Sunset on the sea

A college band decides to get in one of the intercollegiate competitions. That's when a bunch of guys who have been jamming together for a while embark on a search for a name. Bombay, the fusion city that combines traditions with the contemporary, quite takes the spirit of a band that combines Hindustani Classical with blues and progressive rock. A six-piece band that packs a punch, much like a revolver, a 'bandook'.

 



The six bullets of this Bandook include Chirag Jaisinghani (keyboards), Jagravi Rao (bass), Brijesh Joshi (guitar), Anurag Gawahle (guitar), Jai Chheda (drums) and Sannidh Shah on vocals. This song has an additional accompanist, Samay Lalwani on  Tabla.


The song is a tribute to the sea, Sagariya, deep, and when the sun drowns into it, there's darkness all over. There is smoke that occludes the vision. During golden days and dark nights, the mind internalizes on ones' memories. A reflective song that is melancholy, quite a stark contrast to my previous post.


The song is composed in Aasavari, one of the morning Raag. This is one of the Raags that came in from Carnatic music into Hindustani, and are considered  'Kanada Raag', which often have a 'vakra' composition during the anti-climax, which gives it a particular style that makes a song melancholy. A morning Raag, these are often sung at dawn, a period of reflection at the beginning of a new day.




The music video is fairly low-key, shot on a terrace of a building somewhere in Mumbai, overlooking a temple. The video shows the band playing. At 5:11 minutes into the song, the song goes into the 'night', where the entire band (still in the same location), is illuminated by flood lights. The production quality is quite good for a local band but certainly leaves scope for improvement such as over amplified pickup from an electric guitar in parts, a muted percussion set which could be boosted a little more especially in the faster pace section of the song. None of these, however, really come in the way of a brilliant, melancholy composition by this up and coming band.






Listen to the song on soundcloud, or check out the band on bandcamp.