PRONITES

Melody is his middle name and he’s rubbed shoulders with the best in all of the Indian Music industry. He’s the lead vocalist for the band Dhvani and he’s never looked back from his chartbusting debut in Rang de Basanti. He’s lent his voice to over 50 songs in the last 5 years, and that’s in Tamil alone. In Telugu he’s sung the most melodious Nenu Nuvvantu (Orange), Avunana Kadana (Leader), Preminche Premavaa (Nuvvu Nenu Prema); and who can forget the hit from Munna, Manasa? The list goes on but why are we talking about this Mumbai lad?

Fusion is the trend in music today. Bringing together the Western and the Eastern style of music. Merging them to contrive a new style in music, He plays the Indian musical style which appears to be Western. Having performed with all the Legends of the Indian Music Scene like A R Rahman, Zakir Hussain, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, Hariharan, Shankar Mahadevan, Sivamani etc he has definitely established himself in the Indian music industry. Asia’s highest scorer in solo piano exams from Trinity School of Music, London. He also holds the record of completing the course in three years’ time.

This band of brothers is considered one of the pioneering forces behind what is dubbed as the '21st Century Pop Revolution of Pakistan'. Their debut album created whirlwinds in Urdu communities all over the world. A first of its kind, they merged pop/rock with Pakistani mainstream music. Over a span of 6 years the band has put out two albums, they have performed over 400 concerts, self-produced 10 music videos and won 3 major music awards. Raw, energetic and full of life is what they are. This sensational duo is now coming to our very own spree to electrify the most passive onlooker.

Who are we writing about? If you haven’t guessed already, these are none other than Naresh Iyer, Stephen Devassy, and the band Noori. But why did we just highlight the already famous musicians in this article? Well, SpringSpree ’11 is proud to announce that this extremely versatile, extremely talented lot is coming down to blow NITW away with their heart pounding beats, mellifluous voices and sublime music.

Welcome to PRONITES.