A skip in your step and a whistle on your lips can only mean one thing, December is here! And with it comes a treat from High Street Phoenix especially for you. Starting this week, the mall will host various music artists on a weekly basis at different zones in the mall.

One can expect performances from music artists in different genres like pop, alt rock, electronic and drum n bass among others. Starting 3^rd December and leading up to Sunday 28^th December from 6 pm onwards customers will be welcomed with melodic music specially selected to enhance their shopping experience at High Street Phoenix.

On the line-up for this month we have The Black Suit Collective the super talented trio from Mumbai, a pop/rock band Grey Area who have performed at a number of popular venues in an around the city, three-piece rock group called The Loyalists, blues band The Tripp, DJ Tasnneem, Hushad Khan whose music is inspired by the likes of Michael Jackson, and many other performers that are sure to liven up your holiday spirit.

High Street Phoenix has been hosting weekly music performances at various zones in the mall to ensure that it truly is a ‘Day well spent’ for the entire family.

So if December is your favourite month and all you dream about is music and cheer, head to High Street Phoenix and we will ensure you have a cracker of a time celebrating the last month of 2014!

Here is a detailed information on each band performing at the event:

Kanchan Daniel and the Beards

The Kanchan Daniel band is a Bombay based blues outfit and is among the cities more well recognized bands. The sound of the band is modern blues rock and consists of powerful vocals, tasty guitar and piano solos and foot stomping, drum rolls and groovy bass lines that revive the feel of the lost blues. Their songs are fresh and familiar with some absolutely hip shaking addictive melodies and their stage shows are full of vibrant energy. What sets the band apart from every other band though is the rawness and range in vocalist Kanchan Daniel's voice- a violence that rips across the otherwise a smooth serenade. The band is a whacked-out group, making the most of their interactions with audiences when they are performing and keeping it alive as much as possible. So popular in fact are their acts that they often have had to play more songs than their sets demand for. Those are the times when Daniel gets into her 'Wiggle Mama' mode; something that has to be witnessed firsthand to understand fully.Musically, the band takes inspiration from blues music that is as old as the 1940s, classic bands such as Led Zeppelin, ZZ Tops and Derek Trucks band; electric blues guitarists such as Joe Bonamassa and Jeff Beck and artists such as Etta James, Janis Joplin, Beth Hart, B.B King, John Mayer, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Robert Cray, Buddy Guy and they plan on releasing their album early next year.The band is very happy to have found its fan base so soon and they couldn't be happier than they are with their devoted fans. 'We just want to get up on stage and bring the house down' with some hip shaking, tambourine breaking, crazy blues wielding moves. The band will be doing just that because they're all doing the one thing they love and that is to ' keep them blues rollin'.

Sparsh

Sparsh is a young Rock band of self-learned musicians from Mumbai. The band comprises Soham Pathak on Vocals, Rahul Bhavsar on Guitar, Ajinkya Jadhav on Bass, Nikhil Pachpande on Keyboard and Virendra Kaith a.k.a. Viru on Drums. An upcoming band and one to keep an ear out for, they have performed at different venues in Mumbai like Blue Frog, Kalaghoda Fest and Mood Indigo IIT Bombay.

Karan & Kabir

Karan & Kabir is an acoustic duo consisting of Kabir Hiranandani on lead vocals and rhythm guitar and Karan Ghosh on lead guitar and backing vocals. They perform covers of a variety of genres (converted into acoustic) alongside a few originals as well.

A Mutual Question

An ambient/post rock project, A Mutual Question offers a captivating audio visual experience. Their music embodies a painting of different of different strokes that culminates in a textured and vibrant outcome. The band has Siddharth Chopra on the guitars, Karan Kumar on bass, Aviraj Kumar on drums, along with Proteesh Ravi on vocals. They have released their debut album “Eyes Everywhere” and will be releasing their second early next year.

Blank

Formed in the Mumbai winters of January, 2008 Blank is influenced by classic rock, funk, contemporary and classical music. Blank’s mission is to instill their passion and exuberance for music in everyone. The band plays covers od artists like Pink Floyd, Led Zepellin, Deep Purple, Queen, ACDC, Michael Jackson, Eric Clapton, Elvis Presley and The Loyalists. The band consists of Banjo – Lead Vocals, Bipin – Lead Guitars, Aviraj – Drums and Percussion, Karan – Bass, Backing vocals

The Loyalists

Formed amidst Mumbai’s endless monsoon hangover of 2013, The Loyalists came together when Sarthak Swami (vocals, guitar) awoke one morning to find The Wingman (guitar, percussion) asleep on his couch. The Loyalists like to believe they have the power to preach their slice of life with a couple of guitars, one hell of a larynx, and a lot of soul. Driven by a common devotion to Led Zeppelin, Soundgarden, The White Stripes, Velvet Revolver and Bob Dylan, the duo have pledged their lives to finding meaning

Self Ritus

Self Ritus consists of the dynamic duo of Rooshabh Doshmeister Doshi on vox/guitar and Titus Pinto on guitar/vox(Titus). The idea of jamming and performing together came about when Rooshabh and Titus went karaoke-ing together one night. When Rooshabh realized that Titus had a husky voice while singing 'Lady Marmalade' (he nailed the Little Kim parts) and Titus found out that Rooshabh played the air guitar like a 90s Bollywood star, they realized they were just meant to be. After numerous jam sessions, backing vocals from Rooshabh's cats and innumerable complaints from the neighbors to the cops, they decided to give it one final throw of the dice, but this time, by switching roles, and the rest as they say, is history. Rooshabh Doshmeister Doshi is better known as the circuit slut having played for 9 different bands in his brief 6 year music career. Rooshabh has decided to stop flinging around with bands and settle down for a long term relationship with Titus. The Doshmeister has played for bands such as Lithium (awarded trophy for being the 4th best band in Peddar Road), Copper Pint (claim to fame - a band that once opened for Shaan) and Panic Attack (a Thane based band that noone knows about outside Thane) and loves progressive rock and alternative rock music. Rooshabh recently decided to go solo and has released a couple of tracks with plenty more chartbusters coming up.

DJ Tasneem

Tasneem has been embracing the infancy of her DJ career with utmost dedication. Having already played at venues across India in Mumbai (He Said She Said, Villa69, Or-G, Royalty), Delhi (He Said She Said, Mia Bella), she has also been billed at venues in Sri Lanka (Alilana) and Dubai (Cirque le Sour, Barasti). Her sets are an intricate blend of soulful, yet edgy sounds that are warm with lush emotions encompassing the spaces of jazz, funk, nu-disco, deep house, tech-house and techno. Deservingly she’s shared stage with the likes of Midival Punditz, Audio Units, Blot!, Praveen Acharya, Jitter, Folic State, Spacejams, Helium Project, Narcotiq, Whosane and many more.

Nandini Chaudhury

Nandini Chaudhury is a trained musician and songwriter who has learned Hindustani classical music for 15 years and has completed BMus in Indian Classical training and Rabindra Sangeet from Bangiya Sangeet Parishad. She is very versatile and sings across a lot of genres and languages. She has also completed Grade 4 in Western Pop Vocals and Grade 2 in Western Choir from Thames Valley University (London). She has previously performed with renowned names like Manasi Scott, Gino Banks etc and has done a number of stage shows and live performances including some in Bombay. She currently sings with the Hinglish pop-rock and Hard rock band Teemeer & the Cirkle.

Here is the full programme the day, date, artists and zone where the performance will be held:

December 19, 2014 - Friday - Kanchan Daniel and the Beards - Courtyard

December 20, 2014 - Saturday - Sparsh - Courtyard

December 20, 2014 - Saturday - Karan &Kabir - Grand Galleria

December 21, 2014 - Sunday - The Loyalists - West Court Lobby

December 24, 2014 - Wednesday - DJ Tasneem - Skyzone

December 27, 2014 - Saturday - Blank, A Mutual Question - Courtyard

December 28, 2014 - Sunday - Rooshabh Dosh aka Self Ritus - West Court Lobby