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An enigmatic fusion of with soothing Indian Classical and spine chilling Hard Rock...that’s Vidyadhar Bhave for you guys! Besides a Singer, Lyricist, Music Director with a diverse music taste such as Classical, Hard Rock, Sufi, Electronica etc, he is also a Six Sigma Black Belt (Manager Business Process Excellence). Currently he is all set to release two albums so we caught up with him and discussed what’s about to hit the charts.

The world knows him as “The God Of Small Strings”, an ex- MOTHERJANE, WRENZ UNITED lead guitarist, composer, producer and guitar teacher. He twice has been voted as the best guitarist at The Jack Daniel’s Awards (India), and often incorporates Carnatic inspired riffs and solos that don’t fail to experience you goose bumps. Baiju recently released his first studio single with KAAV and also working on his solo album. So here’s an interview with him to gain some insight into his work and his music career.

IMR: Hello, Riju “Dr. Hex” Dasgupta! So, how is the working for the upcoming split, THE KISSING FLIES going at ALBATROSS's campaign. Also, how and when did this collaborative effort with US Occult Heavy Metal band VESTAL CLARET started finding it's musical roots?
Riju Dasgupta(ALBATROSS): It all begun one fateful night when I linked Phil Swanson of VESTAL CLARET to one of our songs on facebook chat. He was quite impressed and wrote us a small review. I was floored since I’ve been a fan of Phil’s many bands for years. And then when he asked us to do a split, I didn’t even hesitate for an instant. Simon and Michael are good friends now and fantastic musicians, and it’s going to be a treat working with the guys.

IMR: Hello Chandresh! Thanks for taking out time to talk to IndianMusicRevolution. So, how is everything going at your end and what have you been experimenting with your music lately?
Chandresh Kudwa(AXE-TORTION): My Pleasure! Well, I have been doing some real good work and busy finishing off my 2nd Solo Album THE CONQUEROR where in I have experimented and incorporated the "Electric Ukulele", which I feel is a phenomenal instrument! The AXE-TORTION gigs continue although it’s on the backburner due to the album. Apart from that I am constantly doing session work for Ad Films and Bollywood songs & teaching Guitar as well... Phew!!! I just realized what all I have been doing.

IMR: Hello, Akshat Vaze! Okay, so before starting with the interview, it would be great if you could give a brief run-down about the bands origin since younger days?
Akshat Vaze(WGCF): WGCF started off as a onetime thing for me and the drummer, Aashish, back last year when it wasn’t a band. We were called to be a part of the instrumentation of a German theatre group known as "Bunte Buehne" which was a part of "Max Mueller Bhavan" here in Pune. So we, I don’t know why, stuck around for a couple of months and we played around. We actually started off as a German cover band. We officially started off in July/ August of 2010.