Madrid, Jivraj recorded with Rhyes Robin Hannibal; long-time David Bowie producer Tony Visconti; and performed live at a lecture with Bootsy Collins. Whether hes playing percussion, electronics, objects, software or dropped into a situation with nothing at all, Jivraj sounds like himself. Sometimes this means cerebral coldness, sometimes it means tropical blood.
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The Indonesian Music Professor & Concert Pianist Deviana has spent a great deal of her life abroad (36 years) particularly in Japan, Thailand, Germany & Switzerland, to embark on the Music world as an artist with several record albums, pianist, vocalist, arranger, composer, conductor and Music educator.
Deviana is currently active as professor for arranging/orchestration, piano, history of performing arts and performing arts management in Jakarta and as the head of the Indonesian creative team working on Indonesia Performing Arts collaboration with Germany, Australia, USA and UK.
Deviana considers the performance at the Pianoman with the Indian fellow musicians as the beginning of the future regular collaboration between India and Indonesia.
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Shadow and Light was born on a cold November afternoon in New Delhi, from the efforts of two people – Pavithra Chari and Anindo Bose; to unlock the potential within a few notes of music. The styles of music infused in the compositions are Hindustani classical, pop, jazz, and electronic. The vibe is contemporary and cinematic.
With over two years of songwriting, the duo released their debut self-titled album in June 2014. The songs on the album are written about personal milestones and obstacles, about the eternal mystery that we call life and the little everyday things that matter to us most. Shadow & Light have played at festivals and venues across the country including Friends of Music, Chandigarh Jazz Festival, DIY Festival and Fete de la Musique. In 2015, they were chosen as the 1st runner ups of the Sennheiser top 50 competition and won the opportunity to record with one of Bollywoods top production studios – Flying Carpet Productions. The band released their second album ‘Elements’ in February 2016 as well as a music video ‘Dua’ with Pepsi MTV Indies. Shadow and light were also invited to shoot with Kappa TV – a Malayalam speciality music television channel from the Mathrubhumi group with programs like Music Mojo.
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