Urban Reflektions
Formed in 2006, from Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Member since: 6 September 2008
Genres:Rock, Indie, Funk
Mind, Soul & Vision
About
What started off as blurred spectres of a vision, swirling in a complex nebula of images in drummer/vocalist /composer Debashish DEBU” Banerji’s mind, emerged as a project in the year 2003. The main object of the endeavour was to infuse the sound of Bangla Rock bands with colours of jazz, funk, R&B, soul and to create a versatile, colourful and embryonic sound which would reflect the modern existentialist lifestyle and urban funk - rock culture. As time passed the fissure between the conception and expression dissolved into the emergence URBAN REFLEKTIONS, a band ushering in a new sonic perspective into the lives and minds of audiences in Bengal. The band’s quest for a new sound resulted in the subsequent album “ Nagar ratri “ released in the fall of 2005 by UD Series. As the album topped the charts, being one of the top selling Bangla albums in all the music stores in Kolkata, it eventually got nominated under the best fusion music album for the year, in the Prestigious Zee Bangla Music Awards. Moreover, recently, the opening track of the album “ Shurer Shandhaney “ has also been chosen by HMV SaReGaMa for the Kolkata Chapter of their compilation cd named The Underground Vol.1. A video of the said track will also be aired on all the national and regional television networks in India, soon. Urban Reflektions delves deep into the bright and endless realms of adventurous improvisations and complex experimentations of grooves. Although the project emphasizes on original compositions, it also ventures seamlessly into the international music charting out various compositions by Michael Franks, Screaming Headless Torso, Two Ton Shoes, Bill Withers, Toto, Metallica, Jamiroquai, etc. just to name a few. Being the only band in Kolkata catering to a wide variety of musical genres, it has received a great amount of accolades from audiences both within the country as well as internationally. Performances The band has performed at the Marakesh Lounge, I’Lounge, CC & FC, Bengal Club, City Centre, Taj Bengal, Planet M, etc. just to name a few. Urban Reflektions is also the only band in India to have performed jazz fusion music in Dacca, Bangladesh at three prestigious venues to a packed audience of Bangladeshis and foreign diplomats. It has also performed with the renowned jazz guitarist from India of international repute, Mr.Amit Heri at the Someplace Else, in the Park hotel. The band has performed for the prestigious Bakery Carnival held at the Calcutta Club in 2006. It has also performed with the renowned jazz guitarist from India of international repute, Mr.Amit Heri at the Someplace Else, in the Park hotel. URJ has performed at Fusion9 at Hyderabad and also at the Jazz Fest in Pondicherry. The band recently performed at The Blue Frog in Mumbai and at the Shisha Jazz Café in Pune. Urban Reflektions also performs regularly at The Princeton Club, and at Someplace Else from time to time. The band has also collaborated with quite a few eminent Indo Jazz Fusion artists from all over the world, like Bickram Ghosh, Tanmoy Bose, S.Shekhar, Pandit Debashish Bhattachrya, Sanjay Mishra, Usha Uthup, Matthias Mueller, Dhruv Ghanekar, just to name a few.Influences
The music of Urban Reflektions is a careful mix of jazz, rock, soul and funk but with an Indian touch. Their influences are as follows : Jaco Pastorius, Charlie Parker, Allan Holdsworth, John Coltrane, Bob James, Chick Corea, Steely Dan, Stevie Wonder, Steve Gadd, John Scofield, Jamiroquai, Vinnie Colauita, Dave Weckl, Steve Gadd, Meshell Ndegeocello, Bill evans (Sax), Marcus Miller, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Frank Mccomb, Jim Messina, Michael Franks, Joni Mitchell, Frank Zappa, The Police, Screaming Headless Torsos, Michael Mcdonald, and many many more!!!! The list is endless..............Article Comments (0)
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