Baja at a earlier version of Freedom Jam
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One in all Bengaluru’s most beloved music mainstays, Freedom Jam, returns to the stage on August 14 at Bangalore Worldwide Centre in Domlur. Maintaining with their ethos of a free gig (“no bread!” because the live performance sequence is subtitled), Freedom Jam is constructed on the again of 26 years of stay music, with the occasion being formally energetic since 1997.
Typically holding performances on Independence Day and Republic Day, this yr the long-running sequence will host 4 bands throughout generations and genres for a mid-week jam like no different.
A part of the lineup are Sarjapur Blues Band with founders Dr. Shekhar Seshadri (additionally a famend psychologist at NIMHANS) on vocals and guitars alongside guitarist Vinoo Mathews. They name themselves the “workingman’s, underground, back-street, authentic, eclectic, rhythm and blues form of band.”
Anticipate songs like ‘Don’t Drop Your Ego,’ ‘Bounce It’ and ‘Woman Nicotine,’ all of which align with Freedom Jam’s theme for this version of performing authentic music.
The Sarjapur Blues Band will probably be joined by seasoned rock band The Unknowns, whose set can pay tribute to their late guitarist Stephen Joseph aka Steve. In keeping with the organisers, The Unknowns will carry out songs off Steve’s Carnatic fusion album Welcome To The Journey at Freedom Jam this week.
Giddy Hoo
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“Steve had not solely made The Unknowns town’s best basic rock band, however he additionally pioneered many inventions to make the electrical guitar sound like veena, mridangam and violin. Now the subsequent technology, Steve’s multitalented sons and nephews proceed the custom with Sunil Steven adept in any respect the fusion strategies,” the occasion description provides.
Alongside a celebration of Steve’s life at Freedom Jam is equal quantities of enjoyable, courtesy Baja, which counts Freedom Jam founder Siddhartha Patnaik amongst its band members. In their very own phrases, Baja “can not play a canopy to save lots of their lives”. They as an alternative provide up remixes of songs corresponding to ‘Vande Mataram’ and ‘Surangani’ in addition to their long-running numbers ‘Cash Runnin Out,’ ‘AlooGobi Rhythm’ and extra. Baja’s model contains “a mix of desi ‘tapankuthu’ rhythms with rock blues chord patterns.”
Simply as Baja have been regulars at just about each version of Freedom Jam, a latest addition to lineups on the live performance sequence has been native rock band Giddy Hoo. With 4 tracks out thus far, the band is more likely to play songs like ‘Why Ought to I Scare,’ ‘Mount Rock,’ ‘Fatus’ and ‘Pilgrim and the Creed.’ They’re now immersed in recording their debut album as properly. The occasion description provides, “Two brothers from the South and two from the Northeast, the band has this potential to sway rock audiences with their energetic performances and catchy enviornment rock.”
Freedom Jam has, previously, offered stay music in public areas in addition to native pubs, typically establishing in a multi-venue, multi-day format. Internet hosting everybody from Raghu Dixit to Thermal And A Quarter, prog rock band Rainburn and extra, Freedom Jam stays liked and lauded for being all about enjoyable and selling unbiased music from town.
RSVP at no cost entry to Freedom Jam on August 14 at Bangalore Worldwide Centre, through freedomjam.in
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