BANGALORE: The clouds cast their shadows over International Tech Park Bangalore recently to ensure employees could enjoy a few hours of blissful relief from the heat while they swayed to the songs of Pink Floyd brought to life by the UK Pink Floyd tribute band, Breathe—The Floyd Sound. The concert took place in the mall located inside the ITPB campus, Breathe played to a packed
crowd while perched on a small stage under an azure sky.
The band, comprising Chris Barnes (vocals), Peter Worley (bass), Andy
Fenton (lead guitar), Joel Anderson (keyboards) and Dave Gee (percussions)
enthralled the crowd with their stunningly accurate recreations of many popular songs by the legendary British band. Some of the songs played for the crowd were Dark side of the Moon, Wish you Were Here, Cymbaline and Another Brick in the Wall.
The aim of the gig was to keep it ‘unplugged’ and the effect was evident
as the smooth pure notes of Chris ’acoustic guitar and David’s Bongo
captured the interest of many passers by who found themselves drawn to the
venue and were found thronging the upper platforms straining to catch a
glimpse of the source of the music.
Dave Gee had the fans clapping in line with the tunes in no time and they also
joined in enthusiastically to the chorus of the song Another brick in the wall.
“Something like this rarely happens here, I just wish they had kept this
sometime later in the evening. Now, I will find it difficult to get back to work
after attending such a brilliant concert, ”
said Anbalagan T, a Pink Floyd fan and an employee at the park. “This is really great, its nice to listen to music you love and that too at office,
hopefully they will do more such gigs,” said Arvind, another employee.
The initiative by Ascendas seems to have received a good response from the thousands of professionals who work at the park. The concept of music
blending with work though an old one elsewhere in the world,
finally seems to have arrived at ITPB. Soothing notes accompanied by great vocals served to give a much-needed breather to employees of a campus that is the workhorse of Bangalore’s IT economy.