Parikrama (band)
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Parikrama is a Rock and Roll band from Delhi, India. They have several live performances and original numbers to their name. The band was officially formed on June 17, 1991 in Delhi. The word Parikrama means 'orbital revolutions' in Sanskrit.
Members
The band consists of:
- Nitin Malik lead vocals
- Sonam Sherpa lead guitars
- Saurabh Choudhary guitar
- Subir Malik keyboard, synthesizers
- Chintan Kalra bass guitar, backing vocals
- Srijan Mahajan drums
Accompanied by:
- Dilip Ramachandran drums, percussion
- Shambu Nath tabla, mridangam, percussion
- Imran Khan violins
- Rajat Kakkar percussion
Subir and Nitin are brothers. Subir, Nitin and Chintan are from the same school, St. Xavier's, Delhi. Subir is the eldest, Chintan and Nitin, two year younger, were classmates. All except Nitin, who went to Hindu Coll., went to Kirorimal College and were part of a now defunct MUSOC.[1] Saurabh Chaudhry has a degree in Business Administration.
History
They are yet to release a full-length album, though they did release a free multimedia CD of their singles and videos in 2001. The band does not have any policies against their music being copied and distributed .[1] They have made their music available for download on their official website.[2]
The band often fuses Indian classical music instruments like mridangam, tabla and flute with conventional instruments like guitar, drums and keyboards. They have been inspired and influenced by the likes of Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix and The Doors.
Recordings
The first song "Xerox" was named 'the face of Indian rock'.[citation needed] Their first hit single "Till I’m No One Again" was released in 1995 along with "Open Skies". It was among thirteen other songs chosen from the demos sent by a hundred and fifty other bands in the country. This release, titled – 'The Great Indian Rock-series' volume 1,produced by Amit Sehgal, owner & publisher of the India's first rockzine-Rock Street Journal.
"But it rained", was released next year 1996. This song was dedicated to the kidnappings that had occurred in the Kashmir Valley, during that period.This song is probably their biggest hit. They were surprised when a crowd of 40000 sang along with them in their performance for the Iron Maiden concert in Bangalore. Another song - "Gonna Get It" was released in the same year.
Their sixth number in succession was released in 1997 by the name of "Load Up".
This band composed the song "The Superhero" for Bangalore only recently. This was in due course of the visit of Microsoft’s chairman Bill Gates to the IT capital of India, Bangalore.
A Parikrama original "Rhythm and Blues" was created in course of their jam session with Usha Uthup.
Parikrama has recently released a few more originals like the Lord of the Rings-inspired "Am I Dreaming", "Tears of the Wizard" and "In the Middle".
Apart from "But it rained" another Parikrama original called "Vapourize" is a crowd favorite. "Vapourize" is a 7:30 minutes long song and features harmonized Guitar Solos with a Violin Solo.
Currently a number of recordings are available as free MP3 downloads on the bands official site.
Major concerts
Their first concert was at Delhi’s first ever concert on AIDS awareness.
On December 18, 2005, Parikrama performed with Saif Ali Khan at the Royal Stag Corporate Carnival, Delhi.
On Feb 20 2007, Parikrama performed in Goa for the "Band of the sand" which was held at Calangute beach, as part of the Goa Carnival festival 2007. They were also the judges for "Band of the sand"
Parikrama, with FtN and Lauren Harris, opened for Iron Maiden at Bangalore, in March 2007.
On the May 2007, it performed at Swayam, the cultural fest of MVJ College of Engineering(Near ITPB), Bangalore.
Parikrama will perform at the Kennedy Center in March 2011, as part of "maximum INDIA", a celebration of the arts & culture of India.
Parikrama performed at Download Festival in Donington in 2007 on the same day as a warm up to Iron Maiden. At this concert Nitin Malik stated that they were there because Iron Maiden had requested the event organisers for them to be on the billing and it was an honour for them to return the favour of Iron Maiden who travelled to Bangalore, India in March 2007. Again they performed with Maiden in Mumbai. And now they are the official opening band for any Iron Maiden concert in Asia
The band also supported Iron Maiden at the special Clive Burr MS Trust fund concert at Brixton Academy on 24 June 2007, after coming to Maiden's attention at the Bangalore show. [2]
Parikrama toured all the Indian metros, with Saif Ali Khan.
Parikrama opened for Iron Maiden on Feb. 1, 2008 in Mumbai on the first concert of their Somewhere Back In Time World Tour. This was the fourth time they played alongside Iron Maiden.
In September 8, they performed at RENDEZVOUS 2008, the annual cultural festival of IIT Delhi, Delhi.
On the 21st December, 2009 Parikrama opened for Porcupine Tree at 'Mood Indigo' IIT , Bombay - Mumbai
On the 24th of January, 2010, Parikrama also performed at Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar during their cultural festival, Blithchron. It was a major event throughout Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar, attended by nearly 5000 people.
Continuing their trans-national journey encompassing different cultures, on 20th of Feb, Parikrama performed @ Vivacity 2010, the annual Techno-Cultural-Management fest of LNMIIT, Jaipur. Scaremonger ,Hash and Lycanthropia opened for Parikrama.
Again on 21 February, 2010, they performed at Assam Engineering College during Pyrokinesis, their annual festival.
On the 15th of March, 2010, they performed at National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur, during NIMBUS-2010, their annual technical festival.
On the 26th of March, 2010, they performed at Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani – Dubai, during Jashn-2010, the celebration of the university completing 10 years.
On 28th March Parikrama performed at Bits Pilani, Hyderbabad Campus to an audience of young enthusiastic students for their first ever fest BITS Pearl-2010.
On 3rd April, 2010, they performed at CALCUTTA INSTITUTE OF ENGG. AND MANAGEMENT , KOLKATA during CELSIUS, their annual festival.
On 25th April, 2010, they performed at Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering, Mysore for their annual cultural fest JAYCIANA
On May 15,2010, Parikrama were the main event at the MTV stuntmania auditions held at NSIC grounds in Delhi, they performed last, after a great evening by Circus, Bandish, and Them Clones.
On July 24th, 2010, Parikrama performed at Era's Lucknow Medical College and Hospital, Lucknow.
On August 14th, 2010 Parikrama performed at St. John's Medical College, Bangalore's Fest Autumn Muse's Rock Show, Muse Rock which was Independence Eve Rock that year, Avial(band) also performed at that event in aid of Underprivileged Children's Treatment Fund.
References
- ^ "Piracy no prob, says Parikrama". The Times of India. 2006. Retrieved April 9, 2006.
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