Bengaluru-based act The Yummy Lab talks about their avant-garde sound

The single-man band describes their music as modern progressive dance pop metal
Bengaluru-based act The Yummy Lab talks about their avant-garde sound

Don’t expect the usual electronic dance numbers when you see The Yummy Lab on stage with a laptop and a midi keyboard. A solo project of Yogeendra Hariprasad—known for his presence in collectives like Pineapple Express and Space is All We Have—this outfit has a contemporary sound that simply refuses to have parallels drawn with anything at all. “I incorporate elements from modern rock, djent, electronic music and even Carnatic influences from the training I received as a child,” says Yogeendra, who likes his music to be distinguished as ‘modern progressive dance pop metal’. 
 

Serious approach
Conceived a few years ago, the keyboardist and vocalist says that the vision behind the project has evolved since he recorded an EP in 2014. “The current direction is groove-oriented than the earlier technical approach,” informs the 23-year-old, about why the EP was not released.
The young musician—who works as a full-time sound engineer for ensembles like Bengaluru-based rockers All the Fat Children—strikes down the general approach that keeps experimental, solo projects within studios. “The energy that my music packs cannot be enjoyed fully from listening to a record at home. The whole experience of the performance matters,” says Yogeendra, on his focus on ‘being on the stage’ and why his tracks are not available for listening online.
Opening for the American glam metal band Nitro across five cities in India, the vocalist informs that this will be The Yummy Lab’s last tour as a single-man band. The project soon plans to be a duo, roping in drummer Jared Sandhy from progressive metal act Mute The Saint. The Kochi leg of the tour at JTPAC will also feature When Chai Met Toast’s vocalist Ashwin Gopakumar on guest vocals.

On September 25 at 7 pm.
`1,500. Details: insider.in 

 

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