Maalavika Sundar will carry out a mixture of covers and originals at The Hindu Music and Meals Pageant -2024
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Festivals, virtually by definition, must be egalitarian and collaborative. Music festivals particularly, since artwork is a good leveller. In a cultural milieu, it really doesn’t take a lot effort to interrupt class and caste limitations. The Hindu’s upcoming 10-act musical occasion aspires to attain precisely this by bringing musicians of various genres on a single platform
The 2-day celebration will discover Chennai’s music ecosystem, which, though is understood for its proclivity to custom, is evolving to embrace new settings and sounds. The competition additionally marks the fruits of The Hindu’s 45-day Fabricated from Chennai marketing campaign to commemorate Madras Day. The marketing campaign was about trying again (385 years) and searching forward.
On the competition, classical, gaana, hip hop, rap and movie songs will give listeners a peek into this metropolis’s distinctive ethos.
Says Badhri Narayanan Seshadri, who conceived MMM (Motta Maadi Music), and can carry out on the competition, “Although Chennai is well-liked throughout the globe for Carnatic music, there may be area right here for different genres too. Impartial musicians have tapped into it with nice success.”
Motta Maadi Music has moved from the terrace to the worldwide stage
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The now nine-member group, which started acting on motta maadi for enjoyable, has moved onto the proscenium and travelling world wide. “Wherever we go, we create the environment of a thiruvizha to showcase Tamil music,” says Badhri.
Past boundaries
With Chennai’s rasikas turning into extra receptive to progressive shows, Carnatic musicians are trying past the repertoire to have interaction with the artwork type in thrilling methods. The classically-trained playback singer Haricharan, who has been performing with bands for greater than a decade says, although music festivals in Chennai have sealed their place in Carnatic music historical past, they, of late, have been sparking future visions. “Musicians appear to be experiencing a new-found freedom as they’re stepping out of their consolation zone to create a novel soundscape.
For the previous one-year, Haricharan has been performing with the Drums Kumaran Collective. “I put collectively the collective led by drummer Kumaran. They’re all wonderful musicians. I’ve been recording with them. I’ve already launched three songs and there are extra to return. Although we are actually engaged on covers, we plan to give you some originals quickly,” says the singer.
Singer Haricharan with members of Kumaran Drums Collective
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Songs of resistance
Formed by broad cultures and cutting-edge tech, trendy music festivals are echoing with repressed voices and rarely-heard sounds. That’s how Chennai’s rap star Arivu discovered a medium to sing his songs of resistance, highlighting the social and cultural isolation of subaltern artistes. At musical occasions, together with members of his Ambassa band, Arivu connects with the viewers by way of his message-driven gaana and folks paatu. By way of his rebellious singles and albums, he has proven how music can be utilized to talk your coronary heart out.
Singer Maalavika Sundar is delighted about how festivals are turning into websites liberated from typical guidelines. An everyday at ‘Poti’ (she participated in Tremendous Singer season 3 and was a finalist at Indian Idol), which by the way is the identify of a monitor from her soon-to-be launched album Yezhundhen Nimirndhen Nadandhen. “Paradoxically, ‘Poti’ is about how every one among us is exclusive and there’s no have to run the rat race,” says the singer-actor.
The Tamil rapper Arivu has been making waves together with his songs of resistance
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Maalavika credit the town for her cultural orientation. “Artwork is embedded in its ethos. My Carnatic music grounding has helped me realise my inventive power. It additionally offers me and my music a definite identification within the indie world, and it’s nice feeling. What’s most heartening is that the music fraternity and listeners right here have change into open-minded. This has made life simpler for artistes like me, who love music with out boundaries.”
With the scope of festivals rising over time, many have diversified, mixing music with meals or journey. At The Hindu competition too choicest cuisines from 40 meals joints shall be served. It’s all about selection in tune and style. And that’s Chennai.
The rocking line up
Haricharan and D Kumaran Collective
Motta Maadi Music
Arivu and The Ambassa Band
Maalavika Sundar
Emcee Jesz
JHANU- Tamil Metallic band
Paul Jacob and Isaivani-Gaana
Workplace Gaana
Gowwli- The Band
The competition will held at Island Grounds on September 14 and 15 from 4 p.m.
Printed – September 05, 2024 12:34 pm IST
