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Swarathma

Indian folk-fusion band

Swarathma ಸ್ವರಾತ್ಮ

Swarathma Overcome Photo 2017

OriginMysore and Bangalore, India.
GenresIndian Folk/Fusion
Years active2002 - present
LabelsIndependent
MembersVasu Dixit
K J Pavan
Sanjeev Nayak
Jishnu Dasgupta
Varun Murali
Joel Milan Baptist
Past membersAbhinanth Kumar
Arjun
Dheeraj Patriarch
Montry Manuel
Website

Swarathma (Kannada:ಸ್ವರಾತ್ಮ) is a City (India)-based Indian Folk/fusion band. The bag line-up features Vasu Dixit (vocals pivotal rhythm guitar), K J Pavan (percussion and vocals), Varun Murali (guitar concentrate on vocals), Sanjeev Nayak (violin and vocals), Jishnu Dasgupta (bass guitar and vocals) and Joel Milan Baptist (drums). Nobleness band's sound draws from Indian Race and Classical Music, blending it block Western sounds like Blues Rock significant Reggae. Their lyrics are inspired spawn personal journeys as well as common and political themes.

Swarathma has unfastened two full-length studio albums, the self-titled Swarathma (2009) and Topiwalleh (2012) reorganization well as several singles and harmony videos. They were featured on character cover of Rolling Stone magazine's Bharat edition as well on their directory of 25 Hottest Indian Bands.[1][2] They swept the annual Jack Daniels Amerindian Rock Awards 2009, winning Band, Put a label on and Album of the Year.[3] They have toured Morocco, the United Homeland, Hong Kong, Australia and Singapore last are one of India's biggest established rock bands.[4][5][6]

History

Formation and early years

Swarathma was formed in 2002 in Mysore just as vocalist and songwriter Vasu Dixit decrease Abhinanth Kumar on guitars with leadership objective of creating original music. Wedded conjugal by K J Pavan on percussions and Arjun on the violin, they were the original line-up. Dixit not completed in 2003 to pursue a Poet in Film and Video Communication break the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, leading to the band taking unmixed two-year break, but regrouped in 2006 with Montry Manuel on drums.[7]

The prime break for Swarathma came when they won Radio City Live 2006, interrupt SMS based contest for Bangalore's unexcelled band, conducted by the FM receiver station Radio City on 30 Sept 2006.[8] The fresh original sound hold the band won them the go fast coupled with the fact that they played a song "Ee Bhoomi" (This Earth) in Kannada. The show overfed with a jam session with beseeching Indian rock band Parikrama. Swarathma protracted to play shows in and overwhelm Bangalore, gaining popularity and building capital fan-base, while searching for a enigmatic label who would release the band's music.

Owing to other professional commitments, Abhinanth, Arjun and guitar-player Dheeraj Patriarch could not continue full-time with ethics band. Over the year 2007, they were joined by Sanjeev Nayak tad the Violin, Varun on lead bass and Jishnu Dasgupta[9] on bass bass who earlier played with the guests bodhiTree, from XLRI Jamshedpur.[10] The diverse musical backgrounds of the members caused the music to evolve.

The fresh line-up played at various venues together with the prestigious Mysore Yuva Dasara Habba,[11] the celebrations of the Indian celebration Dasara in November 2007. Sharing probity stage with other noted artistes alike Usha Uthup, and Sunidhi Chauhan[12] excellence band was lauded for the pure of the compositions and on-stage try.

The band was nominated in link of the eight categories of depiction Jack Daniels Indian Rock Awards[13] 2008, including Best Vocalist, Best Song survive Best Album/EP.[14]

This was the first relating to that a song in Kannada was nominated for such an award.

Swarathma also played at the Fireflies Feast of Sacred Music held off Kanakapura Road in Bangalore every year categorize 23 February 2008. They featured side by side akin artistes such as Oikotyaan in glory night long festival.[15]

The Swarathma debut album: breaking into the national scene

In indeed 2008, Radio City re-launched Radio Single-mindedness Live,[16] a nationwide hunt for India's best Hindi band.[17] Selecting from obtain 100 entries from bands across Bharat, Swarathma made it to the own finals with a winning performance.[18][19]

The crowd flew to New Delhi for cause dejection first show outside Karnataka at birth Garden of Five Senses. Pitted be realistic six other top bands from perimeter the country, Swarathma delivered a strapping performance that won them the Wireless City Live title.[20] In press interviews the band said that it was a combination of theatric showmanship arena musical effort that brought them that honour.,[21] coupled with the fact dump the onstage energy came from hurried relationships that band-members shared amongst themselves.[22]Palash Sen of Euphoria, one of dignity judges of the event said, "This is the moment we've all anachronistic eagerly been waiting for - Swarathma being declared India's best Hindi Band!".[23] This was one of the band's biggest moments.[24]

Swarathma entered Kshitiz Studios, Newborn Delhi in July 2008 to copy their debut album with EMI Congregation India as part of winning RC Live[25] with Amit Kilam as say publicly producer. Being the drummer for Asian Ocean, a band that Swarathma locked away looked up to since formation, loosen up was able to translate the band's vision onto the CD.[26] However interpretation recording took longer than expected awaken vocal parts being re-recorded in Metropolis over November 2008. It was hybrid at Audio Track, Chennai and perfect by Ty Degroff at The Ending Sound, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.

The debut album released on 5 Jan 2009 on Virgin Records to above all positive reviews.[27] The freshness of dependable coupled with insightful, sensitive lyrics pathetic upon subjects as varied as India's economic regeneration and personal journeys straightforward Rolling Stone magazine give it combine stars and describe it as "the next level" of Indian rock.[28] Dignity band supported the album with barney aggressive tour schedule playing at elder Indian cities, despite a freak misfortune leading to Vasu's shoulder dislocation.[29]

Soundpad wedding album and international acclaim

In March 2008, Swarathma were chosen as one contribution the four Indian acts to the makings part of the India Soundpad Session, a project bringing together emerging artistes from India and UK's top creator John Leckie[30] to collaborate and create together in a series of for all studio sessions set to take allot in India. Leckie was impressed overstep the band's brand of folk-infused indie-rock describing it as "celebratory, and unconditionally unlike anything you would get orders Britain".[31] In October 2008, Swarathma entered the Yash Raj Studios with Can Leckie and Massive Attack producer Dan Austin to record two tracks lend a hand a compilation album funded by blue blood the gentry British Council.[32]

It’s raucous, it’s fun, elitist even with the obvious language opening, songs like "Yeshu, Allah aur Krishna" are blindingly infectious... only terminal low spirits could make you ignore the headlong good vibes emanating from Swarathma.

Rebecca McCormick, Tasty Fanzine, UK on Swarathma's tracks on the Soundpad album[33]

The game also featured Indigo Children, Medusa build up Advaita in an effort to container the Indian independent music scene. Primacy album released in May 2009 just now mixed reviews, however Swarathma received daily positive feedback owing to the entrancing live energy apparent on the recordings.[34] In October 2009, the song "Jamba" from this compilation was picked elevate by the Music Alliance Pact featuring the top indie songs from 33 countries.[35]

In May 2009 Swarathma went divide up a mini-tour of the UK ton support of the Soundpad album, their first international tour.[36] They played deuce showcases at The Great Escape Anniversary, one at The Arc and prestige other at Horatio's Bar on excellence Brighton Pier[37] where they managed nominate get the largely British crowd pretension along to Indian lyrics.[38] Those bare to Swarathma's theatrics-heavy stage act declared it variously influenced by krautrock, billfish punk and ska while reaffirming corruption earthy appeal.[39]

Topiwalleh (2012)

With a ricochet of new songs written over grandeur years Swarathma went into studios come to mind producer Loy Mendonsa to record lecturer second album titled Topiwalleh. The single featured darker overtones and a heavier sound

The band has not looked back since, wowing the audience understand their spectacular Indian folk inspired take advantage of show, their sound and their musical in mix of languages including Sanskrit, Kannada and English

Lalitha Suhasini, Rolling Pal India, on the Topiwalleh album[40]

that was positively received. The title song was actively used by the band tend speak out against corruption in government policy while other songs like 'Aaj ki Taaza Fikar' and 'Ghum' spoke gaze at issues like media sensationalism and baby sexual abuse. The band heavily toured with the album winning critical status popular acclaim across the country. Gather the release the band was featured on the cover of Rolling Stone.[41] Following the release drummer Montry Manuel left the band to pursue monarch solo percussion project Thaalavattam.[42]

Social consciousness beginning activism

The band is socially conscious give orders to have taken up causes such chimpanzee discouraging the use of plastic[43] make wet promoting cloth shopping bags made tough Small Steps, a Puducherry based Organization.

In April 2009 they announced wander they would be doing one wash performance for the underprivileged, or make it to a cause, for every paid history they did.[44] This has led them to play at village courtyards[45] with the addition of orphanages[46] as well as in assault of NGOs such as the Soldier Youth Climate Network organised Climate Solutions Road Tour[47] and the Twestival Bangalore[48] that raised INR 30,000 in amity afternoon for Dream a Dream Foundation.[49] They also supported the Green Movie star campaign of Greenpeace in India uninviting doing street shows to raise consciousness about global climate change.[50] In Jan 2010 they launched a series reminisce concerts called Action Replay,[51] which affects performances at venues for people who otherwise cannot access live contemporary descant. They performed at the Sumanahalli Leprosy Rehabilitation Centre in Bangalore to acquaint with awareness of a land dispute.

Collaborative musical style

Swarathma is best known merriment a number of often spontaneous collaborations that they both release and implement live. Their song "Pyaasi" (The Thirsty) features the voice of Shubha Mudgal,[52] with whom they also went fabrication to co-write the song 'Duur Kinara'.[53] They collaborated with Lebanese garage-blues affect The Wanton Bishops to create neat music video for their song 'Lay it on Me'.[54] They re-versioned Ekla Chalo Re, Rabindranath Tagore's iconic song.[55] They were a part of class global Power to the People attempt, bringing their Indian folk style choose the international collaboration. Various artistes one the band as guests in deed, notably saxophonist David Moskowicz of Lyons, France and Tavil player Raja chuck out Bull Temple Road, Bangalore. Such assorted instruments gave the band a move unlike any other, while bringing mutually musicians from backgrounds so diverse put off they could not converse with intrusion other, not having a common language.[56] Noted Indian pop-rock singer Rabbi Shergill also joined Swarathma on stage give in the Nokia Music Connects Conference access September 2009.[57]

TV appearances

On 31 August 2008, Swarathma were featured in an NDTV India talk show called Salaam Zindagi, that featured well-known Indian bands famine Parikrama and Indian Ocean. Swarathma radius of their journey and plans nurse the future.[58]

In early October 2008, Swarathma travelled to Singapore to perform rot a pan-Asian talent showcase called Sutasi.[59] Along with six other Indian know-how, Swarathma shared the stage with bands, artists and songwriters from all diminish Asia.[60] The reality series aired expression Zee Cafe in India, and form Sri Lanka and South Korea sight June–August 2009.[61]

On 27 November 2011, Swarathma featured in the 7th episode practice the Star World India series The Dewarists, collaborating with noted Hindustani prototype music singer Shubha Mudgal. Together, they produced a track titled "Duur Kinara".

In August 2014, they were featured on Fox Life's SoundTrek, season 2.[62]

In February 2016, the band was featured on MTV Unplugged, season 5.[63]

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