Ever Green Music ' revisited

Bhoomi - The Music of Earth
* Soumitro Ray * Surajit Chatterjee * Sanjoy Mukherjee * Hemanta Goswami * Abhijeet Ghosh * Robin Lai

Hyderabad : Thursday, 28th August
At the 33rd Kalibari Anniversary, a musical concert by Bhoomi, a bangla band broke all genre & generation barriers. There spontaneous melodies & rustic renditions were a instant hit with a wide cross-section of audience. It is always a special occasion for me to visit Kalibari, as it refreshes all the beautiful memories of my growing up years. I remember, as a child, Durga Puja at Kalibari seemed larger than life event. Cultural events have always been my favourite. I think being away from the Bangla-Land, this forms a direct connect to hearts & souls of all the non-resident bengalis like me. Bhoomi represents a new generation of regional musical expressionists; they blend different styles of Folk music like baul, bhatiyali , moishaal, with Rock, reggae & rap. It also uses wide range of natural sounds like Bird Chirping with classical & western instruments for sound effects. Art is a reflection of society and changing times. By change I mean desired change. The approach of renovation & fusion could very well be applied to other spheres of our lifestyles and social fabric. In today's context this becomes very relevant as it solves twofold problems of disappearing cultures & retarded regional evolution. Today, we are regional communities living in global societies. While there is a constant political debate over which is important, the core issue of getting to a next level of evolution gets subsided. Renovation & fusion is, if no the best but definitely an alternative approach to bridge this gap. Once this is incorporated in our lifestyles, many things will change and hopefully one day we will become a much sensitive and sustainable society. As a designer I was inspired and as a part of audience I was mesmerized. Renew & recycle !

P.S. For a Better Day. is the first Bhoomi number not is Bengali, which was performed in NY on special request of UN in July 2006