Biography

?Advaita is a diverse band situated in New Delhi, India. From their beginning in 2004, their image of contemporary "natural" Indian hallucinogenic music has been hailed as a standout amongst the most unique and imaginative sounds to ever leave the Indian underground music scene. Thier unique sound which basically comprises of a Sarangi, Tabla and Hindustani Classical vocalist mix, yet so colorful with guitars, drums and consoles. Since their commencement in 2004, they have set up themselves as a standout amongst the most imaginative and unique follows up on the Indian music scene. Advaita has effectively cut out a specialty for their style of music in the worldwide connection, while staying consistent with their Indian roots.  Advaita's music provides the audience the chance to appreciate the splendor of Hindustani traditional music, and the rush of rock. From the smooth, cleaned imposing tone of the Western Vocalist to the profound and intense conveyance of the Hindustani Vocalist, the music of Advaita is further hoisted by the amalgamation of guitars, consoles, drums, the tabla and the extraordinary automaton of the Sarangi. Of all Indian instruments, it is said that the sarangi most takes after the sound of the human voice.  In 2009 Advaita dispatched their first collection on EMI records titled Grounded In Space and this truly shot the status of the band. Produced at the celebrated internationally Yash Raj studios, Mumbai, the collection was both discriminatingly acclaimed and industrially fruitful. Soon thereafter, Advaita was one of just four groups from India chosen by renowned maker John Leckie for the British Council Soundpad Project, recording 2 tunes for an all around discharged assemblage and in addition visiting the UK. More global gigs took after with an outing to Singapore.  ADVAITA has been included in the press, on numerous occasions..  "Startlingly sure presentation exertion."- Blender Magazine, April 2009  "Grounded in Space is an elegantly composed, warm and lavish sounding collection with magnificent creation that sounds better after each tuning in"- Asian Age Mumbai, March 2009  "Advaita has possessed the capacity to prepare a sound so glorious that it is hard to call it Indian or western." - The Indian Express, May 2009   The collection burned through three weeks at NUMBER ONE on the Music World International music & has gotten more than 80,000 hits on the Advaita Myspace Page  Advaita went ahead to make a music feature for their track "Rasiya" which turned into a major hit.  "All hail the Advaita sound for it has entered another period of boundlessness; gritty yet divine, rural yet galactic" - Luke Kenny  "A record that hypnotizes you with a consistent and spiritualist melange of types. Advaita indubitably is a standout amongst the most earnest groups on the planet." - Neeti Sarkar, The Hindu  "Characterizes itself by utilizing dispersed out structures, vast mixes of classes, moves and mixes. A really general sound that can charm a Grammy!" - Manoj Nair, The Economic Times  "They've titled their collection The Silent Sea however this Delhi based combination acts' second collection is downright a moderate let go storm..." - Malvika Nanda, NME Magazine  In 2008 Advaita was decided to be one of just four Indian groups as a feature of the SOUNDPAD PROJECT, recruited by John Leckie, a producer from Great Britain. He had in the past worked with a number of well known bands such as Radiohead, Pink Floyd, George Harrison and all the more as of late Muse. The Band recorded 2 melodies with him for an accumulation discharged around the world. Advaita was the main band to be a piece of season 1 of MTV Coke Studio India. The show was created by the recognized performer and maker Leslie Lewis. Online voters chose their extraordinary version of the track 'Ghir' as one of the best in the season and the execution was shown various times from there on. The awesome reaction to 'Coke Studio' brought about the band being given the honor of doing an entire one hour scene on the well established show MTV Unplugged. Advaita is currently one of India's driving groups with a standout amongst the most energizing live acts, reclassifying contemporary Indian music, mixing the conventional with the present day in a manner never seen. In February 2012 the band propelled it's abundantly anticipated second collection likewise with the title 'The Silent Sea'. The collection was totally recorded and blended at the Yash Raj Studios, Mumbai. It was co-created by the band and famous designer Shantanu Hudlikar. The Silent Sea was aced by Chris Athens at Sterling Sound, New York. The collection craftsmanship was finished by craftsman and creator Dev Kabir Malik, and included an one of a kind visual understanding for every tune. Aside from the music, the work of art turned into a major hit with pundits and devotees of the band. The Silent Sea was instantly hailed as a monster jump forward in the band's melody composing and in addition creation, for which they were exceptionally refreshing.  Honors - JACK DANIEL'S ANNUAL ROCK AWARD - Best Album 2012-2013 & Best Album Art  GIMA (Global Indian Music Awards) - Best Rock Album 2012  In 2012 Advaita did two universal visits playing for the Republic Day Celebrations at the Indian Embassy in Male, Maldives. Later in the year they headed out to Johannesburg, South Africa to have shows as an influence of Multiple Venue Arts Alive International Festival. The band got a mind-boggling reaction at the Eldos Fazz Festival, being requested that play two more tunes after they completed their set.  The Dewarists - The Dewarists, the narrative of the band was shown to innumerable new groups of onlookers. The band teamed up with Electronic performer 'Dualist Inquiry' to make a melody in 3 days in the delightful slope station of Shimla. The track titled "Elevation" turned into the most watched tune of the season on the web. Advaita was included on the prime time TV demonstrate 'The Dewarists,' on the Internationally publicized Star World Channel. Advaita is presently one of India's most rumored groups, with two effective and discriminatingly acclaimed collections added to their repertoire and more than 200 shows in India and abroad. Their music mixes the old immortal surfaces and rhythms of India with a new contemporary sound. Advaita's live shows furnish gatherings of people with a sonic and visual experience which is genuinely interesting. The stage is set for the band to take this experience to the world as they speak to the new India, pleased with her conventions, yet grasping innovation and another worldwide character.  Band Members -  Drums - Aman Singh   Guitars - Abhishek Mathur   Keyboards - Anindo Bose   Western Vocals/Guitar - Chayan Adhikari   Hindustani Vocals - Ujwal Nagar   Bass - Gaurav Chintamani   Tabla - Mohit Lal  Sarangi/Vocals - Suhail Yusuf Khan