Sunday Jam, a live interactive programme held on the first Sunday of every month, will feature Emergence, a band from Auroville, Pondicherry on October 7 at the open air amphitheatre at Karnataka Chitrakala Parishad, Kumarakrupa Road from 5 pm onwards.
Who are they?
Emergence is an acoustic Indo-fusion band from the International Township of Auroville. Emergence’s music is a blend of diverse cultural backgrounds and musical experience. Singing in English, Tamil and French, Emergence pushes the boundaries of their own cultural identities.
The multi-layered harmonic textures of guitar and poetical lyricism played by Krishna blend with the sublime melodies of the carnatic idiom, played on the violin and sung in Tamil by Kirupa. This, backed by the expressive exploration of tallams, funk, and jazz rhythmical grooves of Lowell Harrison, and the exquisite bass playing of the renowned Mishko M’Ba, is the unique fusion of Emergence.
Krishna, the guitarist and vocalist is an accomplished songwriter from the UK. He came to Auroville at the age of 19 and has been developing his own unique style of guitar and song writing, strongly influenced by jazz, Indian classical music, bossa nova, and the greats like Dylan and Joni Mitchell. Lowell is a drummer from Boston, USA.
He has played extensively in the US, opening for such musicians as Mike Patton and Quiet Riot, and has studied in depth funk, jazz and fusion styles. Lowell lives in Auroville, where as well as playing music, his activities include farming and blacksmithing.
Mishko M’Ba is an acclaimed bass player from France. He completed his degree in music from the conservatory of Toulouse, France and has spent the last 25 years playing and recording extensively around the world. He has played with many great musicians such as Ray Charles and Barbara Hendrix. Kirupa, a Sri Lankan carnatic violinist and vocalist, comes from a family of musicians.
He began his musical education with his father, a renowned Sri Lankan violinist, at a young age. Due to the civil war in Sri Lanka, he came to India at the age of 14, where he completed a degree in music, studying under T K Govinda Rao and Sankharayer.
