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The past decade has been particularly interesting for the Indian music scene especially when it comes to the underground scene and the indie music scene. With many stand-alone acts as well as bands finally getting the recognition they deserve, along with more independent artists now touring across the country, you can’t help but notice the difference.
But while some gain the platform they deserve, many musicians and independent acts from smaller cities are unable to get a platform to perform their own music. Inspired by their own frustrations as musicians Raghav Bhutani and his bandmates decided to start Live At The Factory, a space where independent and underground artists of all forms from the Tricity area (Chandigarh, Panchkula and Mohali) would get the platform and audience they deserve.
While the initial idea for Live At The Factory (LATF) came from their own band not being able to find a platform to perform the music they had written and them deciding to organise a concert for themselves the concept evolved into something bigger.
In our conversation, Raghav tells me, “The core aim of LATF is to promote the artistic underground; anything and everything that is away from and rejected by the mainstream, which is not provided with a chance to connect with a large number of people. This is an effort from our side to connect the artist with an audience that wants to experience something different.”
As far as the grimy and grunge aesthetic of a factory or warehouse type aesthetic goes, he says, “While our concept turned out to be something much required and surprisingly non-existent where we come from, it also needed to have a certain character and the industrial aesthetic which we had an access to seemed to be a well-fitting one.”
Initially LATF was a space for musicians to showcase their sonic talents and the first edition was music-centric, Raghav says that for the next edition which is scheduled for the early part of May, they plan to include more art forms like visual art, stand-up comedy and dance.
What they essentially want to create is an artistic community, he says “We aim to create a subsistent community of artists of various forms; providing them with a platform that reciprocates their originality.”
LATF caught our attention, especially because the artistic community in the Tricity area has for long been scattered, existing in small nooks and crannies. Collectives and communities like that of LATF, which aim to create a space for creatives is among the first in a step of many that are giving the area the cultural and artistic proving ground it has for too long lacked.
Know more about them here.
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