Backdoors festival announces TesseracT and Mahesh Raghunandan to join the lineup alongside Anderson .Paak and The Free Nationals, Wolf Alice and Danny Goffey
The Humming Tree Presents: Backdoors
festival featuring TesseracT and Mahesh Raghunandan alongside Anderson .Paak and The Free Nationals, Wolf Alice
and Danny Goffey
Phase 3 tickets go live today
January
2018: Backdoors 2018 has announced that progressive metal
act TesseracT and indie-folk singer Mahesh Raghunandan will
join the lineup for their forthcoming festival alongside artists including
rapper, singer, drummer and producer Anderson .Paak and The Free
Nationals, alternative rock quartet Wolf Alice, hip-hop and spoken word
artist Watsky, English drummer Danny Goffey(from erstwhile rockers
Supergrass), Indie singer-songwriter Prateek Kuhad, hip-hop
act Divine and folk-rock band When Chai Met Toast.
The forthcoming edition will see Backdoors
grow from a standalone show in Bengaluru to two festivals across Bengaluru
(17 February) and Mumbai (14 February) featuring some of the
world’s most impressive contemporary acts. Organised by The Humming Tree,
Backdoors aims to keep the festival simple and make space for great live music
to be enjoyed within a creative and appreciative environment.
The Humming Tree continues to build its
reputation of championing exciting acts and is delighted to be presenting this
edition in collaboration with Amnesty International India.
"We're thrilled that our second
edition is bigger than the first. We aim to provide a platform that
pushes bands and artists that we feel really need to be heard." says
Nikhil Barua, Founder of The Humming Tree. "We know our Bangalore
audiences are hungry for good music, and this year it's great to be expanding
the festival to Mumbai. Bigger platform, more variety. See you there!"
Catch Backdoors in Mumbai on 14 February
and in Bangalore on 17 February 2018.
Phase 3 Tickets from Rs. 2750 to the
festival are available on Insider.in here.
Stay tuned to the Backdoors website for more
information on the festival.
Complete Lineup:
WOLF ALICE
WATSKY
TESSERACT
PRATEEK KUHAD
With the release of his debut album, In
Tokens & Charms, in January 2015, India born singer-songwriter Prateek
Kuhad firmly established himself as one of the frontrunners in the Indian
independent music scene. Having toured extensively around India, he has also
performed in New York, Nashville, Austin, Sydney, Melbourne, Singapore, Toronto
etc., and as the support act for Alt J and Mike Posner's India tours. Live,
Prateek recreates a warmth and vulnerability that has become his signature,
effortlessly blending his folk-pop sensibilities with heartbreaking lyrical
irony.
MAHESH RAGHUNANDAN
Mahesh is a singer-songwriter and musician
from Bangalore whose music combines indie folk, folk rock, pop rock and soul
along with a hint of blues. Influenced by artists ranging from Ray Charles,
Stevie Wonder, Frank Sinatra all the way to John Mayer, Damien Rice, Mahesh has
opened for artists such as The Raghu Dixit Project, Bruce Lee Mani (Thermal and
a Quarter), Parvaaz, The Kutle Khan Project, Sanjeev Thomas & Baiju
Dharmajan and international artists such as Lucy Rose, Luke Sital-Singh from
the U.K and Ty Penshorn from Australia. Mahesh also performed a
singer-songwriter set at The Bacardi NH7 Weekender Bengaluru Edition in
December 2015 and Stage42 Festival that featured renowned international and
national artists such as Mark Ronson, Boyce Avenue, Noori and AR Rahman. He has
performed with Christian Galvez, one of the best Jazz musicians in the world.
DIVINE
One of the premier Hip hop acts
in India, Vivian aka Divine is an award winning Rapper & Hip-hop artist
from the streets of Mumbai. With hit singles such as Farak and Jungli Sher, his
raw and brutally honest Hindi rap draws inspiration from his own life. As the
vanguard of IndiaŹ¼s Underground Music scene, his ability to seamlessly fuse
street Hindi rap and slang with International Hip-Hop Beats makes his live
shows power packed.
DANNY GOFFEY
Working under the vangoffey monicker Danny
Goffey steps into the limelight after spending most of his adult life writing
and performing in the Great British rock band Supergrass, penning many of their
best songs including 'Alright', 'Caught by the Fuzz' and 'Late in the Day'.
After more than 15 years the band split leaving Goffey sitting on his hands
contemplating his next move. After relocating from London to Somerset he began
writing songs again-about his friends, family and the mad world around. From a
small wooden shed in his garden his first ever solo album, 'vangoffey’ was
conceived and these songs started to gain momentum. Before long Goffey found
himself signed to Distiller Records and recording his debut album in their
wonderful Somerset studio.
WHEN CHAI MET TOAST
A simple breakfast. A simple melody. When
Chai Met Toast takes inspiration from the lighter side of life to create music
that is heart-warming, happy, and smile worthy. The newest band from the land of
coconuts, they gained fans quickly with a special acoustic setup, and a unique
brand of infectious happy music, which transcends age, genre, and even language.
NOTES TO EDITORS
About The Humming Tree
The Humming Tree is an arts, music and
performance space in Bangalore, India, open since June 2013. At present, along
with major international artists who are touring with them, they are also
curating 25+ programmes a month including fantastic music gigs, fun workshops,
film screenings, exhibitions, cultural performances, theatre, spoken word
poetry, reading, storytelling sessions and other educational gatherings. They
aim to provide a platform for the different arts, keeping in mind the
beautifully varied resources and audiences they have access to. In addition to
the performance venue, they also run a fresh, unique kitchen and bar service.
About Amnesty International India
As an international human rights movement
that speaks out with one voice without compromise or fear to help protect human
rights, Amnesty International has been a grass-roots organisation since 1961 –
independent of government, business, religion or political groups that works
for and with individuals – to give voice, to stand alongside and to secure
fundamental human rights for all. It is a diverse and democratic movement of
people who share fundamental global values – dignity, freedom, justice,
equality for all. It strives to create change by inspiring people across India
and around the world to take action. Amnesty International works
collaboratively and in partnership with others to achieve the shared human
rights outcomes. The Gender-Based Violence campaign focuses on Online
Violence Against Women. This global campaign will begin in India, at
Backdoors 2018.
Website - https://amnesty.org.in/
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