Aryan

They sing for the sheer joy of it. And their style is the “garage style” — an uninhibited expression of music, sans any affectedness or elaborate stage props. Aryans, with their original lyrics, catchy music and pleasantly familiar stage settings, have found a ready audience even as far North East and border areas.

In stark contrast to the popular trend, this group does not favour remixes. Only those who cannot create music go in for remixes, is their refrain. Props of scantily clad women and hip-swinging dances are again a “no” for the Aryans. “These are nothing more than crutches. Only bad music needs them. Did Kishore Kumar use them to sell his songs? Why screech out that your music needs viewers? Music is meant to be listened and not watched,” says Narayan, flashing a toothy smile. “Melody and good lyrics invariably emerge the winners,” Sadu adds.

Music, for this group, doesn’t synchronise with linear thinking. It is not about cobbling together odd pieces of lyrics and tunes. It is out and out a creative effort. Choosing a theme, penning lyrics, setting them to tune and finally singing them out to the accompaniment of musical instruments — there are many a step before stray thoughts and odd jingles become melody. Theirs is perhaps the only Indian pop music group that has lyricists, music composers, singers and instrumentalists in the group itself. And they rightfully think it is no mean achievement.