Tal Fry’s ‘Rhythm Reimagined’ to premiere at NMACC, Mumbai

Dynamic percussion ensemble Tal Fry’s flagship production, Rhythm Reimagined, volition beryllium staged connected March 27 astatine the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre, Mumbai. Much similar the sanction suggests, it hopes to connection a renewed instrumentality connected Indian rhythms inspired by some Hindustani and Carnatic music. “While our attack and outlook is fresh, we are surely not intent connected reinventing the instrumentality — we volition beryllium presenting six compositions, immoderate archetypal and immoderate inspired by maestros who we person each grown up listening to,” says Manohar Balatchandirane, the band’s mridangam artiste.

The cardinal to Tal Fry’s presentation is to propulsion the envelope connected however exertion tin assistance Indian euphony — and specifically percussion —sound better. “We usage in-ear monitoring, a exertion that eliminates signifier sound and brings each america musicians person connected the aural plane. Apart from this, the usage of dynamic lighting that complements and supplements our euphony has go a hallmark diagnostic of our presentations,” shares Varun, the band’s ghatam artiste.

Since its inception successful 2024, the set has been fortunate to person recovered immense success. So far, they person performed astatine the World Rainforest Music Festival successful Malaysia and been contracted by Teamwork Arts, a premiere taste and festival organising firm, to instrumentality their euphony crossed the state and the globe. “Our euphony besides enables america to weave a communicative done rhythms, taking audiences from the classical to the folk, from northbound to south, and from the esoteric to the generic,” says Aadarsh M. Nair, the band’s Carnatic vocalist.

Currently, Tal Fry is keen connected moving with artistes from different disciplines and forms, specified arsenic classical creation forms. “In the past, we person worked with Bharatanatyam dancers specified as Manasvini Ramachandran and Madhura Bhrushundi. We are present moving with 2 ocular designers, Anandita Narayanan and Jaydeep Tirunagari, who volition springiness our rhythmic forms immoderate ocular dimension,” adds Saptak Sharma, the band’s tabla player.

Further, their astir important upcoming engagement is successful July this twelvemonth astatine the Fuji Rock Festival successful Japan. Simultaneously, the set is moving connected a fewer Spotify azygous releases. They besides person an all-India circuit planned for November 2026 successful which they anticipation to screen respective cities, including Chennai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Mumbai, Pune, Kolkata, and of people their location turf, Delhi.