October Octaves has gained a reputation for presenting an eclectic lineup of artistes, with company together with Rajasthan’s Swaraag, Iranian daf gamers and Japanese drummers, through the years. “Thaikkudam haven’t carried out a ticketed occasion on this a part of city and one in all our goals is to advertise the most effective of music in South Bangalore so the dependence on sure venues or areas turns into much less,” he provides.

Vian Fernandes, vocalist and bassist in Thaikkudam Bridge says, “Bangalore is sort of a second residence to us; we’ve got to shuffle our playlist fairly a bit after we are there since we carry out within the metropolis fairly commonly. Whereas we are going to play songs from our album Namah, we might be debuting new materials as effectively.”

Inside story

Recognized for his or her high-energy live shows, the members of Thaikkudam Bridge are likely to go along with the vibe and move of power on the venue, normally presenting round 15 songs per present. The band got here collectively when singer-songwriter Govind Vasantha wanted a bunch of musicians to work on a venture. “Govind referred to as up all of the musicians he knew and so did his cousin Siddharth Menon. All of us travelled to Kochi, practised and after per week went for the shoot. There, we needed to submit a band title for our efficiency and ended up with Thaikkudam Bridge, since that was the place we had been staying,” says Vian.

Vian Fernandes of Thaikkudam Bridge
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Their venture went viral on YouTube and the musicians needed to critically rethink being a one-time marvel. That was 11 years in the past. At present, Thaikkudam Bridge has develop into a family title with their signature sound of Indian folks, rock, pop and world music. A few of their hottest numbers have been in Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi, in addition to English covers.

Vian says, “We’ve got additionally had a Marathi observe and Namah has two originals in English, titled ‘Inside My Head’ and ‘I Can See You’. However our fan base largely join with our Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi songs.”

Again from a current present in Dubai, he says, “Dubai was our first worldwide vacation spot after we began in 2013. Now, we’ve got not less than one present there yearly.” On condition that the Center East has step by step develop into an extension of South India, that ought to not come as a shock, however Vian says it was their present and viewers in Hong Kong that basically blew his thoughts.

“Within the early years, the audiences not often comprised different nationalities however now that has modified with Indians making up solely about 30% of the gang at worldwide venues. In India too, we now have reveals in Rourkela, Kolkata and Uttar Pradesh.”

Tuning in

Thaikkudam Bridge in motion
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With many members of the band settled in several areas and pursuing particular person careers, joint follow classes are few and much in between. “More often than not, we follow wherever we’re after which have just a few classes collectively earlier than a present. We collect at our drummer Anish’s studio, create what we’ve got to create, compose, after which go on stage,” says Vian, who is predicated out of Mumbai.

Contemplating the band has been collectively for 11 years with nearly all their authentic members, it will appear this technique works for them.

“We lately had a whole follow session at Govind’s home, spanning three days. It was like a throwback to 2013, when all of the gear was in a single small room — we simply practiced, ate, slept and began over again,” he laughs.

Vian admits Thaikkudam has reduce on the variety of reveals they do now. “Although that was not the norm earlier, we are actually discovering a stability in between, so we’ve got time to create new stuff, do high quality reveals, and likewise dwell life to the fullest.”

Magic of the second

Vian believes there’s a sturdy case to be made for dwell reveals. “Social media has nothing on dwell occasions. That’s whenever you earn an viewers and that’s the place the magic occurs. Watching a band dwell is the one manner of emotionally connecting for each events.”

Thaikkudam Bridge in motion
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“Stay reveals modified me as a person and a musician, and has helped me develop in life. And I do know this to be true for others too. The lockdown was an instance of that — so many individuals discovered power, peace and luxury, and our music helped them work by means of their points. That was after we too, discovered a deeper that means within the music we have been creating.”

“Every time we begin a present, I ask what number of first timers are there within the viewers and it’s heartening; you wish to play your perfect for his or her first impression, whereas those who’ve already been to our reveals know the drill and that blend of an viewers is what creates magic.”

Thaikkudam Bridge by October Octaves will carry out on October 19 at Status Hari Khoday Auditorium. Tickets on BookMyShow.