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— Indian Ocean plays a mélange of familiar classical, western and Indian folk music that creates its own genre.
The band plays Saturday at Globalquerque in Mayor Plaza at 10:20 p.m. The band consists of guitarist Susmit Sen, percussion player Asheem Chakravarty, bassist Rahul Ram and drummer Amit Kilam. All band members are born and raised in India.
“In India, each of the districts has their own extremely diverse, rich folk music with their own dialects,” Kilam said. “We all grew up with it, so it was only natural that we would incorporate it into our music.”
The band started in 1990, but Sen and Chakravarty knew each other years before. Kilam said the band used to practice at Sen’s home, and it was his father who suggested the band be called Indian Ocean. The name sounded so appealing that it stuck.
Since then, the band’s had great success, going so far as creating the soundtrack for “Black Friday,” a film about the 1993 bombings in Mumbai, India.
“What I liked about this project was the freedom to write and sing what we wanted and not so much what the director or producer wanted,” Kilam said. “We enjoyed this experience because we were able to explore new boundaries for a change.” 09/24/09
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