Dekho Sakhi - the first single from Anirudh Varma Collective's upcoming third album, revisits an old favourite in Raga Tilak Kamod. An apt reflection of the indulgence of Tilak Kamod, this bandish promises an immersive experience of music, literature, and nostalgia. The fluid interpretability of the lyrics matches the effortless flow of the musical structure, and is sure to evoke individualistic memories of love and nostalgia in every listener. AVC pays homage to the late Smt Chhaya Chatterjee ji, who so lovingly initiated Prateek Narsimha into this raag with this bandish.
CREDITS :
Composition and Lyrics : Late Shri Bhupendra Krishna Chatterjee
Piano / Music Direction / Arrangement : Anirudh Varma
Hindustani Classical Vocals : Prateek Narsimha
Sarod : Rohan Prasanna
Tabla : Saptak Sharma
Electric Guitar : Shrikant Biswakarma
Acoustic and Nylon String Guitar : Parijat Kirti
Bass Guitar : Madhur Chaudhary
Drums : Aveleon Giles Vaz
Flute - Rohit Prasanna
Written Content: Durga Tilak
Choir - Aastha Mandle, Santur Kundu, Arjun Pandey, Suhavi Kalsi, Anvitha Dharmeshwar, Aaromal Rajendrababu, Satyam Pathak, Chayan Bhardwaj, Dev Arora.
Prateek’s vocals recorded at Treehouse Studio, Ahmedabad by Nikul Vaidh.
Tabla and Choir recorded at Depot Records, New Delhi by Abhishek Singh and Lohit Bhalla.
Recorded, Produced and Mixed by Anirudh Varma.
Mastered by Shawn Hatfield (AudibleOddities).
Music Video directed, shot and edited by Saubhagya Saxena.
Photographs by Shrey Gupta
Drums recorded by M Krishna Rao at Lotus Tree Studios, New Delhi.
Special Thanks :
Gaurav Shrivastava for lending us his keyboard for the shoot.
Vasu Gokarna of the Balaji Temple, Balaji Ghat for letting us use the Temple premises for the shoot.
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