Donn Bhat is a music composer, producer, songwriter and guitar player based out of Mumbai.

In the past he's written, produced and played for the bands 'Friday The13th' and 'Orange Street' both of which won the Great Indian Rock (GIR) competition in 2003 and 2005 respectively. Eventually, after an extensive tour of Europe with Orange Street, Donn produced his first solo album 'One Way Circle' in 2006 from his bedroom studio in New Delhi. The album received a great response from press and fans alike and has seen a quick appreciating reaction from reputed stalwarts within India's independent music scene.

More recently three of his album tracks got featured on the MTV series 'Bring On the Night', whilst he currently is in the recording stages of his second solo album titled 'Passenger Revelator', alongside regularly composing music for film and advertising in Mumbai. He performs live with his band Donn Bhat + Passenger Revelator.

On the one hand, Bhat's built a reputation as a solid producer, making accessible music that embraces melodrama with uplifting emotion, yet never tipping over the edge. This mix however, showcases a midnight raid on the middle ground, combining high drama with glossy production and beefy choruses. An adaptable shapeshifter – and that, with his orotund vocal sound, an instantly recognisable one.

The Wild City mix he's made just might be our favourite one ever. And since Bhat's currently on his most prolific form yet, we're excited about the timing. If you're lucky enough to be going to Ziro Festival this weekend, you'll be able to catch him perform there. Otherwise, you'll have to wait till he next performs in a city near you. We may just do something about that though.

"This is a completely original set. Two of these tunes just got done last week, the others have been produced over the last few years. Song writing appeals to me and that's what I wanted to showcase. The first track, 'Stars Align' was something Aashar and I came up with in less than ten minutes one afternoon a few months back in Delhi - it was one of those days. Ironically it has turned out to be one the longest tracks we've done in a while. All these tracks were made at home. Hope you enjoy." - Donn Bhat

For a tracklist and further info, head over here:
http://www.thewildcity.com/EN/music.xhtml/article/4598-wild-city-063-donn-bhat-passenger-revelator

Wild City #063 - Donn Bhat + Passenger Revelator

Where Are You From (Ft.Damon Karr & Shravan Sridhar)

A Carnatic classical remix of Daft Punk's Get Lucky (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NV6Rdv1a3I).  The raga is Karnaranjani (well, approximately). 

Daft Pankajam

This is a homage to composer Clint Mansell's iconic theme from Darren Aronofsky's Academy Award winning film 'Requiem for a Dream' recorded by the Kronos Quartet woven in the form of a Carnatic Tillana.

Composed by Mayookh Bhaumik
Produced by Mayookh Bhaumik and RajStar
Vocals by Ishita Chakravarty and Kinjal Chattopadhyay
Engineered by Dipankar (Jojo) Chaki and Anirban Sengupta at Dream Digital Studios Kolkata 
Strings Recorded by RajStar at Quad Studios, NYC
Mixed by RajStar at RVM Sounds, Edison, NJ
Esraj by Shubhayu Sen Majumdar
Cellos by Rubin Kodheli
Violins by Justin Smith
Morsing by Somnath Roy
Tablas by Mayookh Bhaumik
Konnakol by Mayookh Bhaumik
Programmed by Mayookh Bhaumik
Additional programming by RajStar
Mastered by Tom Coyne at Sterling Sound, NYC and RajStar at RVM Sounds, Edison, NJ

Requiem For A Dream |Homage by MAYOOKH 'Requiem For A Tillana'

An invocation song that says, "My soul honors your soul. I honor the place in you where the entire universe resides. I honor the light, love, truth, beauty & peace within you, because it is also within me. In sharing these things we are united, we are the same, we are one. Namaste. 


Namaste

Aberi

Meera – Vāhaka

Vocals - Smriti Iyer
Additional Vocals/Acoustic Guitar - Chandramouli Chandrasekaran
Lead/Rhythm Guitar - Ashvin Venkatesh
Rhythm/Lead Guitar - Ananth Venkatesh
Bass Guitar - Sahil Dhingra
Drums - Sameeron Chatterjee

Tracking at Soundspeaks Studio
Mixed and Mastered by Sahil Dhingra

Meera (ft. Smriti Iyer)

Nadia (feat. Malini Awasthy)

Credits :-

Produced by Achint Thakkar at Pyramind Studios, San Francisco & Shalimar Studios, Mumbai
Mixed by P.A.Deepak at A.M Studios, Chennai & JSW, Mumbai
Mastered by Christian Wright at Abbey Road Studios, London

Vocals on 'Tandav', 'Forest Fires', 'Impression', 'Exit Shalimar', 'Last Dance' - Achint Thakkar 
Vocals on 'Komal' - Neeti Mohan
Vocals on 'Impression' - Bibi Swarn Nooran
Rap on 'Impression' - Blaaze
Naveen Kumar - Flute
Yogesh Mohre - Shehnai
Suraj Manik - Bass 
Shalom Benjamin - Bass 
Lynda Arnold - Flute
Ajay Jayanthi - Violin
Rupak Dhamankar - Tabla
P.V.Thirumurthy - Nadaswaram

Additional Vocals: 
'Tandav' - Joginder Diwana
'Impression' & 'Meeting The Mountain' - Oriel Poole 
'Bhetasi', 'Moonlight Sonata' & 'Last Dance' - Eden Shyodhi
'Enter Shalimar', 'Bhetasi' & 'Last Dance' - Bhutte Khan & Multan Khan
'Enter Shalimar' & 'Bhetasi' - Pawni Pandey
Male Choir for 'Exit Shalimar' - Parth Pandya, Harshvir Oberai, Aniket Mangrulkar, Karunesh Talwar, Premal Raval, Suraj Manik, Shalom Benjamin, Aaron Carvalo, Ayan De, Viraj Saxena, Krishna Purohit, Neil Batavia, Omar Iyer

Recording Engineers :
Brett Jonhson at Pyramind Studios, San Francisco
Achint Thakkar at Shalimar Studios, Mumbai
Tanmay Bhattacharjee at Cotton Press Studios, Mumbai
Ben Fernandes at AudioSlam Studios, Mumbai
P.A.Deepak at A.M Studios, Chennai
Kartik Sekeran at A.M Studios, Chennai

Album Cover Photography - Omar Iyer
Album Cover Design - Vijesh Rajan
Inlay Art - Neil Batavia

"Komal" & "Impression" based on poems by Bulleh Shah
"Moonlight Sonata" composed by Ludwig Van Beethoven

Shalimar

Komal Ft. Neeti Mohan

iTunes

Komal ft. Neeti Mohan

Hey Bhagwan - The Raghu Dixit Project

Dopehari

I take the ridiculous and the sublime, add cellos, violins, guitars and random internet collaborators to make music of sorts

Daft Pankajam

Krish Ashok

Recent comments

sonikx38

Tanay Nafdey

Muhammad Hunaid

Sameeksha Jain

Related tracks