Ananth Menon - Guitars/Vocals/Bleeps and Noises
Ganesh K - Bass/Vocals
Gurudarshan Somayaji - Drums/ Percussion/ Effects
Influences
Traffic, Cream, the Allman Brothers, Peter Frampton, Porcupine Tree, Pure Reason Revolution, Riverside, Muddy Waters, the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Black Sabbath, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains, etc
Sounds Like
Steely Dan, the Allman Brothers and the Band in a drinking bout, playing poker with King Crimson, Camel and Muddy Waters
Don’t bail out… Yet.
Don’t bail out just yet.
With Parachute XVI you never know what's coming next. Soaring ballads, crunchy rock’n’roll riffs, adventures in time signatures, ‘progadelia’, or just flat out improvisation; Parachute XVI seamlessly mould themselves into a musical organism lending cadence to the theory of the greater whole - each of their musical sensibilities and their influences are channeled into pieces of art that can truly be called their own.
Steeped in the blues tradition of guitar playing, Ananth Menon is a veritable monster on the six strings - effortlessly straddling the two worlds of groove and technique with a feel tempered by years of playing his fingers to the bone for various blues, and rock bands. Ganesh Krishnaswamy has been intensely involved with metal for a long time, but has always nursed an open approach to the seven notes that make his world tick. Married with an inherent sense of rhythm, this allows him unfettered freedom, to create, and frolic in his universe of sound. Coming from a strong progressive and experimental background, former His Girl Friday and Fangle Dangle & the Skoogle Skangle (Glasgow) drummer, and most recent addition to the band, Gurudarshan Somayaji brings his variety of insanity into the band. He will be an anchor and also make his own contributions when Parachute lift off on their sonic meanderings.
This is no hobby for Parachute XVI, and nothing is done in half measure as they obsessively think up ways of taking their music and their band to the next level. Not many Indian bands will record in the first few months of their existence, most are content jamming around covers trying to “find themselves”. Parachute XVI jumped head first into Acoustic Garden and recorded a four song EP titled Sodium Trail And The Current Beantown Voice released early September 2009, and the band is on its course to travel through India to promote it.
Come into the ether
For more, and to download Sodium Trail and the Current Beantown Voice, visit parachutexvi.com. For bookings and further information, contact info@mixmatchparade.com
Great to meet up with you in Kathmandu. Are you back home now? We're still here, been to Chitwan and Pokhara, a total of almost 24 hours on busses! We get back to NZ on Sunday. We really enjoyed your show and your company - let's keep in touch through MySpace - and keep India rocking!
Stopping by to tell all the Indian Bands on our page, myspace is looking to help promote us all not only in India but even globally in some cases , myspace has asked motherjane to help spread the word about their plans to promote the Indian music scene. Among other things we will open their 1st secret show in Mumbai which is actually not quite a secret :D , whether or not you can attend this time add the secret show to your site , any band who wants more details on what myspace plans to offer bands send me your email address and I send you the presentation . Spread the word to the fans too , we need to show myspace that India supports their efforts and yes lets work together to bring Indian Music to World's Stage where it Belongs! smiles Eva motherjane's promoter myspace secret shows link www.myspace.com/secretshowsindia
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