Cactus (Indian band)
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Cactus performing in Kolkata
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Genres | Bengali rock |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Labels |
Sa Re Ga Ma India Limited Sunnyo Media Pvt. Ltd. Asha Audio |
| Website | www |
| Members | Sidhartha Sankar "Sidhu" Ray [vocals] Dibyendu Mukherjee: [Vocals] Ritaprabha "Ratul" Ray [guitar] Sudipto "Buti" Banerji [keyboard] Mainak "Bumpy" Nag Choudhury [bass] Sibaji "Baji" Paul [drums] |
| Past members | Sanjay [guitar] Sukanti [guitar] Kanishka (Pinky) [keyboard] Shubayan [bass] Rajesh [vox] Sayak [vox] Indra [keyboard] Allan [guitar] Joydip Basu [vocals] Sandip Roy [bass] Abhijit Barman(Pota)[vox] |
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| Studio album by Cactus | ||||
| Released | 2008 | |||
| Recorded | 2008 | |||
| Genre | Bengali rock | |||
| Length | 26:00 | |||
| Label | Asha Audio | |||
| Producer | Cactus | |||
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Cactus (Bengali: ক্যাকটাস) is an Indian Bengali rock band from Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Since inception they have recorded four full-length studio albums and have performed over 2500 concerts across India & abroad.
Cactus was formed in 1992. Inspired by the likes of Deep Purple, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden and many others, they started the journey with the purpose of doing rock n' roll in a language closer to their soil. The professional debut of the band saw the light of the day on 6 March 1993, at Aban Mahal (CLT), Kolkata.They are one of the favourite artist in the local music scene for last two decades and also visible in TV channels, Radio stations and happenning concerts and festivals
The self-titled debut album, released in 1999 from HMV, became a rage with a touch of blues and psychedelic rock. With numbers like Brishti,oooh Ma! and Icchamati this album portrayed psychedelia in Bengali music for the first time. Halud pakhi, on the other hand created a long lasting sensation in the contemporary Bengali music scene with its nostalgic feel being perfectly accompanied by Shudhu Tumi Ele Na and Amra Bhishon Eka complimenting the overall mood of the album. They tasted some success when their first self-titled album was released in 1999 by HMV.
Line up – Sidhartha Sankar "Sidhu" Ray [vocals], Sibaji "Baji" Paul [drums], Sanjay [guitar], Kanishka (Pinky) Sarkar [keyboard],Shubayan Ganguly [bass], Rajesh Lahiri [vocal]
In 2002, Cactus composed and performed the score for the Bengali movie Nil Nirjane. The song "Mon" from the soundtrack became extremely popular and is still a crowd favourite. A Hindi version of the song was used as the intro song for Love Story, a TV series in SAB TV.
Line up – Sidhartha Sankar "Sidhu" Ray [vocals], Sibaji "Baji" Paul [drums], Sanjay Bhattacharya [guitar], Kanishka (Pinky) Sarkar [keyboard], Shubayan Ganguly [bass], Abhijit Barman (Pota) [vocal]
The band released its second album titled 'Rajar Raja' in 2004. The band with this album moved ahead and incorporated new sounds. Different genres of music were experimented within the album. Buddho Heshechhen and Lash Kata Ghore being examples of classic rock, flirting with folk rock in Bodhu re while Rajar Raja portrays influences from funk rock. Though this album had new sounds, the nostalgic quotient was very much there with songs like Udaaner Gaan, Krishti, Ude Jete Chay and Kamalar Swami representing blues and the psychedelic facet of the band sound.
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