<p>Alliance Francaise introduced Yapa, a music group from France, to the audiences of Bangalore who were mesmerised by their music. <br /><br />Yapa is a four member band consisting of Christophe Combel, Fabrice Bourgignal and Simon Chenel, a trio of guitarists along with Xavier Hamon, the percussionist. <br /><br />The group was seen on stage wearing flamboyant blue and pink shiny shirts and immediately won hearts with their smiling faces and enchanting music. <br /><br />Simon Chenel, the only one considerably fluent in English was quite the darling of the crowd and began the concert with a polite namaste. <br /><br />Their energy on stage was infectious and such that it would leave even the fiercest critic smiling. <br /><br />The stage in Alliance was perfect for their music and transcended the listener to a happy place. <br /><br />Their first song called Xproject established the purpose of their music — to enthrall <br />audiences with electrifying original tunes. <br /><br />It began rather slowly and they used instruments like a shaker, which added a different flavour altogether to the song. <br /><br />Vecella, a song dedicated to a small village in France near Burgundy, had a sleepy, <br />pensive mood to it. <br /><br />It also had semblances to classical music and had a quality where the listener had the tendency to drift away into a world created by the musicians.<br /><br />Taking the audiences to a small village in Africa called Saba in Burkina Faso was the song Story Of Endoo. <br /><br />This song was written in collaboration with an African story-teller KPG. After an African treat, a melancholic song followed. <br /><br />Laguna Verde had sadness etched in every note. Written next to a green sulphur lake near an old volcano in Croatia, the song left heavy visuals in the minds of the listeners and literally took their breath away. <br /><br />They ended the concert with a percussion solo by Xavier, who with his dreadlocks, created a Tandav with his drums that left the audiences spellbound.<br /><br />Their last song for the evening was Maya written in the loving memory of a child. By the end of the concert, the audience was up on their feet dancing to the tunes, clapping joyously to the beautiful numbers.<br /><br />Yapa were off to Mysore after their performance in the City and will be spending a week in Mumbai, where they intend to collaborate with Indian musicians and churn out original tunes, specific to India.</p>
<p>Alliance Francaise introduced Yapa, a music group from France, to the audiences of Bangalore who were mesmerised by their music. <br /><br />Yapa is a four member band consisting of Christophe Combel, Fabrice Bourgignal and Simon Chenel, a trio of guitarists along with Xavier Hamon, the percussionist. <br /><br />The group was seen on stage wearing flamboyant blue and pink shiny shirts and immediately won hearts with their smiling faces and enchanting music. <br /><br />Simon Chenel, the only one considerably fluent in English was quite the darling of the crowd and began the concert with a polite namaste. <br /><br />Their energy on stage was infectious and such that it would leave even the fiercest critic smiling. <br /><br />The stage in Alliance was perfect for their music and transcended the listener to a happy place. <br /><br />Their first song called Xproject established the purpose of their music — to enthrall <br />audiences with electrifying original tunes. <br /><br />It began rather slowly and they used instruments like a shaker, which added a different flavour altogether to the song. <br /><br />Vecella, a song dedicated to a small village in France near Burgundy, had a sleepy, <br />pensive mood to it. <br /><br />It also had semblances to classical music and had a quality where the listener had the tendency to drift away into a world created by the musicians.<br /><br />Taking the audiences to a small village in Africa called Saba in Burkina Faso was the song Story Of Endoo. <br /><br />This song was written in collaboration with an African story-teller KPG. After an African treat, a melancholic song followed. <br /><br />Laguna Verde had sadness etched in every note. Written next to a green sulphur lake near an old volcano in Croatia, the song left heavy visuals in the minds of the listeners and literally took their breath away. <br /><br />They ended the concert with a percussion solo by Xavier, who with his dreadlocks, created a Tandav with his drums that left the audiences spellbound.<br /><br />Their last song for the evening was Maya written in the loving memory of a child. By the end of the concert, the audience was up on their feet dancing to the tunes, clapping joyously to the beautiful numbers.<br /><br />Yapa were off to Mysore after their performance in the City and will be spending a week in Mumbai, where they intend to collaborate with Indian musicians and churn out original tunes, specific to India.</p>
