Anjalie got us a few tickets for a concert at some God-forsaken college called PESIT, Located at Banshankari. Unfortunately she couldn’t make it. The band – Antharagni, genre – fusion (or so they claim).
When we (Srikanth, Susk, Roshan & me) arrived PESIT’s band- Phenome was opening. They did a few gimmick-laden numbers including a Dream Theatre cover. Overall not bad, but could be better. Antharagni takes over. The band consists of a violin, bass, acoustic & electric guitar and of course percussion. The percussionist – Gopinath looks like I.M. Vijayan (FC Cochin fame) dressed up like a vellichappadu. They played quite well. U had the usual folksy songs getting the fusion treatment. The transition from the violin bits to the electric guitar bits wasn’t smooth, which left me w/ a conclusion that the band needed one more violinist to smoothen transition. Apart from the many numbers they did, they played 2 great instrumental pieces. The latter one was the highlight. After that piece, there were 4 more songs all upbeat & top-notch. The band was good & the line-up reminded me of an Acoustic Alchemy album – Arcanum. The violin did give the band a unique sound. It was an evening well spent.
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