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These
were the lines I penned last Friday when I was watching a band called Aghor playing live at Bak Bak Bar. These Score Nights gig have slowly started
becoming a part of my Friday night routine. Guess as long as the entry tickets
are priced within my affordable budget they would continue to stay a part of my
routine.
So
this band Aghor, were
quite a surprise pack for me. I had not heard about the band or the music, not
before I watched them live. It was about curiosity getting better of me, which pushed
me to enlist myself with the Score
Magazines guest list for the evening with a bunch of friends.
One
of the band guys introduced self and his band to the audience. May be it wasn’t
one of the best introduction, it didn’t really seem convincing enough to draw
the attention of the audience. But it all changed when they finished playing
their first song. And then from that moment on they had everyone’s attention
throughout the gig. Their music did the trick what their talks couldn’t. I
still remember what I tweeted after I had heard their first song, “They are called #Aghor. One song down and
I must admit they are good. Long trip ahead! @highonscore at #BakBakBar”
It’s
very difficult to classify as to what genre of music Aghor belongs to. If I
was to generalize and slot them in one particular bucket may be I would call
the bucket “Fusion”. It appeared to me that each member of this band brings to
the table their own distinct flavour of music. The mix of music which my ears
enjoyed that night included Spanish Flamenco, Jazz, Blues, Hindustani classical,
folk and may be more. It was heartening to know that the band members owe their
origin to different places and music united them. The music this band creates
in unison is truly pleasing to all ears and souls.
The band is a
brain child of their lead guitarist, Nikhmal Gartaula from Nepal. Who was
undoubtedly the most amazing performer that night. The other members of the
band who are equally amazing include the vocalist, Jataveda Banerjee (You can
check out some of her songs on soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/tinni-1 ), Shakthidhar
Iyer with the Flute, Mario Stevens on Bass Guitar, Sanjeet on Drums and Sanju
the Percussionist.
Later
I got to know that Aghor
have also been featured in recently released music album "Vayuputras"
by Times Music along with the few other amazing artist such as Taufiq Qureshi and Palash Sen. You
can enjoy some of their music by logging onto http://www.reverbnation.com/aghormusicmystics
All in all it
was yet another amazing score night for me, Yet another memorable Friday night.
These Score Nights have made my love
for music only grow fonder. Music simply takes me into its arm, showers its
warmth and makes me feel alive again.
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