MANTHAN - The Indus Rock Band
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A diversion from Rock, a twist from Jazz, a flick from Folk & a touch of class is the way we see towards & describe our music. Manthan have a unique blend of various music cultures since we believe in experimenting & not categorizing music just to one stream or genre. Manthan creates music that appeals to one & all. As Manthan, we do not want to confine ourselves to one specific territory of music but to broaden our horizons. We find music as a state of mind & that’s how we define our music. It’s a source of unwinding then creating our unique identity as a group & as an individual. Music is an experiment & journey for Manthan & we have set out to be an original band & to bring up our brand of music, which would not be confined to barriers & languages. Manthan is not merely mixing western instruments with Indian but actually combining the two without tampering the feel & hurting the soul of it.
First of its kind in India, the band focuses on Indus Melodic Music. The band, which wants to stick to, its roots, reach out the masses & create a difference. Our music is not the regular rock or metal or grunge or may be psychedelic. Manthan focuses on a strong melody line & try to keep their music as simple as possible so that everyone & anyone can relate to it. Manthan is comfortable playing Hindi, Punjabi or even Urdu without any language bias, when it comes to pass the message we are trying to convey. Manthan’s entire focus is on the simplicity of music, as we say,
“Anyone can do complicated stuff but simple things are tough to do”.
So much so that today, Manthan is being coined as the only genuine Sufi band in India by our listeners. Manthan, however, continues its quest to bring to the audience, the best they have to offer in the simplest manner possible.
The band came into existence on March 11th 2006. The founder members, Drummer & Percussionist Samrat Chatterjee played with bands like Saptrishi, Indian Leviets among others, Guitarist Ish Anand was with Hundred Octane.
THE MANTHAN LINE UP :
IMRAN KHAN – Vocals
ISH ANAND – Guitar
SAMRAT CHATTERJEE – Drums & Percussions
NIKHIL BAJAJ – Bass Guitar
