For the record

Indus Creed cuts their first solo in 17 years, Evolve, and makes it to the cover of Rolling Stone magazine

June 05, 2012 05:35 pm | Updated July 12, 2016 12:12 am IST

Indus Creed

Indus Creed

Making the cover page of the Rolling Stone magazine that is the standard bearer of music across the world, has to be a pretty big deal.

Even for a band as old and accomplished as Indus Creed, front man, Uday Benegal agrees that it was a special moment.

The band has spent the last two years working on their latest album, “Evolve”. “The first year was spent writing and crafting the songs and the second year was spent in production. We had a firm idea of what we wanted and paid a lot of attention to the mixing of the album. The point was to find an engineer who understood all the layers of our music.”

“Evolve” is a rock album with big sounds and high energy, and while it is no reflection on the quality of mixers within the country, the band decided to look westward when they found Tim Palmer.

“We had heard Palmer's work and were impressed when I decided to just send him an email and ask him if he would be interested in working with us. It was only later that we found out that he is a Grammy-nominated artist who has worked with bands like Pearl Jam and U2.”

Palmer expressed his interest and asked for samples, which were promptly couriered to him. “It was all very smooth, he got the sound and energy of the band right away. We sent the tracks back and forth a couple of times, but that was only for some minor tweaking,” says Uday.

“Palmer is a skilled technician with a great intuitive sense; he latched onto our sound and enhanced it.”

“Evolve” is also their first album in 17 years. “We have all gone on our different journeys and have come back to reconnect. We are familiar with each other as musicians and people, but we bring new experiences and sounds,” says Uday.

Contemporary rock

The album can be best described as a contemporary rock album, a culmination of a lot of things without compromising on their integrity as musicians or taking any short cuts. Uday says, “‘Evolve' is a new experience for us. We never wanted to replicate anything but only write and create good music. This album is bigger in sound and more expansive sonically, there is also a certain degree of melody that has been retained. We have also vested a lot of ourselves in this album, not in a sentimental way, but a more exploratory way.”

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