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New Indian Express
18 hours ago
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- New Indian Express
'I am possessive about all my tracks,' says Job Kurian ahead of Bengaluru concert
Some journeys don't begin with grand plans – they start with a small, quiet passion. For singer-composer Job Kurian music was one such journey inward, an interest that slowly grew to be a means to understand life, connect with others, and stay honest with oneself. 'I always wanted to compose my own songs and perform them. I wanted to do it independently,' he notes as he completes almost two decades of his musical pursuit. Speaking with CE ahead of his show yesterday, when asked about what the audience can expect as he performs in the city after almost a year, Kurian kept it classic. 'It will be mostly my original songs. I'll play my self-composed tracks – I'll play Padayatra, Bhaavam, Roots, Kannodu. But there are some that I have sung in the movies like Manikyachirakulla and Aaranne. It depends on the mood and request,' he explains, adding 'Bengaluru has received our original compositions in a good way all these years. Being an indie artiste, my priority is always my original compositions. I have tried to bring that to the audience all my life; cinema has been an added aspect to my career. I totally respect that.' For Kurian, who finished his engineering degree in Karnataka, performing in Bengaluru is like coming home. 'I did my engineering graduation from Hassan. I speak a bit of Kannada. Actually, I sing in Kannada too,' he confides. While singing was a dream inculcated by his parents from childhood, Kurian recalls, 'Back then, we didn't think of it as a career. With that interest, I started listening to music which is my main feature. I still like to listen to music. Then I slowly became open to a lot of genres.' The breakthrough came with the reality show Superstar on Amrita TV, which he calls a 'catalyst' for him. 'People recognised me. That was the biggest recognition. In parallel, I could confidently release my tracks since I had an audience that knew me. Mostly, if you notice, all my tracks are biographical in nature. So, my dream was to make my own experiences into music and present it to the audience. That's how I keep doing things now,' Kurian emphasises. His recently-released track, Nizhal, is one such story that travels through layers of human relationships. Besides this, his approach to music is fluid and organic. 'Nothing is planned in music. It's a flow. When you don't know anything else other than music, you just have to do that. I've never been half-hearted in my approach.' This, he believes to be his inspiration.
New Indian Express
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New Indian Express
NoteWorthy! Harish Sivaramakrishnan gets candid on Agam's new album
Blending genres and delivering tracks that understand the audience's pulse is a rare phenomenon in the world of music. With roots deep in Carnatic music and branches extending towards modernity, Agam, a city-based Carnatic progressive rock band has achieved it for the past 18 years. As their songs continue to hold a special place in many music lovers' hearts, the band led by the lead vocalist Harish Sivaramakrishnan is one step closer to the release of their album 'Arrival of the Ethereal' with the first track The Silence That Remains, to be released today. Four out of eight tracks of the album are set to be released this year with the rest set for next year. With songs like Veyyon Silli, Paarvanavidhuve, and Job Kurian's Padayatra, Sivaramakrishnan has already marked his signature among music lovers. For a band that predominantly plays Carnatic classical music, the latest album is mostly about bringing wider global styles of music together, while retaining their genre of progressive metal music and Carnatic music. During the past five years since the Covid-19 pandemic, the band members have made an effort to explore different genres of music – from orchestra to western classical. 'We got access to a lot more music. There was much time at home and most of us ventured out into listening to music styles that we would otherwise not have paid attention to,' he shares, adding that this exposure has influenced their sound, making it more diverse.
