Tis the season of album releases in the city! A number of local bands and a few artistes too, are gearing up to release their albums in the following months. Prior to their release, some bands are using various strategies for the launch of their videos as well as audio clip teasers and images of the album artwork to cause an epic-build up for their fans and followers! To make things easier, we give you a round-up of upcoming local albums to watch out for…
Dr. Prakash Sonatakke Group — Progressive Raga
Dr Prakash Sonatakke Group comprises Dr Prakash Sonatakke an Electric Lap Steel guitarist, Karthik Mani, drummer and percussionist, Shadrach Solomon, keyboardist and Kedar Nayak bass player. They are releasing their first album, Progressive Raga on October 9 at 6 pm at the Alliance Francaise in the city. It is a concept music album from the group, which explores the flexibility of Indian classical music that easily lends and blends itself to the music of other genres. The album, juxtaposes Indian classical notes to the sounds of music from across the world, bringing an intense fusion of global and contemporary melodies. Each of the seven tracks featured in Progressive Raga were recorded live, using purely the sounds provided by the instruments and the vocals. Available across all digital platforms including iTunes, Saavn, Soundcloud, Google Play and more.
Quarantine — Decadence
Quarantine, the five member groove metal band which features Sukruth Mallesh and Akash Shivakumar on guitars, Kiran Kumar on bass, Siddhanth Sarkar, as vocalist and Shreyas Ramesh on drums, recently released their debut album Decadence. The band started to work on the seven track album three years ago, which boasts of collaborations with a number of upcoming local talent. The album is aggressive, according to the band but it expresses their feelings towards humiliation and politics they have had to suffer as a young band.
Available across all digital platforms including iTunes, Saavn, Soundcloud, Google Play and more.
The Chronic Blues Circus — Kaliyuga Blues 3
The Chronic Blues Circus celebrates 25 years of music this year with the release of their third album Kaliyuga Blues 3 on October 7 at The Humming Tree. When they first started, they were the only Blues band for many years. The line up of the band is Aanchal and Shreyas on drums and percussion, Mukut and Raveen Pandey on Keyboards and vocals, Peter Isaac and Owen Bosen on guitar, harps and vocals, Rajni Shivaram on vocals and Sangeeta Hosea on bass, guitar and vocals. "We get the inspiration for our music from the blues, Bengaluru, India,
and its people," says Peter about their tracks. The album will be available online.
Clown With A Frown — L.I.T
Formed back in 2011, the band consisting of Jonathan Reuben on guitar, Keerthana Sudarshan, the vocalist, Aashish Paul the bassist, Pradyun Manoj on Keyboards and Pramod Pratap the drummer, set out to redefine dance music by revolutionising sounds from the 70's era. They are all set to drop their debut album L.I.T (Love Intoxication) later this month. Available across all digital platforms including iTunes, Saavn, Soundcloud, Google Play and more.
One Girl Shy — We're All Mad Here
Bengaluru-based alternative folk band One Girl Shy, featuring Akhilesh Kumar, Kevin Vineeth Kumar, Kerrie Smith, Shravan Sridhar, Archana Iyer, and Megha Shankar are set to release their debut album We're All Mad Here, early this November. Founded in September 2014 by Akhilesh Kumar. The debut album, which entails eight songs, is an amalgamation of things people talk about, but don't necessarily give enough thought to. In Akhilesh's words, this album is, “An amalgamation of my ideologies, the band's ideologies. The songs primarily shed light on the freedom you get when you break through society's conventions.” However, we're been careful to not spread feelings of animosity of rebellion, while putting the message across about how important it is to do your thing, and not give a damn about what everybody else has to say. The album will be available online.
Rishabh Iyer aka Worms' Cottage — Standing Feathers
With one album and an EP to his name, Bengaluru artiste Rishabh Iyer, aka Worms' Cottage's new album Standing Feathers has a strong lyric game. In a previous interview, he said that he sings about "different thoughts and feelings that tend to creep up at night." Inspired by staying inside rather than wandering outdoors, here's a bonus: The 12-track album is the first release by Bengaluru label Consolidate, founded by producer Rahul Giri (from downtempo electronic music duo Sulk Station)
