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Artiste of the month>> Fuzzculture Have you booked your tickets yet? elhi-based electro-rock duo FuzzCulture tried to apply it wherever possible. That said, NH7 Weekender, ‘the happiest music have been around since 2012 and their of course, Srijan and I have our differences; so festival,’ has announced its first phase debut album, No, released in May this the grooviness in FuzzCulture comes from him D of tickets on sale, with its pre-sale year, has already garnered great reviews. and the weirdness from me. Winners of VIMA Asia Awards in the ‘Thank I was a hardcore metal guy and was into stuff tickets sold out already. The festival You For Existing’ category in 2014, the band like Slayer, but most of my friends were into will be held in Delhi, , , comprising seasoned artistes Arsh Sharma and grunge and pop. So at heart, I was a lonely and, for the first time, Srijan Mahajan is one of the hottest acts in metal kid, but I eventually ended up being between October 23 and December 6. the city at the moment. In conversation influenced by a lot of grunge and pop as well. Head to insider.in for details. with Arsh Sharma, guitarist/vocalist/producer Could you take us through your working On the topic of tickets, those of Fuzzculture: style and your plans for FuzzCulture? Considering you and Srijan Mahajan are I usually write the basic structure of our songs from different musical backgrounds, how and Srijan finishes them. We run a studio did the idea of putting your styles together together, and I’d initially done about 16 songs as part of FuzzCulture come about? that somehow shared a similar vibe, so we Srijan (percussionist) and I practically grew decided to put them all together into an album. up together and we’d been jamming since we That’s how No was conceived. were 12-13 years old. We were busy with our At the moment, we are touring extensively own projects later on. While I started playing and working at getting better slots at music with The Circus, an alternative rock band, festivals, and hopefully performing abroad too. Srijan was (and continues to be) part of acts We’ve already started collaborating with some such as Parikrama and Half Step Down. We artistes and a new album might just pop up by teamed up after a long time and did a chill jam mid next year. So yes, we don’t have much of a few years ago and that’s how we decided to a life. get back together and make music with just the You can track the band on guitar and the vocals. I’d anyway been making www.facebook.com/fuzzculture for close to 8-10 years, so we incorporated the beats and turned electronic. It seemed like a natural step. Good to know What was the kind of music you grew up Line-up Arsh Sharma (The Circus), Srijan Mahajan attending Ziro Festival of Music in Ziro, on and how has performing with different (Parikrama, Half Step Down) Arunachal Pradesh from September 24 bands helped both of you as artistes? Genre Electronica/rock to 27 can avail of travel packages and The Circus has been a big part of my childhood Influences Metal, grunge, pop camping/accommodation packages by really. I’ve learnt a lot from the experience and Where New Delhi booking online on http://zirofestival. com/getting-there and http:// zirofestival.com/camping.

Headbangers alert It’s been a good year for Mumbai- Album review >> Climax by Peter Cat Recording Co. based metal band Demonic Gig Calendar >> Resurrection. They won the Best Band pace jazz is now a thing. And Delhi-based band leanings in Flies. Elsewhere in Portrait Of A Time The Music Festival award at the Rolling Stone Metal SPeter Cat Recording Co. celebrates it in all its glory and Copulations, the band sticks to the jazzy, old (TMF)—Season 3 (http:// Awards (RSMA) early this year. In in their new album, Climax. If you’ve been following school, nostalgia-drenched sound that has come themusicfestival.in/), ft. addition, the band are set to take the band, you must be familiar with their musical style, to define them over the last few years. Namonia, Motherjane, Agam, Indus their music across three countries this which is heavily inspired by everything from cabaret a subtle reference to our prime minister perhaps, Creed, Lagori, Mad Orange month. The first week of August (5th- and waltz to techno and Bollywood. brims with gypsy influences, and weirdly enough, Fireworks, etc. 8th) will see them play at the Brutal With Climax, PCRC push the envelope just a little every time Sawnhey says Namonia, it sounds like When August 1 to 14 Assault Festival in Czech Republic, more. The addition of Kartik Pillai, a talented musician pneumonia. In Future Soul, a beautifully arranged Where Across multiple and on August 30, they head to Sri and multi-instrumentalist, sure gives the album a slow jam number, vocalist Suryakant Sawhney lets venues in Chennai. Lanka to perform at the Maelstrom creative edge. Pillai also plays with Begum, a lo-fi his voice drawl and sigh in his typical world-weary Festival in Colombo. In the first week of experimental band based in Delhi, and his dream pop way. Climax is not a major deviation from the band’s KRUNK Live featuring and experimental elements complement PCRC’s musical earlier album, Sinema. It is, however, quirkier, far Soulspace and Chabb September, they are slated to perform style. It helps that the various members of the band more intriguing and elaborate. While it’s not an When August 8 in Kathmandu, Nepal, as part of the have their own side projects because you can see these instantly likeable album or a sound that will appeal Where Bonobo, Bandra Metal For Nepal Festival. More power diverse influences spilling into the songs. Like the use to everyone, it certainly grows on you. West, Mumbai. to the band!

of trumpets in eerie opener Clouds or the electronica Download the album on www.pcrc.in/climax. W o r d s Ha rini S rir a m

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