Fuzz the Buzz:
Arfaaz began his musical adventure at the tender age of 3 when he was gripped by an overwhelming urge to determine the source of music emanating from the mysterious heights of his fatherﾕs wall cabinet. The pursuit of this led to a tremendous fall, cushioned only by the thick tuft of ﾒfuzzﾓ on his head. It is believed that the impact led to a rewiring of his neuro-impulses causing an undying love for music that lasts to this day. The fact that he grew up in a family that never remembered to turn the stereo system ﾔoffﾕ only led to a deeper fascination for the sonic space. His first experiment was with his fatherﾕs harmonium and the next with a cheap acoustic guitar that seemed to come along with an instructor. But nothing came close to the joy of banging on class tables in school, or on elevator walls and other surfaces to produce contagious rhythms. Thatﾕs when the drums started playing him. Having played for rock/funk bands like the Galeej Gurus and the defunct Zebediah Plush, Arfaaz has now tuned himself to the electronic space which is fast gaining popularity.

The Blah:
Priyankaﾕs interest in music has been eclectic for as long as she has known what music means to her. Having grown up listening to her fatherﾕs Don McLean and Pink Floyd records and her brothersﾕ Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam and U2 tapes, she developed a confused taste in music accompanied with an affinity towards her momﾕs habit of jiving to Elvis. While bathroom singing seemed to be her forte, she would shy away when asked to sing for an audience. However, over the years, the bathroom singing gave way to singing for various plays and karaoke nights. She went a step further and shed all inhibitions when she acted in a number of plays and later in a short film. She gradually developed a taste for electronic music when she was introduced to the world of Daft Punk and Chemical Brothers and later succumbed to the luring sounds of Morcheeba and Frou Frou.Priyanka has been skilled in the arts and has had a flair for writing which she has continued to explore till this day by writing for various publications dealing with music and entertainment. Having dabbled in various nuances of the arts, she found that her main interest oscillated between writing and music. She is now focused on writing for the music of Tempo Tantrick.


The Paraphernalia
Tempo Tantrickﾕs gear is as uncomplicated as their music.

A laptop loaded with soft synths, a MIDI Keyboard controller and other little oddities provide the textures and grooves.

Gig organisers to provide:

A 5 piece Drum Kit (Preferably Mapex M Series, Yamaha Stage Custom or Pearl)

2 Shure SM-58 or Condenser Microphones

Vocal effects processor (not mandatory but preferable)

On-Stage Monitors (depending upon size of stage) and 2 Headphone Monitors

Guitar/Keyboard Amplifier

Let the Tantrick take over.....
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