- Parikrama (band)
"For meaning of word see
Parikrama (Sanskrit) ".Infobox musical artist
Name = Parikrama
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Origin =New Delhi ,India
Genre =Rock and Roll Indian rock Blues
Years_active =1991 –present
Discography_Singles =Till I'm No one again ,But It Rained ,Rhythm and Blues
Label =Rock Street Journal &Channel V
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Current_members = Nitin Malik Sonam Sherpa Saurabh Choudhary Subir Malik Chintan Kalra Srijan Mahajan Shambu Nath Imran Khan Rajat Kakkar
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Notable_instruments =Parikrama is a
Rock and Roll band fromIndia . They have several live performances and original numbers to their name. The band was officially formed onJune 17 ,1991 inNew Delhi . The wordParikrama means 'orbital revolutions' inSanskrit .Members
The band consists of:
* Nitin Maliklead vocals
* Sonam Sherpalead guitars
* Saurabh Choudharyguitar
* Subir Malik keyboard,synthesizer s
* Chintan Kalrabass guitar , backing vocals
* Srijan Mahajan drumsAccompanied by:
* Dilip Ramachandran drums, percussion
* Shambu Nathtabla ,mridangam , percussion
* Imran Khanviolins
* Rajat Kakkar percussionSubir 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. 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 . [cite web
authorlink = http://www.timesofindia.com
year = 2006
url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1408848.cms
title = Piracy no prob, says Parikrama
publisher = The Times of India
accessdate = April 09
accessyear = 2006] They have made their music available for download on their official website. [cite web
authorlink = http://www.parikrama.com
url = http://www.parikrama.com/oldsite/tina.html
title = Till I'm No one again
accessdate = April 09
accessyear = 2006]The band often fuses Indian classical music instruments like "
mridangam ", "tabla" andflute with conventional instruments likeguitar , drums and keyboards. They have been inspired and influenced by the likes ofPink Floyd ,Led Zeppelin ,Lynyrd Skynyrd ,Jimi Hendrix ,Allman Brothers andThe Doors .Recordings
The first song "Xerox" was named 'the face of Indian rock'.Fact|date=August 2008 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- [http://www.rsjonline.comThe Rock Street Journal] ."
But it rained ", was released next year 1996. This song was dedicated to the kidnappings that had occurred in theKashmir Valley , during that period. 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 the
geeks ofBangalore only recently. This was in due course of the visit of Microsoft’s chairmanBill 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
New Delhi ’s first ever concert on AIDS awareness.On
December 18 2005 , Parikrama performed withSaif Ali Khan at the Royal Stag Corporate Carnival,New 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 forIron 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 performed at
Download Festival in Donington in2007 on the same day as a warm up toIron 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.The band also supported Iron Maiden at the special
Clive Burr MS Trust fund concert atBrixton Academy on 24th June 2007, after coming to Maiden's attention at the Bangalore show. [http://www.ironmaiden.com/index.php?categoryid=8&p2_articleid=602] Parikrama is touring all the Indian metros, withSaif Ali Khan .Parikrama opened for
Iron Maiden on Feb. 1st inMumbai on the first concert of theirSomewhere Back In Time World Tour . This was the fourth time they played alongsideIron Maiden .On the
August 15 ,2008 , it is performing at "Umang ", the college fest ofNarsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics . [http://www.mumbaimirror.com/net/mmpaper.aspx?page=article§id=91&contentid=20080809200808090255041572ef93e78]References
External links
* [http://www.parikrama.com Official site]
* [http://www.parikrama.com/lyrics.html Download Parikrama songs]
* [http://www.myspace.com/parikramaindia Official MySpace profile]
* [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/omm/story/0,,2059273,00.html Article on Parikrama in Observer, UK]
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