Kollage
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Kollage is a Hindi Rock/Pop Band from Kolkata, India, which has performed all over India
and has helped popularize different genres of music likes soul, blues, jazz in Hindi music through their original work. They are most popular for their live acts in the corporate and club circuit and have created a niche for themselves as the "Rockers from the IT industry". They have the distinction of being a very rare instance (probably the first) of a Hindi band from the Software Industry (TCS) in India to have cut an original album.
and Koushik Chakraborty.Jishnu Dasgupta, Anirban Gomes and Prosenjit Bhattacharyya completed the initial line-up of the band. Back then, Kollage mostly played covers; ones that were closer to the Indipop genre. Their IT background, especially, was a novelty and during 2003, they played quite a few gigs in Kolkata.
along with a new group of musicians - all of them once again from TCS - regrouped and "Kollage" was back; albeit as Rock/Blues inspired outfit. The new lineup included Shonit Bagchi, Parantap "Taps" Basu, Amritava "Amri" Biswas, Shuddha Satya Dey Mallick and Saikat Chatterjee. The big break came when they participated and won the TCS organized band contest named "RockMetazz" in Mumbai. And one more unexpected reward was waiting. An album which TCS Maitree wanted to produce. "June", their first album, released on 16 October 2006.
However, Aath was delayed for a number of reasons. Songs like "Vodka", "Aath", "Sukoon" " Shikhar" and "Baarish" have attained tremendous popularity among the live audience. Biswabijoy Sen
has just started working with "The Frozen Orchid" to get theses songs finally on tape.
, the lead voalist and composer of Kollage started a collaboration with "The Frozen Orchid" - an alternative band from melbourne Australia. What started as an exchange of musical ideas blossomed into "Maya" - a full fledged album in Hindi. Maya was recorded in Melbourne and mixed by Dan Groth of "The Frozen Orchid". It was mastered at "Jack the Bear", Melbourne. Maya has not been released yet but most of the songs are available on youTube.
India
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and has helped popularize different genres of music likes soul, blues, jazz in Hindi music through their original work. They are most popular for their live acts in the corporate and club circuit and have created a niche for themselves as the "Rockers from the IT industry". They have the distinction of being a very rare instance (probably the first) of a Hindi band from the Software Industry (TCS) in India to have cut an original album.
History
Kollage is a Hindi Rock/Pop/Blues band formed by musicians who are also associates of TATA Consultancy Services (TCS), Kolkata. The band started back in 2003 and was brought together by Biswabijoy SenBiswabijoy Sen
Biswabijoy Sen is the lead singer of the Hindi rock band Kollage. He has also collaborated with Australian alternative band "The Frozen Orchid" for an album named Maya....
and Koushik Chakraborty.Jishnu Dasgupta, Anirban Gomes and Prosenjit Bhattacharyya completed the initial line-up of the band. Back then, Kollage mostly played covers; ones that were closer to the Indipop genre. Their IT background, especially, was a novelty and during 2003, they played quite a few gigs in Kolkata.
The Second Coming
Back from an overseas assignment in early 2005, Biswabijoy SenBiswabijoy Sen
Biswabijoy Sen is the lead singer of the Hindi rock band Kollage. He has also collaborated with Australian alternative band "The Frozen Orchid" for an album named Maya....
along with a new group of musicians - all of them once again from TCS - regrouped and "Kollage" was back; albeit as Rock/Blues inspired outfit. The new lineup included Shonit Bagchi, Parantap "Taps" Basu, Amritava "Amri" Biswas, Shuddha Satya Dey Mallick and Saikat Chatterjee. The big break came when they participated and won the TCS organized band contest named "RockMetazz" in Mumbai. And one more unexpected reward was waiting. An album which TCS Maitree wanted to produce. "June", their first album, released on 16 October 2006.
The future
After another work induced hiatus, Kollage were back in the studios recording their second album tentatively titled "Aath".The pre-release live shows started in August 2008.However, Aath was delayed for a number of reasons. Songs like "Vodka", "Aath", "Sukoon" " Shikhar" and "Baarish" have attained tremendous popularity among the live audience. Biswabijoy Sen
Biswabijoy Sen
Biswabijoy Sen is the lead singer of the Hindi rock band Kollage. He has also collaborated with Australian alternative band "The Frozen Orchid" for an album named Maya....
has just started working with "The Frozen Orchid" to get theses songs finally on tape.
Collaboration with The Frozen Orchid
In 2008, Biswabijoy SenBiswabijoy Sen
Biswabijoy Sen is the lead singer of the Hindi rock band Kollage. He has also collaborated with Australian alternative band "The Frozen Orchid" for an album named Maya....
, the lead voalist and composer of Kollage started a collaboration with "The Frozen Orchid" - an alternative band from melbourne Australia. What started as an exchange of musical ideas blossomed into "Maya" - a full fledged album in Hindi. Maya was recorded in Melbourne and mixed by Dan Groth of "The Frozen Orchid". It was mastered at "Jack the Bear", Melbourne. Maya has not been released yet but most of the songs are available on youTube.