Rishi Dhir: vox, bass, sitar, geetar Bobby Fraser: keys Robbie MacArthur: geetar, bass Richard White: geetar, backing vox Chris Wise: drums, backing vox
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Influences
life, friends, family, the beatles, the besnard lakes, the kinks, the who, motown, blur, brian jonestown massacre, the high dials, rolling stones, flaming lips, ananda shankar, pretty things, teenage fanclub, leonard cohen, wilco, pink floyd, ravi shankar, nusrat fateh ali khan, vilayat khan, sloan, beach boys, iron and wine, doves, flying burrito brothers, george harrison, elbow, the byrds, the zombies, the la's, donovan, simon & garfunkel, jimi hendrix experience, super furry animals, stax, my bloddy valentine, the grapes of wrath, r.d. burman, the jam, the small faces, cornershop, stone roses, charlatans, beck, supergrass, the creation, the action, curtis mayfield, elvis costello, elo, eugenius, bob dylan, midlake, the earlies, the clash, big star, velvet underground and so on...
Brimming with love, hope, longing and timeless pop, Elephant Stone’s Polaris Music Prize-nominated debut The Seven Seas is the latest creation from multi-instrumentalist and ex-High Dial Rishi Dhir. Produced by Jace Lasek (The Besnard Lakes) and featuring friends from The High Dials, The Besnard Lakes, and the Dears, The Seven Seas perfectly melds Rishi’s obsession with the perfect pop song and the trippiest raga.
In August 2006, after 6 years, 2 albums, and countless tours across North America and the UK with Montreal’s The High Dials, Rishi decided it was time for him to part ways with the band he co-founded. As the Dials’ bassist, sitar player, and backing vocalist, he played a vital role in defining the band’s sound, but eventually came to the conclusion that his destiny lay elsewhere.
Rishi spent the next year focusing on honing his Indian classical music chops and collaborating with numerous artists both locally and internationally. His sitar-playing can be heard on the latest recordings by Texas-based psyche –rockers, the Black Angels, and Manchester-based UK outfit, the Earlies.
In 2008, Rishi discovered he had gathered a vast back-catalogue of songs written over the past years and Elephant Stone was born.
“Utterly uplifting, and a powerful contender for Montreal album of the year” 4.5 stars
Jordan Zivitz - Canwest/Montreal Gazette/National Post
“…coolly captures Dhir’s love of both classic British pop and Indian raga subcurrents while brimming with messages of peace, hope and love.” 4 stars
Steve Guimond - Hour
“a collection of dreamy britpop infused with rock-sitar jams … a keeper” 4/5
Nika Vee - Nightlife Magazine
“Elephant Stone offers hopeful, dreamy pop music that’s impossible to place in any one time period.”
Chris Lackner - Dose.ca
I first saw Elephant stone by fluke on Nov. 13 @ casa Del Popolo, And I fell in love with music instantly from my now favorite song BOMBS BOMB AWAY !!!!!!!!
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