Shankar
- Ehsaan - Loy (Mumbai) - December 13, 2009
Each
member of the trio Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy bring
their own unique talents and experiences to
the group, combining the Carnatic and Classical
Indian vocal tradition, Western Rock and a deep
understanding of fusion including a virtual
mastery over the Electronic Synthesizer. Combining
a deep knowledge of Hindustani (North Indian)
or Carnatic (South Indian) classical music and
technical expertise as composers and orchestral
arrangers, they probably represent the first
'trio' of music composers to entertain Bollywood
audiences with their chart-topping music. Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
have won and continue to win critical and commercial
acclaim and several awards from the Bollywood
Press and Magazines, TV Channels and a National
Film Award (Kal Ho Naa Ho, 2003). Their success
owes to several contributing factors, among
which are the adoption of interesting musical
instruments and sounds as part of their orchestral
palette, introduction of new voices weaned on
immensely popular TV Musical Talent shows and
an obsession for the perfect 'feel' for the
movie scene necessitating the segue into a song
sequence.
