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| Lychee Lassi was full of surprises with their suave synchronised moves MIXED BREW The German band could ?t in just about anywhere and in any time zoneThe hushed whispers and sea of murmurs died down as soon as Lychee Lassi poured out their musical mixture for avid listeners at the Max Mueller Bhavan last week. With some tongue-clicking and pot-clanking starting off the peppy musical evening, the sounds created by the band-members in orange-triangular printed shirts were refreshingly new experiments in sound. “Thanks for sitting, thanks for standing…maybe you could just start dancing”, said the spunky drummer, Roland Knauf. And dance the audience did – whether they were sitting on the edge of their seats with their heads bobbing up and down and itching to move, shaking a leg or swaying hips. Deep bass beats with surround sound filled the hall from DJ Illvibe’s podium. And at once you were in a discotheque, or better still in some wild trance party, with razor lights flashing in the twilight and giant speakers booming with pulsating music. Funky scratches and improvisations by Illvibe added to the groove – and those who were stuck in their chairs, wished they were standing! Lychee Lassi was full of surprises – much as you’d imagine the drink to be. Their suave and synchronised moves added to the enigmatic stage presence, with dramatic pauses like a fast-paced punk music video from the Beastie Boys or Daft Punk. Listening to Lychee Lassi’s new new-age ‘post-modern’ genre of an eclectic jamming of sounds – from jazz, rock ‘n’ roll, punk, techno, trance, blues, reggae, and even soul, it could fit in just about anywhere and any time zone. Whether it was on some hippy rave party on the beaches of Goa with the waves curling at your feet, an open-air rock concert back in college-days where you sat back on the muddy ground,…More |
