Silk Route (band): Difference between revisions

'''Silk Route''' was an Indian band consisting of [[Mohit Chauhan]] (lead vocals, backing guitars, lyrics <ref>{{cite web |url=http://spicezee.zeenews.com/articles/story41095.htm |title=If not a musician, I would have been a farmer: Mohit Chauhan |publisher=Spicezee.zeenews.com |date=2009-09-16 |accessdate=2010-08-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100902000725/http://spicezee.zeenews.com/articles/story41095.htm |archivedate=2010-09-02 }}</ref>), Atul Mittal (lead guitars, clarinet, backing vocals), Kem Trivedi (keyboards), and Kenny Puri (percussion and drums).<ref>{{cite web|author=TNN, Mar 16, 2003, 12.00am IST |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/40364919.cms |title=The sounds of silk - Sunday TOI - Home - The Times of India |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2003-03-16 |accessdate=2010-08-21}}</ref> The band is much endeared for the song ''Dooba-Dooba'' from their acclaimed debut album in 1998, ''Boondein''. As a result, it gained acclaim in the Indian film industry, and was then furnished opportunities to score and perform songs for movies such as Kalpana Lajmi's "Kyon", "Lets Enjoy" and "Urf Professor".They confess to such diverse influences as Sting, Simon & Garfunkel and Dire Straits, all of which find their way into the Silk Route sounds. The band always added a distinct touch to their music by using acoustic guitars, talking drums and harmonica and primarily by of the use of Recorder, a 17th-century European folk musical instrument played by Kem Trivedi.The band dissolved in the early 2000s.<ref>{{cite web|author=TNN, Mar 16, 2003, 12.00am IST |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/40364919.cms |title=The sounds of silk - Sunday TOI - Home - The Times of India |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2003-03-16 |accessdate=2010-08-21}}</ref>