When Gaurav Malaker, a lawyer-turned-producer, and Avinash Kumar, a product designer with a penchant for toys, chanced upon one another, they discovered that they shared a Basic Love of Things. Together, they bring light into dark corners, sending their audience hurtling through the shadowy confines of the club and headlong into a three-dimensional universe of colour and sound. Their act transforms the average club-goer into a head-bopping, light-catching space invader, wearing 3D glasses and rediscovering the positive energy of otherwise dimly-lit nights. Theirs is not a melody born out of linearity, but from prodigious chaos. It is a universe of mishaps, missed flights, crashed laptops and lost-and-found hard drives. But, with implicit trust in each other and incredible, instinctive talent, Avinash Kumar and Gaurav Malaker of the audio-visual collective BLOT! have rewritten the rules of the electronic dance music experience in India.
Editor's Note.
The melodies of our lives crisscross across the maps of our emotional terrain; they are the paths by which we chart our inner journeys.
If we peek between the notes, we find Time working its mysterious fingers through every tune. While rhythm imparts order to the musical experience, melody gives it a sense of continuity. It is the line that connects the dots, connects the performer to the audience, connects us to each other and to the transcendental experience of music.
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If we peek between the notes, we find Time working its mysterious fingers through every tune. While rhythm imparts order to the musical experience, melody gives it a sense of continuity. It is the line that connects the dots, connects the performer to the audience, connects us to each other and to the transcendental experience of music.
By Aneesha Bangera, Issue 24, Melody: A Different Tune
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