Silk Route
OriginMumbai, New Delhi, India
Genres{{ Sufi rock, Indipop, Folk, }}
Years active1995–present
LabelsSony Music Sony BMG
Members
Past membersKurt Peters
Tapas Roy
Rinku Rajput
Prasoon Joshi
Saliesh Sharma
Zugoqar Jabbar Khan
Manuj Dubey
Taylor Simpson
Prakash Ahuja
Aashiq Ali Mir
Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam


Silk Route was an Indian band consisting of Mohit Chauhan (lead vocals, backing guitars, lyrics [1]), Atul Mittal (lead guitars, clarinet, backing vocals), Kem Trivedi (keyboards), and Kenny Puri (percussion and drums).[2] The band is much endeared for the full video song Dooba-Dooba, Boondein, Mermaid, Thanda-Paani, Jadugar, Saujha, Paheli, Ganga-Nahaley, Koi-Pooche and Humsafar from their acclaimed debut album in 1998, Boondein Chakkar-Ghor, Dastak, Jadu-Tona, Door-Chala-Aaya, Tu-Woh-Nahin, Lullaby, Morni and Sapnay-(Ek Pal) from their acclaimed debut album 2000, "Pehchan" . As a result, it gained acclaim in the Indian film industry, and was then furnished opportunities to score and perform songs for movies such as Kalpana Lajmi's "Kyon", "Lets Enjoy" and "Urf Professor".They confess to such diverse influences as Sting, Simon & Garfunkel and Dire Straits, all of which find their way into the Silk Route sounds. The band always added a distinct touch to their music by using acoustic guitars, talking drums and harmonica and primarily by of the use of Recorder, a 17th-century European folk musical instrument played by Kem Trivedi.The band dissolved in the early 2000s.

When asked about his plans regarding forming a band in a recent interview with The Express Tribune, Chauhan replied:

Sometimes I think about being part of a band. It has crossed my mind. Being in a band is like a small family. You travel together, make music and share time with each other. I miss those days sometimes, but I am not sure if I’ll join a band again,”. [3]

Discography

Boondein 1998

Pehchaan 2000

Ghoochan 2001

Teshdaan 2003

Neshtaeen 2008

Beamdhan 2012

Jecshan 2014

Brasezen 2015

Troasgaan 2016

Pearshaan 2019

Reanshaan 2020

Meroagaan 2021

References

  1. ↑ "If not a musician, I would have been a farmer: Mohit Chauhan". Spicezee.zeenews.com. 16 September 2009. Archived from the original on 2 September 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
  2. ↑ TNN, Mar 16, 2003, 12.00am IST (16 March 2003). "The sounds of silk - Sunday TOI - Home - The Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 21 August 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ "I miss being in a band: Mohit Chauhan". 16 February 2015.
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