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The result was the formal crystallisation of Namit Das + Anurag Shanker, with the collaboration set to play a gig in the city tonight. "Namit came up with the ideas, and I would write the songs on a guitar. The sound is minimal in nature, without it falling into the realm of the singer-songwriter genre," Shanker shares, adding, "We felt that the music circuit had reached a place where bands were making songs just for the audience to hold on to their beer to. There was no deep insight as such. So, we wanted to stay true to our cultural roots while also showing who we are as individuals in 2018."

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