Indian Ocean

Formed in the early 90’s Indian Ocean has been one of the spearheads of the Indian Rock Scene. Their unique sound of Contemporary Rock mixed with classical, jazz and fusion have earned them a cult following. Their band has managed to maintain this inimitable sound in all their albums and have attained some rave reviews from the critics. Some of the themes of their songs are Sufism, environmentalism and mythology.

Definitely exclusive in what they do, Indian Ocean have toured all over India and played all across the globe.

Raghu Dixit

The Raghu Dixit Project is the country’s foremost folk-rock band, started by Raghu Dixit. It is meant to be an open house for musicians and artists from different genres to come together, collaborate and create a dynamic sound and impression.

Lesle Lewis

Lesle Lewis is an Indian composer, best known for his work in Colonial Cousins, a duo composed of Lewis and Hariharan, perhaps one of the first fusion bands in India. Lesle Peter Lewis was exposed to and influenced by the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton in boarding school. With these diverse musical influences, Lewis soon began plucking guitar chords at the Cafe Royal, Oberoi Towers. Later, he had the opportunity of recording with renowned film music directors. He is also instrumental in the process of setting up Coke Studio in India, and is its Music Director.

Swarathma

Swarathma is a Bangalore based Indian Folk/fusion band. The current line up features Vasu Dixit (vocals and rhythm guitar), Pavan Kumar K J (percussion and backing vocals), Montry Manuel (drums), Varun (lead guitar), Sanjeev Nayak (violin) and Jishnu Dasgupta (bass guitar and backing vocals). The band was nominated in three of the eight categories of the Jack Daniels Indian Rock Awards 2008, including Best Vocalist, Best Song and Best Album/EP. Their debut album released on 5th January 2009 on Virgin Records to mostly positive reviews. The freshness of sound coupled with insightful, sensitive lyrics touching upon subjects as varied as India's economic regeneration and personal journeys made Rolling Stone magazine give it four stars and describe it as "the next level" of Indian rock.

Soulmate

Soulmate is a north-east India based Blues band, which came together in Shillong, in February 2003. Soulmate is primarily made up of Rudy Wallang (Guitar/Vocals/Songwriter) and Tiptiti TIPS Kharbangar (Vocals/Guitar). Soulmate gained nationwide recognition and popularity within the Jazz and Blues circles in India after they became the only Blues band to represent the country at the 23rd International Blues Challenge organized by The Blues Foundation of America, in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, in February 2007. As of Feb 2009, Soulmate is known to have released two albums- Shillong and Moving On.

Faridkot

We call it Confused Pop. Why “Confused”? We hope someone can help us solve that riddle soon. We suppose the confusion mostly comes in once you hear a mix of pop vocals, bluesy guitars, funk bass lines, melodic (and sometimes pompous) electronic layers carried along by progressive drums all combined in a heap of musical endeavours to form the sixth element that we like to call our own. We consist of Inderpreet Singh (Vocals), Akshay Raheja (Electronics), Gavin Pacheco (Bass Guitar), Rajarshi Sanyal (Lead Guitarist), and Sahil Mendiratta (Drums).

Ankur & the Ghalat Family

Ankur and the Ghalat Family comprises of Ankur Tewari (Lead Vocals and Rhythm Guitar), Sidd Coutto (Drums and Backing Vocals), Pozy (Lead and Rhythm Guitars), Johan (Bass). The sound of the band ranges from Urdu/ Hindi Rock n’ Roll to easy acoustic ballads & folk rock.

Yodhakaa

Yodhakaa is a band of five, led by Darbuka Siva, and Pradeep Vijay in male and Susha (Subiksha Rangarajan) in the female lead. Contemporary music, that synchronizes both Western and Indian classical music in various adaptations, is a new style that Yodhakaa has chosen to win an impressive follower base. Yodhakaa means warriors in Sanskrit, and that has nothing to do with their vision of taking their music to an international audience. Yodhakaa has blended the sacred shlokas with contemporary music played using Western instruments. They are breaking new grounds that give a different experience to our souls.

AGAM

AGAM is a contemporary carnatic rock act from Bangalore, India. AGAM derives its name from the ancient Tamil word which translates to 'the inner self'. AGAM's music encapsulates the boundless, vibrant emotions of the human psyche. Their music combines the myriad hues of melodic scales and intricate rhythm structures offered by carnatic music with the aesthetic principles and tonal elegance from western world. Their music also reflects the soulfulness in Sufi music and the power of rock. The band consists of Harish Sivaramakrishnan (Violin), Ganesh Ram Nagarajan (Percussion), Sivakumar Nagarajan (Percussion), Vignesh Lakshminarayanan (Bass Guitar), Praveen Kumar (Guitar), and Swaminathan Seetharaman (Keyboardist, and band manager).

La Pongal

La Pongal is a contemporary Tamil-Folk-Band from South India performing Indian folk music with influences from all around the world.

Airport

Airport is a Hindi band whose musical influences range from Mohd.Rafi to Radiohead. The band line-up consists of Arijit Datta (Vocals), Vinay Lobo (Guitars), Siddharth Coutto (Drums), Amit Ahuja (Bass), and Shirish Malhotra (Soprano Sax, Alto Sax, Steel Flute).

Parvaaz

Parvaaz, an Urdu word meaning ‘flight’, is the brainchild of two very young and passionate musicians from Kashmir, who came up with this liberating idea.

With common musical interests in blues rock within the band, and some powerful lyrics in Urdu, Parvaaz are one of the pioneers and are the rarest, yet soulful “Sufi-Rock” bands in the country. Parvaaz comprises of Khalid Ahamed on the vocals, Kashif Iqbal on the lead guitar, Adarsh Deokota on the rhythm guitar, and Neil Simon on the bass.