Key Members of #KrunkAllStars: Sohail Arora (EzRiser / Bay Beat Collective), Sanaya Ardeshir (Sandunes) & Aditya Ashok (Ox7gen, Shair & Func, Colour Compund)
Individually, they each form their own little drain pools, sucking loyal listeners into a vortex of their own unique soundscapes. Collectively however, they're a veritable maelstrom. This thing we're attempting to dehumanise and metaphorically transform into forces of nature happens to be the talk of this musical season's town. Homegrown presents The KRUNK All Stars; deconstructed and re-humanized.
Krunk All Stars at their first show ever, at Pune NH7
"The project came to life when NH7 & I were discussing ideas for the weekender festival and it just seemed like a really fun project since it involved us playing out our music in a different format. I took the concept to San & Aditya and they were immediately like 'Let's do this!' And then there were jam rooms and jam sessions, followed by the gigs," We've split it up to cover separate areas of the music based on our disciplines: the live-version includes Aditya on drums (both a kit as well as electronic), me on the keys and Sohail behind the decks and on FX,"
"It's just a nice change from my usual routine of playing DJ Sets alone. Think about it. When you watch a live act with different instruments on stage recreating a song compared to a DJ playing that song, what would you prefer watching ?"
"In my mind, live versions are as essential to being a musician as the studio aspect. Besides keeping things fresh for the performer, it's a tremendous way to give new life to products created in the studio. Add musicians and additional live elements and you're creating something special."
"I suppose it is a great way to make your music stand out amongst the rest if you're primarily a DJ, but once everyone starts doing this that purpose is lost isn't it. Personally, being a musician long before I was a producer or a DJ, I tend to miss that feeling of creating music on the fly and interacting with musicians on stage when you're at a gig. It adds a whole new dimension to your songs."
Krunk All Stars at Bangalore #NH7
"We all have different sounds but at the end of the day it's dance music and it's about presenting a live project that makes people dance. The real challenge was mainly in creating the perfect flow within styles. Initially, I was a bit worried about how Aditya would manage playing the drums live at the DnB tempo because that's really not easy to do but it turns out he's fucking brilliant and can handle it with ease,"
"It was conceptualized as a seasonal project and still continues to be so. This is possibly our last live gig with this format. We hadn't played Mumbai even once and so decided to do one last show as a lot of people would have missed us in Pune and Mumbai happens to be our base. We may or may not bring Krunk All-Stars back next season. Even if we do it will be brand new line up with a different idea behind it."
Catch The Krunk All Stars live , along with Mad Boy Mink & #Brisko Resident- Nanok, at Mumbai's White Owl on Friday, 31st January.
Brisko event details here. 
