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Lire la suiteLast day of the trip. We met Kirti in the morning in a music shop for buying some percussions for xavier. Then, we came to the studio where Vasu is waiting for us. We want to record all together, but for improving the sound, Vasu is in one room and we...
Lire la suiteToday, our meeting point is the Taj Lands End, by the ocean. We are still looking for nice spots for taking band's pictures. Pictures by the ocean are not so "Indian" so we decided to leave the coast to go to a railway station, by cab. Arrived in Matunga...
Lire la suiteAfter a nice breakfast in town, we came in the begining of the afternoon in the house of a female singer named Vasumati, that Camille and Simon had met in the begining of the tour. Vasu sings a very traditionnal kind of indian music and the mix with our...
Lire la suiteToday is the day of the concert in the Blue Frog. Of course, no recording is planned for today because of the soundcheck and the concert. The Blue Frog is a quite trendy and very design place in Mumbai : Camille on the soundboard : After the soundcheck...
Lire la suiteAfter the photo shooting, today is the video shooting. To have some material for a video clip, we took 3 rickshaws, with their drivers, and made a small trip in the streets of Mumbai. Our craziest driver : It will take some time to unrush all the videos,...
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In the beginning of the day we went to the home of Kirti Sagathia, a singer that Camille and Simon had already met during their first days in Mumbai, in the beginning of the tour. The meeting point is a mall, as usual for us in Mumbai because of the complexity...
Lire la suiteFirst day in Mumbai. A sunday. A day off for us. Off, not exactly, because we have decided to take pictures of the band, for the press or for our next cd. Some examples .... In a small street : In a phone shop : Simon, playing with a kite Its fun to stay...
Lire la suiteSaturnay morning, we begin the day by visiting Smita Nagdev, a sitar player that we met the day before, after our concert. Smita is a musician who travels a lot all over the world for concerts. She lives with her family and her father is a painter : Sachida...
Lire la suiteBhopal is almost our last concert of the tour. Actually, Mumbai will be the last but since we will stay for one whole week in Mumbai, it is not exactly the same ... The place where we play is really nice, a cultural center with a cosy auditorium and a...
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