Maeri. A song by the Indipop group Euphoria. Euphoria sounds some monotonous if you listen to a lot of at one go. But then, they have some absolute gems. One of them is Maeri. This song is filmed beautifully, starting with the band waiting for a train at a generic North Indian station.. complete with a fakir singing with a do-tara (a two stringed instrument). Euphoria is an extremely urban group, but they manage to carry an air of beautiful rusticity and do it so well!
Their other beautiful song is their very first one: Dhoom. Dhoom was filmed in Benares (one of the holy cities of North India). One of the fondest memories of being a Rhythmica hanger-on (I avoid the word groupie for obvious reasons… and to explain things here.. Rhythmica was the music group of the Institute.. and I only actually associated with them when they pitched in for Spandan events.. and Spandan was the Bengali cultural organization on campus.. and they had a drama group which had overlaps with Dramatiis, the Institute theatre organization.. in fact, they were Dramatiis, to a sufficiently good approximation.. ok this is getting complicated).. yes one of my fondest memories was sitting through Pradyut-da and Emtiyaz singing Dhoom at the SAC music room. Pradyut has one of the most amazing and powerful voices I have ever heard. Emtiyaz is technique and style in equal proportions. If these guys were not champs in engineering, they could have just as well earned a living as performers. Anyway, that seems like a lifetime ago, except , of course, that I was just listening to Dhoom online.
Their other beautiful song is their very first one: Dhoom. Dhoom was filmed in Benares (one of the holy cities of North India). One of the fondest memories of being a Rhythmica hanger-on (I avoid the word groupie for obvious reasons… and to explain things here.. Rhythmica was the music group of the Institute.. and I only actually associated with them when they pitched in for Spandan events.. and Spandan was the Bengali cultural organization on campus.. and they had a drama group which had overlaps with Dramatiis, the Institute theatre organization.. in fact, they were Dramatiis, to a sufficiently good approximation.. ok this is getting complicated).. yes one of my fondest memories was sitting through Pradyut-da and Emtiyaz singing Dhoom at the SAC music room. Pradyut has one of the most amazing and powerful voices I have ever heard. Emtiyaz is technique and style in equal proportions. If these guys were not champs in engineering, they could have just as well earned a living as performers. Anyway, that seems like a lifetime ago, except , of course, that I was just listening to Dhoom online.
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