A magnificent night, starry skies, cool breeze, hilltop amphitheatre surrounded by green lawns.
Arrays of psychedelic lights focused on the stage, towering speaker columns. A fit setting for what was to come.
Indian Ocean start performing, with songs like Khajuraho and Kya Maloom
interspersed with marathon instrumental interludes and jugalbandis
From left, Rahul Ram (Bass guitar), Amit Kilam (Usually drums, here flute), Susmit Sen (Lead Guitar). Asheem Chakravarty (Lead Vocals & Tabla) is not in this picture
Bhor, Bande, Hille le, they play all their classics. The crowd goes in rapture, following the beat with thundering claps, often drowning out the band itself by singing in unison. The band members are as enthused by the response. They conclude with Maa Rewa and Kandisa, and try to take their leave, but fanatic chants asking for an encore force them to return to stage and perform again.
In the end, an ecstatic audience pay homage.
It was barely half-an-hour past midnight however. The night was still young.
Kcor (Pronounced Core. Spelled the reverse of Rock), an upcoming band from Bangalore, took the stage.
The Oceanic Fusion sounds of less than an hour ago were replaced by thundering hard rock & heavy metal. Maiden, Korn, Nirvana and more were played, interspersed by some good (And no less loud) originals.
The headbangers had their fill (And next morning stiff necks)
Some people, however, just lay on the lush grass in front of the speaker columns, letting the music flow through their body while gazing at the stars.
P.S. Rahul Ram is a PhD in Environmental Toxicology from Cornell.
Just for reference, this event happened during Backwaters, the annual fest of K. Night of 22 Jan (going on till morning of 23rd).
P.P.S. Sorry, but the videos can't be posted without risking copyright infringement issues. As a small compensation, here's one of the best sunrise pics of IIMK, taken by Nishant Singh, class of 2006
Arrays of psychedelic lights focused on the stage, towering speaker columns. A fit setting for what was to come.
Indian Ocean start performing, with songs like Khajuraho and Kya Maloom
interspersed with marathon instrumental interludes and jugalbandis
From left, Rahul Ram (Bass guitar), Amit Kilam (Usually drums, here flute), Susmit Sen (Lead Guitar). Asheem Chakravarty (Lead Vocals & Tabla) is not in this picture
Bhor, Bande, Hille le, they play all their classics. The crowd goes in rapture, following the beat with thundering claps, often drowning out the band itself by singing in unison. The band members are as enthused by the response. They conclude with Maa Rewa and Kandisa, and try to take their leave, but fanatic chants asking for an encore force them to return to stage and perform again.
In the end, an ecstatic audience pay homage.
It was barely half-an-hour past midnight however. The night was still young.
Kcor (Pronounced Core. Spelled the reverse of Rock), an upcoming band from Bangalore, took the stage.
The Oceanic Fusion sounds of less than an hour ago were replaced by thundering hard rock & heavy metal. Maiden, Korn, Nirvana and more were played, interspersed by some good (And no less loud) originals.
The headbangers had their fill (And next morning stiff necks)
Some people, however, just lay on the lush grass in front of the speaker columns, letting the music flow through their body while gazing at the stars.P.S. Rahul Ram is a PhD in Environmental Toxicology from Cornell.
Just for reference, this event happened during Backwaters, the annual fest of K. Night of 22 Jan (going on till morning of 23rd).
P.P.S. Sorry, but the videos can't be posted without risking copyright infringement issues. As a small compensation, here's one of the best sunrise pics of IIMK, taken by Nishant Singh, class of 2006
