Raghu Dixit Project – A Different Touch

Raghu Dixit

There are many kinds of songs—some you don’t want to listen to, few songs you get stuck to for quite sometime and few songs that you get stuck to like forever. These days I am stuck to a brand of music of the third type —the amazing ‘I am in Mumbai’ by Raghu Dixit Project.

The song has a mix of Hindi and English composition penned by Raghu Dixit, famous folk musician from Bengalooru. The music is a combination of folk music with a pop feel to it and a soothing background score to add to it. The pace and tempo of the song are so rhythmic and well crafted that you immediately start swinging to it.

Raghu Dixit Project is a new concept conceived and promoted by Raghu Dixit himself consisting of a platform for many artists from varied genres in the music industry to come together, collaborate and create a new-dimensional and multi-faceted music and sound. A self-taught musician, Raghu Dixit was a part of a band called Antaragni (he was one of the founder members) but now he is more focused on this new venture.

His debut album, a self-titled one, was launched by Vishal-Shekhar’s music record label. The album consists of 8 songs and includes very popular hits like I am in Mumbai, No man will ever love you, Khidki and Mysore Se Aayi. He has also been associated with a few movies like ‘Quick Gun Murugan’.

Mousai CEO Pragnya Wakhlu – Interview

Pragnya Wakhlu

Pragnya Wakhlu is a known name in the Pune music circuit. After quitting her successful career in a major IT company, she’s decided to follow her passion – singing! A lyricist and composer herself, she wants to change the lives of others through her music initiatives. She has been part of many renowned bands in Pune and has done many gigs throughout the city entertaining thousands of people. Apart from her association with the bands she is also a startup founder and CEO for ‘Mousai’, a firm dedicated to re-energising & liberating people through the use of music and movement. Pragnya, a trained guitarist and vocalist, tells SIS all about her dream venture, things close to her heart and music.

Mousai CEO Pragnya Wakhlu in conversation with ‘StageISset’

SIS: When did you start Mousai activities?
PW: Mousai was registered in May 2009 after which I completed my entrepreneurship course at IIMB and returned to Pune. MOUSAI related activities and events started in August 2009. It’s almost been a year since its inception.

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Woodstock in 1969

Woodstock Festival is considered to be a cult event in rock and roll music history. Dreamt, conceptualized by four enthusiastic music lovers who wanted to create a unique event which promotes peace and harmony had many problems right from venue changes to local authority restrictions to almost 80 lawsuits charged against the organizers. But ultimately the festival was a huge success and set a new trend for the years to come.

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Swarathma – Action Replay

Swarathma Action Replay

The song is ‘Ee bhoomi’ and the artist is Swarathma, which these days I am hooked onto. The Kannada song is so soothing to listen to, due to its melody and the variations of the instruments, especially the violin. The song is about turning the earth into paradise through love and friendship.

Swarathma is a Bengalooru based band consisting of six artists. Vasu Dixit, the vocalist-composer of the band is confident enough to play with words when converting them into lyrics. He writes stuff that is socially relevant and their music is tuned to that. A trained Carnatic singer, he always believes in experimenting with his talent in various languages including Kannada, Punjabi, Hindi, Punjabi and Hindi. He is the younger brother of Raghu Dixit of Raghu Dixit Project fame. Jishnu was earlier part of BodhiTree, the band that created GMD (‘BEEP’ Mein Danda) and the confident pillar of the band, handling bass guitars and backing vocals. Montry Manuel, the man on the drums is someone who beats his instrument with passion, always looking to sound them in a different manner. Pavan, gives the band a distinguished feel, handling instruments like Kanjira, Djembe, Ghatam and Dholak. Sanjeev is another USP of the band handling the violin. Most of their tracks have his talent showcased in a prominent way. Varun handles lead guitar and the way his fingers play is a visual treat. This super pack of six youths ensures a great music atmosphere whenever they perform.