krosswindz

krosswindz the world fusion progressive Folk/Fusion band from india.with twelve national album releases under the belt krosswindz is one of the leading bands of India.

Primarily a folk-fusion band,focusing on world music

with soulful songs,lyric oriented.Professionally

performing concerts all over india for the last

seventeen years. Krosswindz is the music of Bengal and

india with a blend of folk music traditions from

around the world.The result- a potpourri of sounds

deeply rooted in the soil that touches the heart and

speaks the common language of humankind.

formed in 1990 with the sole objective to compose original music. comprises-CHANDRANI-VOCALS,VIKRAMJIT(TUKI)GUITAR/VOC/PROGRAMMING,RATANJIT(MICKEY)KEYBOARDS,

Primarily a folk-fusion band,focusing on world music

with soulful songs,lyric oriented.Professionally

performing concerts all over india for the last

seventeen years. Krosswindz is the music of Bengal and

india with a blend of folk music traditions from

around the world.The result- a potpouri of sounds

deeply rooted in the soil that touches the heart and

speaks the common language of humankind.

Music Style-

world,folk,ambient environmental fusion

Musical Influences

Padmashree Protima Barua Pandey(Goalpariya-Assamese

Folk Exponent and singer),Rabindranath Tagore,Kishori

Amonkar,Bhupen Hazarika,Purno Das Baul,Shubha

Mudgal,Abida Parveen,Runa Laila,SD Burman,Abbasuddin

Ahmed,Lalon fokir,John Mc Laughlin,

Santana,Eric Johnson(AUSTIN TEXAS),Jimi Hendrix,Pink

Floyd,The

Beatles.Miles Davis.

Similar Artists-

Padmashree Protima Barua Pandey,Runa Laila,Shubha

Mudgal,Yossou n Dour,Sting,Cranberries,Joni Mitchell

Artist History

band was formed in 1990,has toured all over the

sub-continent playing at all major college festivals

and stadium concerts and clubs and has officially

released 12 albums.

Two of the most famous Bangla songs of Krosswindz are

"Prithibita Naki Choto Hote hote" written by Gautam

Chatterjee performed by Krosswindz in the album Abar

Bocchor Kuri porey and "Jhiko Jhiko"-from the album

Jhiko Jhiko Krosswindz.

Krosswindz is renowned for the musical dexterity and

virtuoso skill of legendary guitar player Vikramjit

Banerjee(tuki)and the unique and mellifluous vocals

and gayaki of Chandrani. The band is busy perfoming

all over the country along with recording new material

for their forthcoming album.

KROSSWINDZ is an accredited and empanneled band with

the ICCR(INDIAN COUNCIL FOR CULTURAL RELATIONS NEW

DELHI)and are officially enlisted as a premier band of

INDIA and they call us when they need us to represent

INDIA in festivals abroad.

The band has performed and collaborated with

internationally reputed names like HERBIE

HANCOCK(USA),SKY HIGH(SWEDEN),RAG FOUNDATION(ENGLAND

WALES),TIZIAN JOST(GERMANY),PANDIT RAMESH

MISHRA(INDIAN SARENGI PLAYER OF INTERNATIONAL

REPUTE),SANJAY MISHRA(CLASSICAL GUITARIST USA),THE

JAZZ AMBASSADORS(USA),DAVID DYKSTRA(THE BAUTISA BAND

SAN-FRANSISCO).

The album TRIBUTE TO ERIC JOHNSON USA(GRAMMY winning

guitarist from Austin Texas)features the dazzling

guitar work by Tuki(KROSSWINDZ) on the track SPACE

GUITAR.Available in USA and at Val Serrie productions

site.

The album THE MUSIC OF THE GLOBE features two tracks

by KROSSWINDZ namely ONE WORLD and MAHUT BONDHU which

was re-released in USA by independant Washington based

label JOE ANTHONY PRODUCTIONS,this album has gone on

to become a hot seller from amazon , itunes and other

online merchants apart from being popular at

conventional music stores like TOWER.

Krosswindz has been a pioneer in the band movement in

West Bengal and the first bengali

project/collaboration with GAUTAM CHATTERJEE(MONI

MAMA)of MOHINER GHORAGULI yielded the anthemic hit

Prithibita Naki Choto Hote Hote.Released in 1994 the

album AABAR BOCHOR KURI POREY has become a staple

amongst music lovers.

The collaboration happened when Gautam suggested

KROSSWINDZ record and perform one track he had written

and set tune to in 1993 and eventually the studio

sessions yeilded the astonishing new bengali side of

KROSSWINDZ.This song has now been remade by Bollywood

in the movie GANGSTER and a hindi version is doing the

rounds on all music channels.

Krosswindz has evolved over the early years from being

a rock band to a world/fusion band and has gained

repute all over the world for its pathbreaking new

sound and fresh approach to music.In the early years

the band created a tremendous fan following of loyal

fans who followed the band and are still avid

listeners/audiences, the reputation of the band as

being a stupendous live act spread and gigs picked up

by the mid nineties and nowadays on an average the

band has ten to twelve shows a month.

The music of krosswindz has been featured in numerous

documentary films and commercials.Recently the

international multi-award winning film THE WAY BACK

HOME by film maker SUPRIYO SEN featured the vocals of

CHANDRANI(KROSSWINDZ) in the song Ghore Pherar Gaan

(written by Gautam Chatterjee from the album Khyapar

Gaan) prominently as the Title track and background

score for the film.

The music of KROSSWINDZ is being aired by all the

major FM stations in CALCUTTA namely RADIO MIRCHI,RED

FM,AAMAR FM and ALL INDIA RADIO.In AUSTRALIA pbs FM in

MELBOURNE is playing the song JHIKO JHIKO by

KROSSWINDZ on their show GLOBAL VILLAGE hosted by

ROGER HOLDSWORTH.

KROSSWINDZ has been on many major national and

international TV shows and reputed production houses

like the BBC and MTV have covered KROSSWINDZ on

innumerable occassions.

Krosswindz has acted for a feature part in the

telefilm called "Aamra Ebong" by noted Calcutta

actor/director Parambrata Chatterjee where even the

soundtrack of the film has songs from the album

-MISIKI MISIKI(FOLK-FUSION)KROSSWINDZ.The song "Morihe

Shyam" from this album is the title song of this

tele-film.

The band also appears regularly on game shows and

interviews on popular Indian TV channels like zee

bangla(hau mau khau),Tara Muzik-Take a break and

Bandemonium,Sangeet Bangla(metro music and Shudhu

Gaane Shudhu Shongeete)etc.Channel S in the UK has

telecast a documentary featuring KROSSWINDZ.GAAN BEDHE

DOLBAJEE on CTVN PLUS channel.

KROSSWINDZ has one of the highest record sales in the

regional market and has had superhit albums like ONE

WORLD,JHIKO JHIKO and MISIKI MISIKI selling lakhs of

units.Presently Krosswindz is signed to Indian label

SAGARIKA MUSIC.

KROSSWINDZ has been on the charts at broadjam.com

numerous times and a huge number of people have

downloaded the band's music from free sites like

mp3.com

ONE WORLD has entered the Earth Top 10 at Broadjam!

ONE WORLD has entered the Production - Mid Tempo Top

10 at Broadjam!

ONE WORLD has entered the Pop Top 10 at Broadjam!

ONE WORLD has entered the Broadjam #1 Songs Top 10 at

Broadjam!

ONE WORLD has entered the Production - Female Vocals

Top 10 at

Broadjam!

Krosswindz's rendition of the song TANGRA TOBU KATON

JAYE from

the album JHIKO JHIKO has been nominated by an

AMERICAN company called JPF(CD BABY) in the BEST FOLK

SONG category of their music awards

http://www.jpfolks.com/MusicAwards/2006/SongNominees.html

Krosswindz has one of the largest ammount of fans in

the Indian music scene that spread all over the

sub-continent and even to other parts of the world

like in the USA,UK,MEXICO,IRELAND following the band

avidly and listening with admiration.tower records,cd

baby and apple i tunes also stock a healthy quota of

the music of KROSSWINDZ and the number of fans is

growing each day.

Group Members

Vikramjit(tuki)lead guitar,dotara,khamak backing

vocals/songwriter producer

Chandrani-lead vocals/songwriter,percussion

Ratanjit-keyboards/guitar

Rajiv- vocals and rhyhm guitar

Robi-bass

Andre-drums

Guest musicians perform with the band from time to

time keeping the sonic spectrum diverse and eclectic.

Instruments

guitar,nylon string

guitar,mandolin,dotara,dhol,djembe,khol,drums,congas,timbales,cabasa,guiros,triangles,shakers,bass

guitar,keyboards,

Albums(discography)

krosswindz singles- bmg crescendo india,1994

krosswindz poth geche benke-sagarika,1996

krosswindz one world-kosmic music,2002

krosswindz bhebe dekhecho ki-kosmic music,2002

krosswindz jhiko jhiko-sagaika,2004

krosswindz misiki misiki-sagarika,2005

KROSSWINDZ DHOWA-Sagarika,2006

Compilation albums- aabar bochor kooree porey mohiner

ghoraguli,1994

khyapar gaan mohiner ghoraguli,1999

moni chara shunno laagey various artists,2002

THE MUSIC OF THE GLOBE-JOE ANTHONY

PRODUCTIONS(USA),2003

Tribute to Eric Johnson various artists, produced-VAL

SERRIE TEXAS USA,2004

GIR-VOL1 and VOL2 RSJ Records Delhi

Smokin guns-RSJ RECORDS Delhi

Press Reviews-

Krosswindz rings in new year 2007 with 20,000 strong

audience in shillong-The Telegraph,

krosswindz goes global on world music ship,-the

Telegraph.

Krosswindz song Jhiko Jhiko being played down under in

Australian FM-The Tmes Of India.

Prithibi goes to Bollywood-Hindustan times

"the first band from the eastern region of india to

come out with an album of original english

compositions"-The Telegraph Calcutta

"one world tops local charts"times of india calcutta

"The evening of January 16 was electrifying, with

JUST, a band formed by JU students, belting out

popular numbers. But it was Krosswindz, playing to the

galleries of over 4,000, that was a smash hit with a

two-and-a-half-hour gig."the Telegraph Calcutta

Winds of cross culture-Krosswindz has absorbed jazz,

Irish folk, hip-hop, funk and Indian music to create a

style of their own which they call 'World Rock'. A few

copies of their recent release One World are available

in big music stores in Bangalore, writes Michael

Patrao

"I don't want my house to be walled in on all sides

and my windows to be stuffed. I want the cultures of

all lands to be blown about my house as freely as

possible. But I refuse to be blown off my feet by

any." These words of Mahatma Gandhi (said in a

different context) may well be the description of the

Kolkata band Krosswindz.The album "ONE WORLD" is doing

very well in Kolkata and a few copies did manage to

land in Bangalore. Priced at Rs 125 a CD you may find

it in one of the bigger music stores in Bangalore.

-DECCAN HERALD

Additional Info

email the band at-- tukiguitarman@yahoo.com

tukisampleman@rediffmail.com

krosswindz has been touring extensively from 1991 all over India.now they play regularly every Tuesday at the Calcutta pub SOME PLACE ELSE at THE PARK HOTEL along with touring extensively around the subcontinent.

the band relishes every moment onstage and a lot of magical musical moments often occur when the band is performing live

Padmashree Protima Barua Pandey(Goalpariya-Assamese

Folk Exponent and singer),Rabindranath Tagore,Kishori

Amonkar,Bhupen Hazarika,Purno Das Baul,Shubha

Mudgal,Abida Parveen,Runa Laila,SD Burman,Abbasuddin

Ahmed,Lalon fokir,John Mc Laughlin,

Santana,Eric Johnson(AUSTIN TEXAS),Jimi Hendrix,Pink

Floyd,The

Beatles.Miles Davis.

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