4 local bands to audition on Jan 10
Source: The Sangai Express

Ukhrul, January 08 2020: Altogether 6 music bands from Manipur and Sikkim will perform during the fourth leg of Rhythms & Aromas of Northeast at the Town Hall in Ukhrul on January 10 to compete and further perform at 4th Guwahati International Music Festival 2020 in Guwahati.

The bands who will be competing on January 10 are Salt and Light Travelling, Echoes of Mercy, Oking and the Antic Molecule from Manipur and Granite Yard and a solo artist Ridgex from Sikkim, said a statement of Life's Purple.

Saying that the selected artistes will also undergo intensive mentorship by industry experts and the chance to perform with music legends of Asia, it added that the first State-level music audition for artists from Assam and Nagaland was inaugurated in Dimapur on December 30, 2019 and after Nagaland, auditions were held in Aizawl on January 4, Shillong on January 7, 2020.Organized by the Eastern Beats Music Society, the Guwahati International Music Festival involves a medley of music workshops for students, lecture-demonstrations by veteran artists and musical concerts by master performers.

A number of global maestros have performed in the previous years of the festival.

Among the artists who have performed in GIMF, mention can be made of Pt BickramGhosh, master percussionist and Music Director of the Hollywood blockbuster 'Matrix' Greg Ellis (USA), Padma bhushan awardee BuddhadevDasgupta, veteran harp player Brendan Power (United Kingdom), Nepali rock legends Abhaya Subba and Steam Injuns (Nepal), radical Baul singer and poet Mac Haque (Bangladesh), Ralf Kamphuis (Germany), Rishii Chowdhury (United Kingdom), Scavenger Project (Mizoram), Hornbill International Rock Competition 2019 winners UDX (Nagaland), amongst others, it added.

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