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Beyond `Bhor'
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Bandish Projekt returns with a new album and a Bollywood flick
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MAKING WAVES Mayur Narvekar and Udayan Sagar PHOTO: K.RAMESH BABU
Ever imagined how the electronic dance version of the Devdas song would sound? Awesome, if the euphoria that it generated on the dance floor last weekend at Liquids Again was any measure. Bringing it to revellers in town was the duo behind the mix, Mayur Narvekar and Udayan Sagar a.k.a. Bandish Projekt.
And there could have not been a better live gig to wrap up the Mediterranean lounge's anniversary bash. Apart from more Bollywood singles on the mix there was one of title track of popular soap Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, their trademark live Indian Carnatic vocals and percussion mix and some new tracks from their forthcoming album that follows their much acclaimed Bhor (Isha Koppikar only added TRPs to their chart topping cover).
"We have to finish two more tracks. We plan to release the album in August," says Mayur. The cover will be released in UK on the group's Bheja Fry records while it will be also available on their website. "There is a massive response to our kind of music worldwide," says Udayan.
The duo recently represented India in Clandestino world music conference. "Indian classical sounds have been far left behind in the Bollywood music wave. We try to show the other sound of Indian music. We would be featuring a lot of folk artists in our new album. During our recent trip here we are recording sound bytes from local artists in Gujarat, Rajasthan and other states," says Mayur.
This apart what's keeping them busy is their Bollywood projects. "We have done the background score for Manya Patil's (Smita Patil's sister) Dubai Returned. The score is a mix of old Bollywood music with new electro feel. It was partly shot in Dubai. It's a dark comedy," says Udayan. But the central interest for the duo will be creating their kind of live mix for the dance floor. "We make a different music genre. We are trying to put new sounds in dance music. If you look at fusion music, it has a niche audience. We make the same sound as electronic dance music," says Udayan. And revellers can't have enough of them.
SYEDA FARIDA
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