BENGALURU: In 2012, while playing together for The Raghu Dixit Project, Bryden Lewis first met Parth Chandiramani; the two musicians, who now are known for their effortless jugalbandi, where western notes sync in Indian classical ragas.
Bryden comes from a Western musical background and Parth belongs to the Indian classical space. Parth and Bryden started off as a jam band. They made their debut in Bollywood as assistant composers under the Yash Raj Films banner in the year 2014.
“We used to play at coffee shops and very small shows and over a span of a year we invited some musicians in Bengaluru to add on their elements to the music,” says Bryden. Before they knew it, they were a 22-member band.
“We also have a 10 to 12 piece choir,” he adds. The band recently performed at Phoenix Marketcity. The duo are planning to make some original tunes this year.
“It was only in 2015 that we realised that we work really well as a team and wanted to do something together. We decided to start off our duo partnership under the brand name, Bryden-Parth,” says Bryden.
"Bryden and Parth" have grown popular for their covers of popular Bollywood track. “Our performance include entire Bollywood content and popular English songs,” says Bryden, who plays the guitar and bouzouki. Parth plays the flute and saxophone.
Their popular covers on YouTube include Samjhawa, Mitwa, Kabira and Gerua. Other than Bryden and Parth, the Bengaluru-based band includes Siddhart Kamath (keyboard), Osi Gomango (bass), Joel Rozario (percussion), Willy Demoz (drums), Deepak Doddera (lead vocals), Mana Santhanam (alto vocals), Nandita Dinesh (alto vocals), Bulbul Khoda (alto vocals), Jerusha Verghese (soprano vocals), Meghna Das (soprano vocals), Ruhee Ahamed (soprano vocals), Hannah Matthews (soprano vocals), Bianca Lobo (soprano vocals), Joash Benjamin (tenor vocals), George Mammen (tenor vocals), Prashanth Karl (tenor vocals), Daniel Selvaraj (tenor vocals) and Vinod Bangera (sound engineer).
The band aims to work for Kannada and Bollywood films entirely. “With the live concept, we are cracking multi-city tours in India and abroad,” says Bryden.