Rip Asheem Chakravarty !!

Indian Ocean fans call him “the man with the golden voice”. Amazingly, Asheem sings and plays the tabla simultaneously with remarkable clarity and ease, a difficult feat almost never achieved by Indian percussionists. Asheem’s rhythm structures are uniquely his own, contributing in large part to Indian Ocean’s signature sound, while the melodies he creates are wonderfully different. He loves improvising vocal lines on stage. He plays traditional Indian percussion instruments in completely innovative ways. Brought up in an atmosphere of Indian classical, folk and other Indian forms, Asheem showed his rhythmic spark at an extremely early age.

Asheem is Mr Tangent, king of the non-sequitur. Nobody (including Asheem) understands how his brain works, and he's won many an argument hands-down with his unique brand of logic, and statements such as: ‘Has Pele ever sold chole bhature? No!’ Asheem is the founder and resident guru of the “Soch mat” (Don’t think) school of thought. Permanently in search of a permanent residence, we're still trying to decide if he's incredibly determined or incredibly flaky. He's into Osho, numerology, astrology, naturopathy, yoga, meditation - you name it; Asheem's spiritual quest for the truth is as perennial as his quest for a house. His cheerful philosophy is ‘Sab badmash hain’ (They are all scoundrels). He reads books that nobody else reads – sometimes not even the author.

Source : http://www.indianoceanmusic.com/