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kARNATRiiX

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"Find A Goal The Means Will Follow"-M.K.Gandhi

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Nameste

KARNATRIIX is not just another trick out of the sagging bag of what goes for fusion music these days. It is the soul-soothing culmination of a band of musicians’ experiments with different styles and sounds, much like a new colour produced by the skillful combination of various hues and shades.

KARNATRIIX’s soundscape stretches out far beyond what has been created hitherto. It is contemporary and yet traditional. It is not simple and yet not complicated. It is electronica and also acoustica. You can chill out or just sit in silent contemplation as the music fills up your senses. Misguided and conflicting it might seem, but the music is direct and clear, offering Indian classical creations in a new age package to people all over the world.

KARNATRIIX’s music has elements of jazz, blues, rock, trance, funk, and classical sounding in perfect harmony with the Carnatic kritis of Saint Thyagaraja. It is not a traditional melody trapped in a melting pot of sampled copy-and-paste grooves topped by more samples of ambient keyboard and bass textures. The music, with a contemporary feel, has been woven carefully around the traditional melody, entailing months of study and a clear and very deep understanding of the different styles and rhythms used in the compositions.

KARNATRIIX features John Anthony on guitars, Ustad Faiyaz Ahamed Khan on vocals/sarangi and “Darbuka” Siva on percussion.

Says John Antony: “Our music is an extension of our soul and freewill. We believe strongly in our freedom to express ourselves by doing what we do best and that is making music and ultimately experiencing it. We hope other people too can share our experience.’’

You can do just that, share the KARNATRIIX experience, and get more details on the band by logging on to http://www.myspace.com/karnatriix

The sites has audio samples from KARNATRIIX’s debut album. The full version of the tracks are available online at CD Baby and iTunes.

The concept album has songs that are based on a trip from dawn to dusk, a dialogue between man and nature and a link between the known and the unknown. The album also contains groovy yet brilliantly melodic compositions by Saint Thyagaraja.

Why this name?

A Combination Of Karnatic Music from South India Played with Northern Indian And Western Music Instruments

Do you play live?

Yes We Love to Play Live and Have Been Doing for a Long Time

How, do you think, does the internet (or mp3) change the music industry?

The Internet Has Brought the World Music to The Drawing Room

Would you sign a record contract with a major label?

Yes Ofcourse

Band History:

1984 to current Freelance guitarist playing for the Indian music industry, including for films and advertisements, and with Carnatic, Rock and Fusion bands. (Chennai)

1979 to 1984 Co-founded Rock band “The Resistance” and performed live
across the country. (Kochi)Played with various bands in hotels and events

1979 Guitar instructor, Sainik School. (Trivandrum)

1976 to 1978Guitar instructor, K.J. Yesudas’ Taranga Nisari School of Music
(Trivandrum)

1973 to 1975 Played with Rock band "Stone Age" and “The Hijackers” (Kochi)

EDUCATION

Trained in western classical as a guitarist, under the tutelage of Mr. Roger D. Jhanke, a US-based pianist and then principal of Taranga Nisari School of Music (Trivandrum).

Basics of Carnatic music inspired by Shri. M.G. Radhakrishnan, a respected musician and accomplished composer. (Trivandrum)

Self-taught guitar from the age of 14 – flagged off by Emile Isaacs.
At present under the tutelage of Guruji Dr. T.V. Gopalakrishnan.

CONCERTS, PERFORMANCES, BANDS

1985-1989 Formed a fusion band “Roots” with Sivamani, A.R. Rehman and
Late Jo Jo. Performed with T.V. Gopalakrishnan and Kadiri Gopalnath

1988 Played at IIT Chennai with “Epidemics” – a band featuring L. Shankar, Caroline, Zakir Hussain and Vikkoo Vinayakaram

1990 Benefit concert for Udavum Karangal with Epidemics

1992 Recorded with L. Subramaniam at Kothandapani Studio, Chennai

1993 Recorded album with “Epidemics”

1995 Played and recorded an album with Chennai-based Rock band “Sign of IV”

1996 Played and co-produced folk/rock album “Four/Four”

1997 Co-founded Carnatic fusion band “Brahmma” with GaneshmKumaresh.
Recorded album and performed in concerts in Chennai and Bangalore

1998 Fusion concert with Kanjira proponent Selvaganesh and German saxophonist Rainer Putsch at Music Academy, Chennai.

1999 Fusion concert with Dr. Balamuralikrishna, Vikkoo Vinayakaram, Rainer Putsch, T. H. Subash Chandran, Joel Almeida at Music Academy, Chennai.

1999 Benefit concert for CRY with Louis Banks, Carl Peters and Sivamani

2000 Founded “The Banned” – a rock group inspired by the struggle of the survivors of the Bhopal disaster. Organised unsponsored, unticketed live “No More Bhopals” concert featuring “Thermal and a quarter,” “Earthbound” and “The Banned” for an audience of 5000 students in , IIT, Chennai. Concert was organized to bid farewell to Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior from Chennai. Music video Featured in Channel Click link to watch “No More Bhopals” video on Youtube :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHW_wrQE1_A

2000 Released “No More Bhopal” album by the Banned

2001 Performed live at 10 educational institutions in Chennai with the message of “No More Bhopals.”

2001 Co-founded a band “Bleeding Madras.” Performed live in Chennai and New Delhi at the Great Indian Rock Festival

2002 Performed with Mridangam maestro Karaikudi R. Mani in Hyderabad and Chennai.

2002 Co-founded “Yakshas” – a fusion band influenced by Indian classical streams. Recorded and released album named “Yakshas.”

2003 Composed and played music for “Prahalada Charitram” – a Tamil play directed by Israeli theatre director Gil Alon and written by senior playwright Na. Muthuswamy. Performed at Alliance Francaise for 10 days in July

2003 First performance of “Yakshas” at Trivandrum. Subsequent performance
At IIT, Chennai.

2004 Performed with Saraswathi Rajagopalans Tarang from Delhi at Narada
Gana Sabha ,Chennai.

2004 Performed with Lisa Patterson and Rakesh Tiwari from Canada at the
Alliance Française

2004 Performance for “Prahalada Charitram” at the National School of Drama New Delhi

2004 Performed with Pravanam, Indian Fusion Band at Vadhini Indian Arts Academy, Cape Town ,South Africa.

2004 Performed at Kwa-Dakuza , Starger, Durban, SA.

2004 Performed at The Opera Playhouse Theatre for ST.THYAGARAJA MUSIC FESTIVAL ,Durban, SA.

2004 Performed at the Kendra Hall, Durban, SA.

2004 Performed at Joosab Hall, Phoenix, SA

2004 Performed for a charity concert for Cancer Patients at Arena Park Regional Hall, Chatsworth Circle, SA.

2004 Prahalada Charitram at Raveendra Kalakshetra for the NSD regional Festival

2004 Prahalada Charitram at Rangayana Mysore

June, 2004 Formed a New Age Classical Contemporary Band - “KARNATRIIX”

2004 Charity performance with Yakshas at Salem.

2004 Prahalada Charitram National Theatre Festival Hyderabad.

February, 2005 First Performance of “KARNATRIIX” at Trichur Jawahar Bal Bhavan

2005 Directed and Arranged music for a Two and Half Hour Multi Language Re-Mix Concert for Techno Park, Trivandrum.

2005 Charity performance for Hospice with VJ Traven

2006 Working on different projects with Oliver Fox Saxophonist from Germany,Gil Alon from Isarel , Yvan Le Gall from France.

2007 Working on a project with Genetic Drugs from Germany.

07-07-07 “KARNATRIIX” Concert at Bucks Theatre YMCA, Chennai in support Of LiveEarth.

August 29 Concert at Trivandrum, Kerala for Onam festival at the Russian Cultural Center.

Sept 30 “KARNATRIIX” Live telecast on RoseBowl ( Asia Net ) TV Channel.

Nov 24 Carnatic / Jazz fusion Concert with TV Gopalakrishnan at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan.

Nov 30 Carnatic / Jazz Concert with T.V. Gopalakrishnan at Chinmaya Theatre Chennai.

Dec 02 Pranava–a resurgence Carnatic Jazz Concert with Pete Lockett,Bikram Ghosh,T.V. Vasan, V. Suresh, S. Varadarajan, Biju Paulose
G. Ramanath and Devi Neithiyar.

Your influences?

Beatles, Sly And The family Stones, Wood Stock 1969,CSNY, Grand Funk, Deep Purple, Pink Floyd, Scorpio, Rainbow, AC/DC, Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Alice In Chains, Anthrax, Armored Saint, Avenged Sevenfold, Black Label Society, Black Sabbath, Bon Jovi, Creed, Def Leppard, The Doors, Eric Clapton, Frank Zappa, Guns N' Roses, Iron Maiden, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Satriani, Judas Priest, Led Zeppelin, Megadeth, Metallica, Motley Crue, Motorhead, Mudvayne, Nirvana, Ozzy Osbourne, Queen, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Rolling Stones, Skid Row, Van Halen, Velvet Revolver, The White Stripes, Linkin Park, Def Leppard, Bon Jovi, 3 Doors Down, Kid Rock, Mariah Carey, Nelly, Kenny Chesney, Sublime, STP, Staind, Drowning Pool, Destiny's Child, Dirty Vegas, Rob Zombie, Eminem, George Strait, Boyz II Men, Evanessece, Seether, Seether, Kelly Clarkson, Rage, Keith Urban, Rascal Flatts, matchbox 20, J.Lo, Janet Jackson, Garth Brooks, Santana, Nickelback, Lifehouse, Disturbed, Aerosmith, Korn, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Billy Joel, Queen, Dave Matthews Band, John Mellencamp, Guns N Roses, Motley Crue, Alice in Chains, AC/DC, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Jill Scott, Nitin Sawhney, Krystle Warren, Massive Attack, Donny Hathaway, Ravi Shankar, Serge Gainsbourg, Natacha Atlas, Roberta Flack, Najma Akhtar, The Sundays, Bill Withers, Bjork, Sheila Chandra, Morrissey, Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill, Sinead O' Connor, Gil Scott-Heron, Nouvelle Vague, Sarah Vaughan, Nine Horses, Karsh Kale, Emiliana Torrini, Elvis Costello, Zero 7, Femi Kuti, M.I.A., Zakir Hussain, Me'Shell Ndegocello, The Temptations, Neneh Cherry, Rose Royce, Abida Parveen, James Brown, Talking Heads, Dionne Warwick, Sly & The Family Stone, Kid Loco, India Arie, Glideascope, Air, George Benson, Susheela Raman, Khaled, Vernon Bush, Cornershop, Earth Wind & Fire, Les Negresses Vertes, Belle & Sebastian, Joao Gilberto, The Streets, Nina Simone, Trilok Gurtu, The Waterboys, Radiohead, Shantanu Bhattacharyya, Alex Gopher, Lloyd Cole & The Commotions, Deee-lite, Handsome Boy Modelling School, Otis Redding, Shri, Badmarsh & Shri, Chaka Khan, Anthony Hamilton, Curtis Mayfield, Michael Jackson, Vincent Gallo, Pulp, Lemonjelly, The Cranberries, L. Shankar, Macy Gray, Terence Trent D'Arby, Morcheeba, Angie Stone, St. Germain, Don McLean, De La Soul, Sade, Nuyorican Soul, The Gap Band, Prefab Sprout, Luther Vandross, Charles & Eddie, Burt Bacharach, Al Green, The Smiths, Terry Callier, Soul II Soul, Jay-Jay Johanson, Prince, MC Solaar, Goldfrapp, Audioslave,Augustana,Ben Folds,Bethany Joy,Butch Walker,Cartel,Cheyenne Kimball,Eighteen Visions,EndEverAfter,Fiona Apple,Franz Ferdinand,Good Charlotte,Incubus,INXS,Jamiroquai,Jennifer Lopez,Jessica Simpson,Joe Satriani,Josh Hoge,Live,Los Lonely Boys,Marty Casey & Lovehammers,Mason Jennings,Matisyahu,Modest Mouse,Moses Mayfield,Mudvayne,Natasha Bedingfield,Nikki Flores,Oasis,Quietdrive,Shakira,SoShy,Supernova,Susie Suh,The Dead 60s,The Fray,Tori Amos,Vendetta Red,

Favorite spot?

Cochin

Equipment used:

Gibson B45-12 from the 60's
Taylor 355 from the 21st Century
Matched pair of Oktava MC-012 microphones from Sound room plus sometimes a Sunrise pickup on the Gibson.
Real Nice Pre from FMR Audio,
Linux ALSA hosting M-Audio 2496 Audiophile

Equipment used:

Applause summit series semi-acoustic guitar (7 years)
Washburn rhino electric (9 years)
Yamaha Bass (6 months)
MXL990 condenser mic (Acoustic guitar)
SM-57 Shure mic (Vocals)
Behringer mixer

Fender Stratocaster , 2488 Tascam recorder ,a Fender blues deluxe for live playing.

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