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A Chat with Ranjini Jose about Eka – THE BAND

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7 years ago

November 9, 2017

FWDmedia

FWD Life has a chat with singer Ranjini Jose about Eka – THE BAND

Text and images : Nikhil Wilson

As I walked into the big green and beautiful OG’s tharavadu, making my way to the band’s jamming room by listening to the sound of the drum and the guitar. As I walked into the jamming room, I saw the team that would be performing at JTPAC on November 11 and I made a mental note that I should not miss the debut show of Eka – THE BAND because they sound awesome. The five-member band, which has playback singer Ranjini Jose as the lead vocalist, welcomed me and introduced me to the team. As I was getting ready to, they played one of their tracks and that made things more interesting.

After having a small chat with the team, Ranjini and I headed out to have a conversation about the band and their music. I learned that it was not just a spur of the moment that lead to Eka – THE BAND, it was years of passion and dedication and love for music bands that lead Ranjini here with Eka – THE BAND. “It was hard for me to start a band of my own after I got into the field of playback singing. I always wanted to be a part of a band and I always try to never miss out opportunities where I can get to be a part of a band. Eka – THE BAND has been a dream project of mine and we are excited more than ever as the day of debut show is near”, says Ranjini.

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The set-list for our debut show includes songs from different types of genres – from Michael Jackson to Ghazals. The full song list includes my favourites tracks and I can’t pick out just a single one,” says Ranjini when asked about her favourite track from the set list. Ranjini, who is a spiritual believer, believes in the mantra ‘Ekam Evam Advitheyam’, which means there is no duality and there is only God, and that’s how the band was named Eka – THE BAND.

The band is currently into doing covers as they claim to be in no competition with any bands in the music scene and they love to experiment with new styles and genres because “only when you experiment you get results”. The band has Ralfin Stephen on the keyboard, Ashwin Aryan on the lead guitar, Samuel Jacob on the bass guitar, and Akhil Babu on the drums . “There will be some own compositions from the band, but it will have to wait as the band is just in their initial stage and we are in no rush and these jamming sessions make us feel we are doing great. The band will be in total sync with each other after the first few shows because every song and every stage helps us grow to create a stronger and healthy bond among the bandmates”, says Ranjini.

The band will be seen performing their hearts out at JTPAC on November 11, Saturday.

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