Paradigm Shift "Sammukh"

Country: India
Genre(s): Progressive Metal/Rock
Format: digital
Release date: October 12, 2018
Tracklist: 
01. Vimukh
02. Bekhabar
03. Wajah
04. Khoye The Hum
05. Banjaara
06. Kyun?
07. Aazaadi
08. Baatein
09. Saaraansh
10. Sammukh

Line-up: 
Kaushik Ramachandran – Vocals
Chinmay Agharkar – Guitar
Desikan Gopalan - Guitar
Ajay Jayanthi –Violin
Ariel Samson – Bass Guitar
Aamir Ismail Shaikh – Drums

Description/Reviews: 

Paradigm Shift has a rather interesting approach to this concept; the Indian side of their sound isn’t some super-technical purist Indian classical music that is firstly very hard to get right and secondly doesn’t necessarily lend itself well to fusion. Their idea on ‘Sammukh’ is to marry technical Western genres with top-grade, highly refined Bollywood-inspired music. And it works well; extremely well. The songs are complex, layered, yadda yadda, but they’re also catchy. Accessible. Fun!

Read the full review by Madhusudan Raman at rsjonline.com

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Aazaadi
Deezer

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Paradigm Shift "Becoming Aware"

Country: UK
Genre(s): Progressive Rock
Label: Bad Elephant Music
Format: CD, digital
Release date: June 10, 2016
Tracklist: 
1. A Revolutionary Cure (14:50)
2. An Easy Lie (8:50)
3. The Void (3:21)
4. The Shift (4:33)
5. Masquerade (9:33)
6. Reunification (9:22)

Total Time 50:29

Line-up: 
Ben Revens - keyboards, vocals
Reuben Krendel - guitars
Bryson Demath - drums
Puru Kaushik - bass

Description/Reviews: 

Paradigm Shift kicks off this concept album in fine style, setting the stage with the fourteen-and-a-half minute epic, “A Revolutionary Cure.” After an atmospheric opening of sound effects and political commentary regarding the ugliness of “slavery” and the vital “fight for freedom,” the listener is treated to a highly diverse and occasionally intense foray into the world of Prog-Rock. Several melodic verses and a bridge (featuring pleasant lead vocals with enjoyable harmonies) eventually give way to equally melodic instrumental passages, many of them quite intricate and showcasing the full scope of the band’s potential. The final vocal section, with some grand orchestration, is where the epic feel truly comes into play until a final “jazz-heavy” section brings the song directly into the next track, “An Easy Lie.”

Read the full review at zapniles.wordpress.com

Media/Samples 
Masquerade
Trailer

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