Guneet says.....
"Atul is a character who seems to have just popped out of a book! You have to meet him for sure to believe it..... He plays a variety of instruments - sax, guitar, clarinet, mandolin, flute, sitar, keys and also sings in a very different mode. He has been composing music since childhood. Always in search of a new sound and the only ambition in life was to create a band..... He has created wonderful compositions as a founder band member of Silk Route formed in the year 1995. The music album their first called 'Boondein' debuted at no.1 and scorched the charts with its fresh, evocative sounds capes, including the underwater video 'Dooba Dooba', which finally became a catalog seller and demonstrated the creative talent of the band to a broad spectrum of listeners. 'Boondein' won rave reviews for its creative song-writing in Hindi, English and 'Pahadi', going on to sweep the prestigious Channel-V awards, 1998. Two years later Silk Route assimilated its skills to venture into previously unexplored musical terrain, and brought their immediately identifiable sound to the next level - 'Pehchan', the second album. Diversifying to other creative mediums came naturally to the band and subsequent forays have included composing songs for Kalpana Lajmi’s film ‘kyon’ and the entire soundtrack for the wacky movie ‘urf professor’..... Lost in his own dreams, his own world Atul is creating new magic with the inception of a new band called Indic Mist, 2007...... What else! Music for Atul is a passion who is always searching for the realms of the heart! Soul searching always to find new realities in sound, in music that would make you feel the depths to the core of your heart and soul.... "Indic Mist"...... started with Atul trying his hand at a solo career since Silk Route was not giving him his space and he needed to express himself... and moreover the beautiful journey of the band Silk Route is now formally over. The songs are written by him and his wife Jyoti, who could touch your hearts as music with her beautiful lyrics even before the lyrics are turned to musical compositions by Atul.
Atul says.....
"Well all this has been written by my friend Guneet.... the man who makes all the percussion and drum sounds on the album.... He actually is a satellite engineer working for the United Nations.... I call him DATA from Star Trek... Guneet is the silent one .... the only time he talks is when he gets a little tipsy... else he is always sitting in front of the computer, mesmerizing us with his technicalities..... it's been a learning experience with him.... I met Guneet when we were working on a project called KALAM....a music album with India's former president, A P J Kalam's words.... since then its been mutual respect.... and bon homie..... Guneet was part of a band in the UK called Artronika .... jammin with Arthur and Ruth... Guneet is also coming out with his own album Maya.
Jyoti is my wife and inspiration for all that i do..... hat off to her to bear my idiosyncrasies through 22 years of our married life....she is my anchor and keeps me stable.... She has the knack of writing beautiful poetry which i turn into my songs.....
Vishal is a beautiful person...he is so soft spoken one has to strain to hear his words...but when he gets his hand on the key board he says it with great flair... the most natural musician i've met... feels every note and his expression is straight from the heart...
Chintan my friend....again straight from the heart...u just have to jam with him once and he feels every nuance...his expression is a different dimension to our music...he plays like a shaman hitting all the low notes just to uplift the groove ...
The band is growing with the new live line up...
Aakash is a multi instrumentalist he plays the guitar, violin, hand percussion...
Saurav Suman another multi faceted musician is on the bass...
The prodigy has comes of age!! Versatile , that he is with all styles
of bass guitaring, he is now a qualified Hindustani Classical vocalist
.Having performed with an array of artists ranging from sufi to hindustani
and metal to fusion , he knows his music .With classic crooning ability
and playing multiplicity, he is a plesure for sure on stage.
Sahil the cool dude is on the drums... he is just 19 years old but he can hold the groove like a pro...
