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Catch Mumbai-based musicians Sahil Bhatia and Nakul Sharma as Burudu take the stage this Thursday
Burudu playing live at Magnetic Fields, an annual music carnival in Rajasthan
Sahil Bhatia and Nakul Sharma
So, Burudu is electronic music, yes, but it is stitched together with percussions, drums and other instrumental pieces that have a sort of muted grandeur. If Burudu was a chair it would be a Lazyboy with antique upholstery — motorised and new-age but with padding that looks like it belongs on an opera set.
"The music that we perform live is largely from our first album. It was an important stage for us musically because we gave a lot of time to that album and discovered ourselves through it. Our music essentially is electronic, but it has very heavy orchestral elements and a strong sense of post-rock music," says 36-year-old Nakul Sharma who plays the keys and percussion instruments and is one-half of Burudu. "Burudu is just a sound that appealed to us phonetically," he adds.
"The music essentially stays the same but it's how we perform it that evolves. So, over time we've added a lot of different instruments. We experiment with a bunch of sounds live to see how they go well together," says drummer and keyboard player Sahil Bhatia, 38, (the two-piece act's other half) while chronicling their musical evolution.
What can we look forward to? "We'll be showcasing our album, Ditties, which musically, will be a journey through various emotions while featuring a lot of groove and synth work. We last played in March and we are very excited to take the stage this Thursday," Bhatia tells us over the phone.
On: July 12, 9 pm onwards
At: The Quarter, Royal Opera House, Girgaum.
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Cost Rs 749 to Rs 1,499 (prices subject to change)
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