Dhruv Visvanath & Sid Basrur at Fun Republic Social

09/07/2018

Drop in at Fun Republic Social, and have a mid-week fun night with Dhruv Visvanath & Sid Basrur. With Dhruv Visvanath on Vocals & Guitar, Rohan Rajadhakshya on Keys & backing vocals and Ajay Jayanathi – Violin & backing vocals, its sure going to be a high energy night.

About Dhruv Visvanath:

Listed as one of the 30 Great Guitarists under 30 in the world, by Acoustic Guitar Magazine USA (alongside Ed Sheeran, Newton Faulkner and Laura Marling etc.). Dhruv is an accomplished musician and songwriter who has established a solid and energetic following of listeners. His Percussive style of playing the acoustic guitar has pioneered a new genre of music in the Indian subcontinent.

In 2015, Dhruv was signed to Vishal Dadlani’s record label VLT Records, and shortly thereafter released his debut record “Orion” with critical acclaim. His brand associations and ambassadorships have included giants like Audi and Microsoft. As of 2018, Dhruv endorses Dehradun Guitar Company. Dhruv was the only Indian to perform at the 2018 editions of SXSW, Austin, and CMW, Toronto respectively. His latest album, The Lost Cause ” is an Independent effort (out now) released on the 19th of April through Kobalt Recordings The Lost Cause was debuted at #2 on iTunes Inda and was in top 50 albums on Apple Music for over a week.

About Siddharth Basrur:

Siddharth Basrur is an Indian vocalist, composer, and a playback singer. He entered the indie music scene with his first band, Kinky Ski Munky. He is the frontman of Mumbai’s progressive metal band Goddess Gagged. Basrur has contributed to Bollywood movies like Haunted 3D, Players[better source needed] and David.

With a diploma in audio engineering, Basrur worked in the film industry doing audio post-production for films. He quit his job as a sound engineer and took up content writing for Channel V in 2008, which he later quit in order to make music full-time. In 2000, Basrur composed vocal melodies for the band Kinky Ski Munky. Chirantan, a friend of Basrur who made music for Haunted 3D, gave Basrur his first break in commercial music when he sang two songs for the movie. In late 2016, he sang the Hindi version of the song “We Know the Way” for the Hindi-dubbed release of the Disney animated feature film Moana. Siddharth Basrur won the MTV VMAI in 2013, for Roots Song of the Year. He has been nominated for the Radio City Freedom Awards in 2013, and also for the Jack Daniels Rock awards in 2014 in the categories of song of the year and male artist of the year.

Date: Wednesday, 11th July 2018

Time: 9:30 pm Onwards

Entry: INR 300 at Gate

Contact: 07506394245

Venue: Fun Republic Social, Plot No 844/4, Fun Republic Mall, 3rd Floor, Opp To New Link Road, Andheri West, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400053

Garam Chai Ki Pyaali ho!

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