Disconnected vocals lay over the top of luscious beds of synth and guitar, and it all changes around so much that, by the time it's over, you kinda don't know what the hell just happened. That's the way Chrome Sparks – the bedroom project of Jeremy Malvin – tends to work.
The deep electro of 'The Meaning Of Love' lures the listener into a groove, and then snaps them out of it just as they're starting to get comfortable. 'Henna Henna' sounds like the lead track from the soundtrack of a Bollywood surf film, if such a thing were to exist, with its twangy guitars and Hindi and Bengali vocals. The Bombay Royale are helping to keep the spirit of Bollywood alive in Melbourne.
His rich, booming, bluesy voice sounds like it's straight from the American South in the 1930s on this tantalisingly brief burst of gut bucket blues. Archer, from regional Victoria, relies on little more than a simple, rusty guitar pattern. No animals were harmed in the recording of this song, but it was close.īreakfast power song Comment by Sridhar GĬan you send me this Karoke track to I am very fond of this song, Very nice of you. Originally appearing in the film Ella Inba Mayam and composed by Ilaiyaraaja, Solla Solla is a stormer, careering wildly through the jungle on a hyperactive rhythm section and scattered with epic brass and hot guitars. Solla Solla Enna Perumai features the mighty vocals of Shourov “The Tiger” Bhattacharya.
The update on this little heard tune is arranged by Andy Williamson and produced by Bob Knob and Tristan Ludowyk in the Hope Street studio. This cosmic love song originally appeared on the soundtrack to the film Siskeyan and was composed by Sapan Jagmohan. Literally translated as “each night I open my eyes,” Sote Sote features the haunting vocals of Parvyn “The Mysterious Lady” Singh. If you like Bollywood space disco, this song is for you. Not to mention analog synthesizers, spring reverb, tape echo and occasionally elephants, monkeys and tigers. Session pirates hauled from various crews unite to assault the senses with pulsing tablas, hot brass, shimmering spaghetti guitar and sitar, screaming organs and driving bass and drums. Starring vocalists Parvin “The Mysterious Lady” Singh and Shourov “The Tiger” Bhattacharya and led by musical director Andy “The Skipper” Williamson, The Bombay Royale are an uncanny crew of masked marauders. The Bombay Royale is here to rectify the situation. R.D Burman, Asha Bhosle and Mohammed Rafi are still household names in India, but largely unknown in the outside world. The heroes of this music rank among the great musicians of the 20th century. Every possible influence from surf rock to disco was absorbed and recombined with a uniquely Indian sensibility. An all singing, all dancing, all funky subcontinental style never before imagined. Far from the polish and shine of modern Bollywood, an ingenious industry was forging a new nation’s identity, cannibalizing every aspect of world cinema and remaking it. The cinema of 1960’s and 1970’s India was a riot of saturated color and dramatic excess.
This band brings the sound of the Golden Age of Bollywood back to the future, where it belongs. Dusting off near-unheard relics, smashing out Bollywood classics and putting down surfadelic Hindi originals is all in a day’s work for The Bombay Royale. The Bombay Royale are a Melbourne band dedicated to honoring and reviving the funky, bizarre and mysterious music of vintage Indian cinema. Artist: The Bombay Royale Release: Sote Sote Adhi Raat / Solla Solla Enna Perumai Format: 7” vinyl record Cat: HS004 Date: August 2011