For meaning of word see Parikrama (Sanskrit).
| Parikrama | |
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| Origin | Delhi, India |
| Genres | Indian rock Blues |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Labels | Rock Street Journal& Channel V |
| Members | |
| Nitin Malik Sonam Sherpa Saurabh Choudhary Subir Malik Gaurav Balani Srijan Mahajan Shambu Nath Imran Khan Rajat Kakkar |
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Parikrama is a Rock and Roll band from Delhi, India. They have several live performances and original numbers to their name. The band was officially formed on June 17, 1991 in Delhi. The word Parikrama means 'orbital revolutions' in Sanskrit.
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The band consists of:
Accompanied by:
Subir and Nitin are brothers. Subir, Nitin and Chintan are from the same school, St. Xavier's, Delhi. Subir is the eldest, Chintan and Nitin, two year younger, were classmates. All except Nitin, who went to Hindu Coll., went to Kirorimal College and were part of MUSOC (music society) .[1] Saurabh Chaudhry has a degree in Business Administration.
Sonam Sherpa is hailed from Kalimpong of Darjeeling district.He is currently running Prakirama School of Music in Delhi.
They are yet to release a full-length album, though they did release a free multimedia CD of their singles and videos in 2001. The band does not have any policies against their music being copied and distributed .[1] They have made their music available for download on their official website.[2]
The band often fuses Indian classical music instruments like mridangam, tabla and flute with conventional instruments like guitar, drums and keyboards. They have been inspired and influenced by the likes of Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix and The Doors.
The first song "Xerox" was named 'the face of Indian rock'. Their first hit single "Till I’m No One Again" was released in 1995 along with "Open Skies". It was among thirteen other songs chosen from the demos sent by a hundred and fifty other bands in the country. This release, The Great Indian Rock, volume 1, was produced by Amit Sehgal, owner and publisher of the India's first rockzine: Rock Street Journal.
"But it rained" was released in 1996. This song was dedicated to the kidnappings in the Kashmir Valley, during that period. This song is probably their biggest hit. They were surprised when a crowd of 40000 sang along with them in their performance for the Iron Maiden concert in Bangalore. Another song, "Gonna Get It", was released in the same year.
Their sixth number in succession was released in 1997: "Load Up".
This band composed the song "The Superhero" for Bangalore only recently. This was in due course of the visit of Microsoft’s chairman Bill Gates to the IT capital of India, Bangalore.
A Parikrama original "Rhythm and Blues" was created in course of their jam session with Usha Uthup.
Parikrama has recently released a few more originals like the Lord of the Rings-inspired "Am I Dreaming", "Tears of the Wizard" and "In the Middle".
Apart from "But it rained" another Parikrama original called "Vapourize" is a crowd favorite. "Vapourize" is a 7:30-minute song and features harmonized guitar solos with a violin solo.
A number of recordings are available as free MP3 downloads on the bands official site.
Their first concert was at Delhi’s first ever concert on AIDS awareness.
On December 18, 2005, Parikrama performed with Saif Ali Khan at the Royal Stag Corporate Carnival, Delhi.
In March 2006, Parikrama performed at Ragam '06 hosted by National Institute of Technology, Calicut, Kerala.
On Feb 20 2007, Parikrama performed in Goa for the "Band of the sand" which was held at Calangute beach, as part of the Goa Carnival festival 2007. Parikrama will perform at the Kennedy Center in March 2011, as part of "maximum INDIA", a celebration of the arts & culture of India.
Parikrama performed at Download Festival in Donington in 2007 on the same day as a warm up to Iron Maiden. At this concert Nitin Malik stated that they were there because Iron Maiden had requested the event organisers for them to be on the billing and it was an honour for them to return the favour of Iron Maiden who travelled to Bangalore, India in March 2007. Again they performed with Maiden in Mumbai. And now they are the official opening band for any Iron Maiden concert in Asia
The band also supported Iron Maiden at the special Clive Burr MS Trust fund concert at Brixton Academy on 24 June 2007, after coming to Maiden's attention at the Bangalore show. [2]
Parikrama toured all the Indian metros, with Saif Ali Khan.
Parikrama opened for Iron Maiden on Feb. 1, 2008 in Mumbai on the first concert of their Somewhere Back In Time World Tour. This was the fourth time they played alongside Iron Maiden.
In September 8, they performed at RENDEZVOUS 2008, the annual cultural festival of IIT Delhi, Delhi.
On the 21st December, 2009 Parikrama opened for Porcupine Tree at 'Mood Indigo' IIT , Bombay - Mumbai
On the 24th of January, 2010, Parikrama also performed at Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar during their cultural festival, Blithchron. It was a major event throughout Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar, attended by nearly 5000 people.
On 20th of Feb, Continuing their trans-national journey encompassing different cultures,Parikrama performed at Vivacity 2010,[3] the annual Techno-Cultural-Management fest of The LNM Institute of Information Technology(LNMIIT),jaipur.[4] Scaremonger ,Hash and Lycanthropia opened for Parikrama.
Again on 21 February 2010, they performed at Assam Engineering College during Pyrokinesis, their annual festival.
On the 15th of March, 2010, they performed at National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur, during NIMBUS-2010, their annual technical festival.
On the 26th of March, 2010, they performed at Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani – Dubai, during Jashn-2010, the celebration of the university completing 10 years.
On 28 March Parikrama performed at BITS Pilani - Hyderabad Campus to an audience of young enthusiastic students for their first ever fest Pearl '10.
On 3 April 2010, they performed at CALCUTTA INSTITUTE OF ENGG. AND MANAGEMENT , KOLKATA during CELSIUS, their annual festival.
On 25 April 2010, they performed at Sri Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering, Mysore for their annual cultural fest JAYCIANA
On May 15, 2010, Parikrama were the main event at the MTV stuntmania auditions held at NSIC grounds in Delhi, they performed last, after a great evening by Circus, Bandish, and Them Clones.
On July 24, 2010, Parikrama performed at Era's Lucknow Medical College and Hospital, Lucknow.
On August 14, 2010 Parikrama performed at St. John's Medical College, Bangalore's Fest Autumn Muse's Rock Show, Muse Rock which was Independence Eve Rock that year, Avial(band) also performed at that event in aid of Underprivileged Children's Treatment Fund.
On December 12, 2010 Parikrama performed at Bacardi NH7 Weekender, Pune as the last Band for the day.[5]
On January 14, 2011 Parikrama performed at the National Youth Festival 2011 (NYF-2011), being held at Udaipur, Rajasthan
On January 22, 2011 Parikrama performed at Indian Institute of Management Indore during the cultural fest "Mridang"
On January 31, 2011 Parikrama performed at [ malviya national institute of technology] during the cultural fest "blitzschlag"
On February 18, 2011 Parikrama performed at National Institute of Technology, Durgapur during the fest "Recstasy"
On February 21, 2011 Parikrama performed at National Institute of Fashion Technology, Mumbai during their annual cultural fest "Spectrum"
On August 27, 2011 Parikrama performed at UB City, for a fundraiser named Reach[out]. The aim of the fundraiser was to raise money for CRY.
On November 12, 2011 Parikrama performed at Esplanade Theatre in Singapore. They also performed 2 smaller shows in the Esplanade open air theatre on November 13 & 14, 2011
On November 25, 2011 Parikrama performed at Institute of Management Technology, Nagpur during their annual B-school fest "Milestone 35"[6]
Recently Parikrama have joined one of the pioneers in Digital Distribution giants Hungama in their Unreleased Music venture ArtistAloud.com : According to the band's Manager Subir Malik “The reason for this website becoming a path-breaking one is that it’s the most organised effort I’ve seen so far. Finally, there’s a site that has nothing to do with Bollywood, and a lot of time and money has gone into marketing it. The music industry is almost over in India; there is no music in MTV either. At least there’s someone trying to promote non-commercial music.[7]
8.^Parikrama Interview