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Experimentation has long been the lifeblood of Shrikanth Srirams music. Initially trained as a tabla player,the musician soon switched to playing bass,influenced by the music of artistes like Led Zeppelin and Eberhard Weber. Now,however,Shri,as he is popularly known,says that hes past the experimentation phase. Now,Im just trying to find new ways of expressing myself, he says,as he prepares to unveil his new project ShriLektric,a one-man actat Bonobo in Mumbai.
The multi-instrumentalist he also plays the flute,cello and the sarangi says that ShriLektric is going to be markedly different from his previous projects. Im trying to create a whole new avatar of myself. Ive been working on the concept for over a year, he says,I dont want the music to sound like electronica or acoustic. Im attempting to do is to use the electronica to produce the acoustic in a new way. Until now,Shri has mostly been performing what can be called jazz-fusion,which combines jazz improvisations with Indian ragas.
He has also been a key member of the Asian Underground scene in London since it first became a notable musical movement in the UK. He has played with such well-known musicians as Talvin Singh,Nitin Sawhney and DJ Badmarsh.
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