| Date: | Wednesday, December 2, 2009 |
| Time: | 9:30pm - 11:30pm |
| Location: | The lounge at ai MGF Metropolitan Mall, Second Floor, District Centre, Saket, Delhi |
The Band:
BAYBYLON EXTENSON, is the coming together of 5 very diverse musicians, spanning different styles, genres, and generations for the primary purpose of playing music that feels good in the pit of your stomach.
Each musician brings to the this band his own style and set of influences to create what can be at best, termed as a “funk based, rock flavoured, indi-influenced, jamband reggae”
The Musicians:
JOHN KO- ( Voice, Guitars, Percussion ): A Korean born in Uganda, raised in Europe & America, lived in Indonesia, and discovered his reggae heart in Ethiopia, before making India his home. A true blue world musician. As an ex-rocker, and ex-front man for the popular 90s band HAZE, John sings from his soul and it shows. He likes to experiment with reggae & other forms to create his own unique voice.
OBED ZEME- ( Guitars, Voice ): Explosive and lyrical, and self taught, Obed is a versatile musician and songwriter. Obed combines a skillful rock style with melodic soloing in his playing to create passionate music.
He has performed with the Cannibals, Nirvana and North East Express and is the founding member of Metal Band Messianic Troopers.
VINAYAK GUPTA ( Keyboards, Voice ) The always smiling, bright eyed ‘baby’ of the band, he is the son of a Classic Hindustani singer and was nurtured in the pristine hills of Kasauli. Vinayak is gifted musician with two hearts. A trained Indian classical vocalist with an intense love of funk, fusion, & jazz keys. He is deeply & successfully involved in professional music production, keyboard programming and arranging.
LALRINAWMA TOCHHAWNG- ( Bass, Voice ): That’s “ Mama’ to the Indian music community at large He is the glue that binds this band together. A member of famous late 80s bands, Warlock & Ashanti, Mama has re-emerged out of self imposed retirement back onto the music scene as a sensitive, groove based bass player. Mama is also a well- known music promoter in the city
ABHINAV DHAR- ( Drums ): The ‘old man’ in the band, Abhinav has always been a semi-pro and always regretted his advertising career having taken precedence over his music and his drums. For those who might remember, he was the drummer for the legendary 80’s band called Collegium, and more recently, Whimsy Logic.
