CounterCulture Bangalore

Windoze Live at CounterCulture

webadmin — Thu, 17 May 2012 12:24:45 +0000

Windoze are an interesting bunch of musicians coming together and creating a great feet tapping mix of blues/ reggae and funk. Fronted by Sylvester Pradeep [Shickados/ Solder], and Hemanth [Old Jungle Saying]. They first sprang to attention with a wonderful opening tribute to Robert Johnson at ‘An Ode to the Blues,’ one of Bangalore’s biggest blues festival at CounterCulture. Windoze might be young, but their fiery act with pitch perfect harmonies, perfect guitar tone will keep you focused right into their blues.

Catch them Live at CounterCulture Saturday 8 30pm onwards.

CounterCulture presents An Ode To The Blues Finale on 12th May

webadmin — Fri, 11 May 2012 05:52:38 +0000

An Ode To The Blues is a Bangalore based Blues music festival that pays it’s tribute to the Blues – past, present and future. Set up in 2011, this sonic change occurred in the city’s music scene when the 100th birthday of Robert Johnson was celebrated. What started out as an idea for a gig, An Ode To The Blues is synonymous with the nation’s Blues music scene. This multiple format festival involves live music performances, spontaneous busking, film screenings, LP listening sessions, discourses and workshops. The sole aim of this festival is to spread the blues as a music form. Steeped in rich history and cultural change, this music form has progressively evolved over the years, but still acknowledges it’s original roots.The festival which travels across different parts of Bangalore will see the finale at CounterCulture with a super star line up of some of the finest blues musicians.

The Line up is:

Soulmate – Powerhouse Blues band from Shillong led by Tipriti K Bangar & Rudy Wallang. Their sound is the reason why the Blues is alive and thriving in the country. Old school Blues riffing coupled with untapped stage energy and pure heart Soulmate are what the Blues is all about.

Ministry of Blues – Four piece Blues riot consisting of Philipe Haydon on guitars, Vinoo Matthew on Bass, Rauf on Keyboards and Guru Somayaji on Drums. Their wildfire stage act is unmatched as they reel in the years of playing some great shows.

The Chronic Blues Circus – One of the nation’s long standing Blues acts fronted by Peter Isaac, Chronic Blues Circus has stood through the years putting out great music and pumping new life into the ever changing ever decadent music scene. Everything analog and everything Blues.

By2 Blues – Formed around the time of last year’s An Ode to the Blues, By2 Blues is a home grown Bangalore based harmonica and guitar Blues project featuring Ananth Menon and Vasudev Prabhu. Their charisma and chemistry makes for a great act.

Shayne Ballantyne Jr – From the place where everyone loves their music Shayne comes from Goa spreading the vibe of Blues and the ocean wherever he plays. A very well versed guitarist, Shayne is an act not to be missed.

Windoze – Windoze are an interesting bunch of musicians coming together and creating a great feet tapping mix of blues/ reggae and funk. Fronted by Sylvester Pradeep [Shickados/ Solder], this band has a great line up of musicians – Hemanth [Old Jungle Saying], Abhilash [Chronic Blues Circus, Shickados] and Arnold. They first sprang to attention with a wonderful opening tribute to Robert Johnson at ‘An Ode to the Blues,’ one of Bangalore’s biggest blues festival at CounterCulture. Windoze might be young, but their fiery act with pitch perfect harmonies, perfect guitar tone will keep you focused right into their blues.

Saturday 12 May 4pm to 11pm.

Visit www.facebook.com/odetotheblues or www.odetotheblues.com

A CounterCulture initiative in association with VH1 & Kingfisher ‘The King of Good Times.’

Supported by:
Fender & Onstage India, Pencil Jam, What’s The Scene, Zenslap, Bacchus, B Flat Bar, Rewind, Sunday Soul Sante, Jagaa, Rooftop Grill Bar, Urban Solace, Herbs & Spice, Huckleberry & The Egg Factory

Amit Heri Live at CounterCulture

webadmin — Tue, 01 May 2012 10:11:17 +0000

One of the country’s biggest names in Jazz Fusion music, Amit Heri has been playing guitar from the age of 13. His passion for music earned him a scholarship at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston wherein he studied Jazz & Composition.

Amit is a versatile guitarist with a wide repertoire encompassing styles as diverse as the Blues, Jazz, Indian & Western Classical as well as Rock & Pop. He has shared the stage and worked
with numerous internationally renowned artists including Charlie Mariano, Zakir Hussain, Salif Keita, Angelique Kidjo, Trilok Gurtu, Ramamani & the KCP, Shankar Mahadevan, Mandolin U Srinivas, Sudha Raghunathan, Louiz Banks, Ranjit Barot, Selva Ganesh, Matt Garrison, Karl Peters, Aka Moon and Robert Miles.

The Amit Heri Group has been regarded as India’s top Indo-Jazz outfit and performs original tracks composed by Amit. Listed among the top 50 creative Indians in Open Magazine’s August 2010 edition, Amit’s objective is to share a personal journey through music that highlights the commonality between cultures and people.

Catch him live with Ravichandra Kulur & Rahul Pophali at CounterCulture May 5th 8 30pm.

Blues Around Town – An Ode To The Blues Festival 2012

webadmin — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:10:39 +0000

An Ode To The Blues is a Bangalore based festival that pays it’s tribute to the Blues – past, present and future. Set up in 2011, this sonic change occurred in the city’s music scene when the 100th birthday of Robert Johnson was celebrated.

What started out as an idea for a gig, An Ode To The Blues is synonymous with the nation’s Blues music scene. This multiple format festivals involves live music performances, spontaneous busking, film screenings, LP listening sessions, discourses and workshops.

The sole aim of this festival is to spread the blues as a music form. Steeped in rich history and cultural change, this music form has progressively evolved over the years, but still acknowledges it’s original roots.

An Ode To the Blues 2012 is a 9 day extravaganza and this year, The Blues ‘Goes to Town.’ Starting May 4 to May 11th, Preview Performances, LP Sessions, Film Screenings and Busking will happen at various spaces, venues and public locations, culminating with a full finale at CounterCulture on May 12th. [www.facebook.com/counterculturebangalore], making it the largest Blues music festival in it’s scope and outreach.

BLUES AROUND TOWN

Preview Performance & LP Sessions by various Blues musicians from Bangalore

Friday, 04 May
Rewind, Kammanahalli, 7.30 pm

Saturday, 05 May
B Flat Bar, Indiranagar, 8.30 pm

Sunday, 06 May
Sunday Soul Sante, Palace Grounds – 2 pm
Jagaa, Shantinagar – 8 pm

Monday, 07 May
The Egg Factory, St Marks Road – 6.30pm

Tuesday, 08 May
Legends of Rock, Koramangala – 7.30 pm
Rooftop Grill Bar, Sarjapur – 8.30 pm

Wednesday, 09 May
Herbs & Spice, Indiranagar – 8.30 pm

Thursday, 10 May
Bacchus, St Marks Road – 8.30 pm

Friday, 11 May
Urban Solace, Ulsoor – 6.30pm

FILM SCREENINGS

May 04 – May 11, 5.45pm onwards
Under The Mango Tree, Laurel Lane, Richmond Town
Jaaga, Double Road, Shantinagar – (Keep yourself updated in the page for timings of Film Screening at Jaaga)

BUSKING at multiple locations around town all through 8 days

FINAL FESTIVAL
Saturday, 12 May
CounterCulture – 4PM

State of Bengal(UK) & Sulk Station & VJ Zombie Live at CounterCulture

webadmin — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 08:39:16 +0000

State of Bengal is one of the key dj/producers to have emerged from the cutting edge British Asian music scene that emerged in the late 90’s that gave berth to the late ‘underground’ movement. It was set up in 1987 after Sam having visited a village of Noakhali (Bangladesh) where he interacted with traditional musicians and dancers.

The sound system developed its repertoire and found its identity as a State of Bengal.

State of Bengal’s reputation for pushing the boundaries to produce eclectic albums as well as his archives of dance tracks has gained him further and continued respect as one of the innovators and pioneers of the British Asian music scene.

Sulk Station is an electronic/triphop duo from Bangalore formed by Tanvi Rao and Rahul Giri. Their music is driven by Tanvi Rao’s sultry vocals wrapped in a haze of atmospherics, minimal beats and homegrown synth sounds. Their songs are a mix of contemporary electronic genres (trip-hop/post-dubstep/ambient) with traces of Indian classical music.

The duo came together first in early 2009 to play a collaborative opening set for Mouse on Mars (Germany). Sulk Station has been gigging regularly since across venues and festivals (Bflat, Bacchus, CounterCulutre, The Big Junction Jam festival etc.)

Catch them Live at CounterCulture 28 April 8 30pm onwards.

Friday Night Blues with Ananth Menon & Raveen Panday

webadmin — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:37:41 +0000

CounterCulture brings to you another round of Friday Night Blues with Ananth Menon & Raveen Panday.

Ananth Menon is one of the city’s most recognizable blues men. Playing for projects like Galeej Gurus, By2blues, Parachute xvi and many more he has always kept the blues alive and kicking in the city. On Friday night you can expect everything from mellow tunes to some powerhouse licks. The one man blues band is surely going to knock you socks off.

Raveen Panday has a strong affinity for the blues, soul and classic rock, and has been performing in Bangalore since 1993. He began his musical career with The Chronic Blues Band and has been part of other Bangalore bands such as Stretch, Barracuda Blues Band and Blueprint.
He currently plays keyboards with Soulmate, and has done several tours with them in India and abroad.

Set Starts at 8 30pm. FREE ENTRY!

TimeOUT presents THE SKA VENGERS at CounterCulture

webadmin — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 06:43:33 +0000

Out of the cacophonic and deranged state of the nation’s music scene The Ska Vengers rise above completely embodying the madness. Live, explosive and fully unscripted energy mixed with elements of Ska, Reggae and even some Proto Punk elements, The Ska Vengers do things others struggle to do with much ease and great entertainment.
The erratic line up comprises of Miss Samara C. (Vocals), Delhi Sultanate (Vocals), Stefan Flexi K (Organ/Vocals), Raghav Diggy Dang (Guitar), Tony ‘Bass’ Guinard (Bass), The Late Nikhil Vasudevan (Drums) , Rie Ona (Saxophone), Yohei Sato (Trombone) and Juan Carrenza (Trumpet).

Catch them Live at CounterCulture 21 April 8 30pm.

“The Last Exhibition of Visual Arts”

webadmin — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 14:43:41 +0000

Bringing together the work of all the artists featured at previous exhibitions, along with a few others, films and animation !!
+ interactive installations and much more which will bring together art and the commercial world and everyone it touches.

People who attend have a chance to interact with the artists, have a drink with the speakers and develop future connections with them.

Speakers at the event are renowned creative professionals and artists, entrepreneurs who are approaching art and design alternatively to the mainstream.

Entry: Rs 300
For more information, contact:
Sahil Sen – +919886638298
- sahil@arthhouse.org

And to be updated about it visit our Facebook page:
www.facebook.com/arthhouse
or our website for further details about speakers, events, etc: www.arthhouse.org

Friday Night Blues with Sylvester & Sumeru(Schickados)

webadmin — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 10:36:09 +0000

One of freshest and the most enigmatic blues bands in town, Schickados have carved their mark in the city’s music scene. Now Sumeru(vocals) & Sylvester(vocals, guitars) will be doing a very interesting unplugged set of Blues music from the years gone by.

Friday 13 April 8 30pm FREE ENTRY!!

Blues Conscience Live at CounterCulture

webadmin — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:50:41 +0000

Blues Conscience was started in 2008, for the sole purpose to promote the blues in today’s rock and metal influenced live music culture. As a 3 piece outfit, our roots go deep into some of the greats that have played the blues, such as B.B.King, Buddy Guy, Jimi Hendrix, Muddy waters and Howlin’ Wolf to name a few. With their untapped stage energy they are act that you cannot afford to miss.

Having played many big shows and venues across the nation they were also one of the highlights of last year’s CounterCulture Presents Ode to the Blues.

Blues Conscience comprises of Anek Ahuja(Vocals and Bass), Aum Janakiram(Vocals, Guitars) & Neil Smith – Drums.

Catch them Live at CounterCulture 14th April 8 30pm onwards.