LABEL: ROCKING RIFFS
Skrat
September 7, 8 pm onwards
Fandom at Gilly’s Redefined, Koramangala
Entry: ₹499, via Insider.in
Chennai rock band Skrat always know how to start a rock and roll party. Seasoned indie kids-turned-men, the trio have been part of the circuit for more than a decade. What remains intact through the course of a few lineup changes is Skrat’s adrenaline-fuelled live shows. This weekend, they return to Bengaluru to serve up stomping songs off their latest album Bison , but will also pick crowd favourites from their previous releases such as The Queen and Bring Out the Big Guns . Skrat have slowly moved from a garage rock kind of steely sound to a heavier, almost metal-informed arena-rock vibe that vocalist-guitarist Sriram TT, drummer Tapass Naresh and bassist Jhanu Chanthar have worked on over time. Catch them perform songs old and new this week at Fandom.
Alexandra Minoza
September 7, 8 pm onwards
The Blue Room, Jayanagar
Entry: ₹400, at the door
Filipino-origin pianist Alexandra Minoza has had a globetrotting time with Western classical music. No stranger to the works of Chopin and Debussy and more, Minoza began performing at the age of nine. Her studies and performances have taken her to Singapore, Manila, London, Kathmandu and of course, India. A piano faculty member at the KM Conservatory of Music in Chennai between 2013 and 2019, Minoza is now performing across India more often. Performing an intimate set at the Blue Room in Jayanagar, Minoza presents Chopin’s Op. 28, out of 24 preludes. While preludes are considered introductions, Minoza describes them as “self-contained units”. Through the course of the concert, the pianist will also include anecdotes from Chopin’s life, touching upon inspirations and muses of his work.
Dengue Dengue Dengue, Raka
September 8, 8 pm onwards
Fandom at Gilly’s Redefined, Koramangala
Entry: ₹300, plus cover charge, via Insider.in
This Lima-bred, Berlin-based duo has one of the most intriguing names around that makes you wonder how they get past border control, but Felipe Salmon and Rafael Pereira have been at it since 2014. In Peruvian slang, having dengue actually intends to say that you are down to party.
Performing a special audio-visual set as part of their India tour (organised by Mumbai agency Third Culture), Dengue Dengue Dengue bring to the front tropical bass music, taking traditional rhythms from the old world and melding them into electronic music. Expect everything from psychedelic to dub, salsa, techno and lots more in between, spanning records such as Zenit & Nadur, Serpiente Dorada and Semillero EP. They are supported by Bangalore-based DJ and producer Raka.
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