Monday, May 23, 2011

Black Crayon and the Mumbling Revolution of the Monosyllabic Tongue

The songs posted below were recorded over December 2010, though they were written a long time before that. The lyrics were composed by Manasi, but the songs wouldn't have come to life without Sruthi, whose voice pretty much lends the depth and meaning to the songs and words. Sruthi and Manasi are, together, Black Crayon.

In December 2010, Black Crayon collaborated with other musicians, in a project called "Mumbling Revolution of the Monosyllabic Tongue", a project that involved:

  1. Sruthi Vijayaraghavan (Vocals, Rhythm Guitar)
  2. Navtez Singh (Lead/Bass/Rhythm Guitar)
  3. S.R.K. Raman (Lead/Bass Guitar)
  4. Deepan Dasgupta (Drums)
  5. Manasi Saxena (Vocals, Lyrics, Rhythm Guitar)

This project was located at the very end of a very, very narrow road, in Tarang Audio-Visual Record Studios, on Dimna Road, near Jamshedpur -- a fantastically obscure location which was haunted by these five young, spry and extremely enthusiastic people, stretching the imagination and patience of the owner and technicians of Tarang. What emerged from this has been linked (along with the Creative Commons Licenses) below.

Three covers were also recorded, and they can be found here: Black Crayon Youtube Channel

"Voices" - by the Mumbling Revolution of the Monosyllabic Tongue



01 Rusty Memoir by Black Crayon Thing
Credits: Raman (lead guitar), Deepan (drums), Sruthi (backing vocals), Manasi (vocals and rhythm)
Creative Commons License
01 Rusty Memoir by Black Crayon (Sruthi Vijayaraghavan, Manasi Saxena) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.


02 Your Easy Smile by Black Crayon Thing
Credits: Navtez (bass), Deepan (drums), Sruthi (lead vocals), Manasi (backing vocals and rhythm guitar)
Creative Commons License
Your Easy Smile by Black Crayon (Sruthi Vijayaraghavan, Manasi Saxena) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.



03 Instrument to Your Bliss by Black Crayon Thing
Credits: Raman (lead guitar), Deepan (drums), Sruthi (backing vocals), Manasi (vocals and rhythm guitar)
Creative Commons License
Instrument to Your Bliss by Black Crayon (Sruthi Vijayaraghavan, Manasi Saxena) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.



04 Unrequited by Black Crayon Thing
Credits: Navtez (lead, rhythm, bass guitar), Deepan (drums), Sruthi (vocals), Manasi (backing vocals)
Creative Commons License
Unrequited by Black Crayon (Sruthi Vijayaraghavan, Manasi Saxena) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.



05 Broken Wings by Black Crayon Thing
Credits: Raman (lead and bass guitar), Deepan (drums), Sruthi (backing vocals and rhythm guitar), Manasi (vocals)
Creative Commons License
Broken Wings by Black Crayon (Sruthi Vijayaraghavan, Manasi Saxena) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.



06 Voices by Black Crayon Thing
Credits: Raman (lead guitar), Deepan (drums), Sruthi (vocals), Manasi (backing vocals and rhythm guitar)
Creative Commons License
Voices by Black Crayon (Sruthi Vijayaraghavan, Manasi Saxena) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.



07 Shattered Dreams by Black Crayon Thing
Credits: Navtez (rhythm guitar, lead), Deepan (drums), Sruthi (vocals), Manasi (backing vocals, rhythm guitar, off key whistling)
Creative Commons License
Shattered Dreams by Black Crayon (Sruthi Vijayaraghavan, Manasi Saxena) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.



08 04-12 by Black Crayon Thing
Credits: Navtez (lead guitar, bass), Deepan (drums), Sruthi (vocals), Manasi (backing vocals and rhythm guitar)
Creative Commons License
04-12 by Black Crayon (Sruthi Vijayaraghavan, Manasi Saxena) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.



12 Hang On (Secret track!) by Black Crayon Thing
Credits: Manasi
Note: This track is purely raw, and was recorded more for the sake of recording. It needs a hell of a lot of backing and fine-tuning, but here it is anyway.
Creative Commons License
Hang On by Black Crayon (Sruthi Vijayaraghavan, Manasi Saxena) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.


All lyrics and music by Manasi. The guitar lead in all songs except "Shattered Dreams" by the lead guitarist specified, either Raman or Navtez.