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

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