The Silk Route Chat
Their record company was sure of their artistes. "Silk Route are going to win," we were definitively told. And win they did -- as they swept the awards for Best Indian Group, Best Song (Boondien) and Best Newcomer. A week earlier, we had this chirpy, all-boy band on Rediff Chat. They had a great time, so did we. Read on to find out more about Mohit, Atul and Kem...
shree (Tue Nov 17 1998 4:18 IST)
Hello!!!
Silk Route-Atul (Tue Nov 17 1998 7:41 IST)
HI GUYS. We are here, Silk Route is here and are here to stay!
Silk Route-Mohit (Tue Nov 17 1998 7:41 IST)
Hi, this Mohit here from Silk Route, and that's it basically abhi to :-)
cotton eye Joe (Tue Nov 17 1998 7:43 IST)
Hey Silk Route, way to go... But, tell me, where did u come from and where do u go?
Silk Route-Kem (Tue Nov 17 1998 7:45 IST)
Hi everyone, I'm here... getting the hang of this!
Silk Route-Atul (Tue Nov 17 1998 7:46 IST)
Cotton eye Joe: From the mountains to the shores...
Silk Route-Kem (Tue Nov 17 1998 7:46 IST)
Atul, are you sure?
Dooba (Tue Nov 17 1998 7:49 IST)
Sorry guys, had a hassle getting in. I heard you guys at the Sansui awards and you were fabulous! Tell me, can you do an encore on Dooba Dooba?
Silk Route-Kem (Tue Nov 17 1998 7:52 IST)
Dooba: Thank you, would love to do so. Er, you would probably see us at the Channel [V] awards on the 21st.
digitalman (Tue Nov 17 1998 7:50 IST)
Are you guys planning on a new album soon ?
Silk Route-Kem (Tue Nov 17 1998 7:54 IST)
Digital: Yeah, we are planning an album very soon *like in next year*. Have you heard our first album?
lea (Tue Nov 17 1998 7:54 IST)
Hey, I really liked the Dooba Dooba video... How was it made???
Silk Route-Mohit (Tue Nov 17 1998 7:56 IST)
lEA: You see, Lea, it's very dificult to explain this on the Net. Why don't you give me your phone number and I'll explain it to you... in person!
Bilkiz Siddiqui (Tue Nov 17 1998 7:53 IST)
What are the chances of your winning a Channel [V] Award? How important is it to you?
Silk Route-Kem (Tue Nov 17 1998 7:58 IST)
Bilkiz: We think the chances are fairly good and if we win anything... umm... then it will be a vindication of our efforts.
SABINA (Tue Nov 17 1998 7:55 IST)
What makes you guys tick? From petrol pumps to guitar strings...
Silk Route-Atul (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:0 IST)
Sabina: Well, something in between... maybe the girls!
cotton eye Joe (Tue Nov 17 1998 7:54 IST)
Tell me... where do u guys learn ur music from?
Silk Route-Kem (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:2 IST)
All of us have listened to various kind of music from Indian classical, ghazals, film music, western classical, rock, avante garde music, jazz etc...
cotton eye Joe (Tue Nov 17 1998 7:55 IST)
Who is your inspiration?
Silk Route-Atul (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:3 IST)
I guess the inspiration comes from deep within.
Ashish Patwardhan (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:1 IST)
How did u guys pick the model in Dooba Dooba? She was sad... very sad, boss. Get neat babes, man... Good song deserves good women, eh?
Silk Route-Kem (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:6 IST)
Ashish: You gotta see her LIVE!!!
Aliya (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:5 IST)
Please, please say hi to me or else I will never listen to another Silk Route song again, or vote for you... Dooba dooba rehta hoon...
Silk Route-Mohit (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:7 IST)
Aliya: HI HI HI HI
Aliya (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:6 IST)
You guys should try multiple answering, that way you'll satisfy more of us!!
Miss Moothparambil (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:1 IST)
Is it true that you guys, especially Mohit, have had more success with women since Dooba Dooba?
Silk Route-Mohit (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:7 IST)
Aliya: HI HI HI HI... Moothparambil: Its all about time management
third eye (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:4 IST)
Why don't U score original music?
Silk Route-Kem (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:9 IST)
Third eye: In case you didn't know, all the songs in the album are our originally scored compositions. I'd like to know what gave you the idea they weren't??? They were composed, arranged, produced, performed BY US!!!
neeta (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:3 IST)
Why Silk Route? Any references to the actual Silk Route or did it just sound nice?
Silk Route-Atul (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:12 IST)
Neeta: Well we like the name as such but, beyond that, the name relates to our music because it has a feeling of travel, mountains, wide open expanses and exchange of ideas.
Neeta (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:12 IST)
Oh, ok, thanks Atul. Always wondered about the idea behind the name.
Ashish Patwardhan (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:11 IST)
Boss, u guys only seem to be answering women... so typical.... Bye
Silk Route-Mohit (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:13 IST)
Ashish: Sorry man, we don't discriminate like that. We'd love to chat with you :-)
SABINA (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:11 IST)
How come there are no babes in the band then?
Silk Route-Atul (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:13 IST)
Sabina: Major distraction! ;-)
Kem cho (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:14 IST)
Tell, tell, what are your chances of beating that Bhangra lord, Daler. Will you win the award?
Silk Route-Mohit (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:16 IST)
Kem Cho: We don't want to beat him, we play our own kind of music to the best of our capabilities. Silk Route and Daler are colleagues rather than competitors.
Diwakar (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:10 IST)
Silk Route, u r real refreshing -- nice change
Silk Route-Kem (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:17 IST)
Diwakar: We all thank you!
raj (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:16 IST)
Are you guys based in Bombay or Delhi? How did you get together??
Silk Route-Mohit (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:19 IST)
Raj: We are based in Delhi. I met Atul six-seven years ago in Himachal, became friends, used to jam together. A few years later, I met Kem in Delhi and we all got together in Delhi and started on the Silk Route.
Shiamak Davar (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:19 IST)
Dekho mai hi jeetoonga awards, tum nahi.
Silk Route-Mohit (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:22 IST)
Shiamak: Aap ko bahut-bahut mubarakbaad in advance :-)
Nandini (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:17 IST)
Hi there, Mohit... *big smile* and hi there the rest of the gang *small smile*... I have been waiting for this moment *rubs hands together* I am gonna take you apart... grrr
Silk Route-Mohit (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:23 IST)
Nandini: Yes, I'm waiting and at your service! Meow :-)
benazir (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:23 IST)
You call yourself silk, meaning soft and all that. But your music is so coarse, hard, cacophonous and potentially dangerous to the route leading up to the eardrum. You agree, isn't it?
Silk Route-Mohit (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:25 IST)
Benazir: Yes, we respect your... you are a connossier in music!
Kem cho (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:16 IST)
Say, Mohit, you are the only one who's married, isn't it? What about the others -- footloose and fancy-free or girlfriends under wraps? Or are they the arranged marriage kinds?
Silk Route-Atul (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:27 IST)
Kem Cho: It's not Mohit who's married, it's ME! The others are very footloose and very fancyfree :-)
neeta (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:20 IST)
This is too slow for me. Bye, guys, if you ever are in Hong Kong, drop in at the Star office and I can take you around. Ask Suparn for details. *over and out*
Silk Route-Atul (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:29 IST)
Neeta: Ruk ja, let's have a chat, heart-to-heart.
Aliya (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:28 IST)
Mohit, you can't be married?? Please, please say you're not married... I don't think I'll be able to take it!!!
Silk Route-Atul (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:30 IST)
Aliya: I'm not, but what about you?
Aliya (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:32 IST)
Not me!! Free as a bird. So what's your phone number? Or is that too forward, atul?
benazir (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:28 IST)
You've reinforced my suspicion that U must be spoiltbrats with rich dads, have nothing good to do, so formed a band and are wasting time by cooking up -- not creating -- music. Hey guys, it must be connoisseur of music, not connoisseur in music, silly!
Silk Route-Mohit (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:31 IST)
Benazir: But seriously, have you heard the music?
Aliya (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:28 IST)
Mohit, you can't be married?? Please, please say you're not married... I don't think I'll be able to take it!!!
Silk Route-Mohit (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:33 IST)
Aliya: I'm not, what about you?
Aliya (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:34 IST)
Now I have to decide between Mohit and Atul... Hmmm, difficult choice!!!
Nandini (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:33 IST)
Benazir, stay put there, yo!!! Let me see what I can do about Mohit-love-of-my-heart... *winks* You will come in handy when we go to the court... We would need a witness, wouldn't we, Mohit, dear? *smiles sweetly at him*
Silk Route-Mohit (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:35 IST)
Nandini: Thanks, but what do you think about going underwater?
Kem cho (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:35 IST)
KEM -- What is your full name? ATUL -- How's your next album shaping up? Will you still sign with BMG or are you looking around?
Silk Route-Kem (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:36 IST)
Kem Cho: My name is Kem Trivedi....
Silk Route-Atul (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:37 IST)
Kem Cho: The next album is shaping up very well, we don't need to look around.
raj (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:36 IST)
Guys, why don't you concentrate on the serious questions.... you are getting too easily distracted by the gals.
Silk Route-Kem (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:38 IST)
Raj: So ask serious questions.
Diana (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:37 IST)
Atul, Mohit?? Surnames?? Phone numbers? ;-)
Silk Route-Mohit (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:40 IST)
Diana: Atul Mittal, Mohit Chauhan... Phone numbers? Give us yours...
raj (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:40 IST)
Well -- the question was -- are you guys looking forward to the awards and winning the Channel V award????
Silk Route-Atul (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:42 IST)
Raj: Yes, we are really looking forward to the awards and also it;s great to be playing with the likes of Sting and Def Leppard.
Nandini (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:42 IST)
Hey Mohit, that's downright RUDE!! You don't want mine????
Silk Route-Mohit (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:48 IST)
Nandini: If you don't mind, just shoot your telephone numbers across and you'll get a call from us.
cotton eye Joe (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:38 IST)
Hey, Silk Route, let's jam sometime... U know, your tapes r damn expensive, can't afford them. Sshould be around 60, not more. 90 bahut hai yaar.
Silk Route-Kem (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:48 IST)
Cotton Eye Joe: As far as we know, our tape is priced at 65 bucks and buy the CD at a discount at Rediff.
bhiga bhiga (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:42 IST)
Silk Route, complete the following... Silk Route is not the best because...
Silk Route-Mohit (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:50 IST)
Bhiga Bhiga: ...because the best of Silk Route is yet to come.
nitya (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:50 IST)
Hi! Hello guys !!
Silk Route-Mohit (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:51 IST)
Hi Nitya
Nandini (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:48 IST)
Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy Silk Route guys, me's got a brilliant idea... You guys need a female voice, don't you? So okay, I will oblige you guys by joining up... what say?
Silk Route-Mohit (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:52 IST)
Nandini: Sounds like a great idea, so what do you play?
Aliya (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:54 IST)
Do you guys go out and do the usual guy things?? Like drinking, looking at gals, pubbing, you know...
Silk Route-Kem (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:56 IST)
Aliya: Yes
diana (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:53 IST)
Do you guys think that your music will be popular for a long time to come? Or will fizz out like it happens with a lot of bands?
Silk Route-Kem (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:57 IST)
Diana: We will definitely keep on growing musically. We love to experiment with new sounds and because the music is sensitive, I guess it has a longer shelf life.
Nandin (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:57 IST)
Mohit, er, I don't play anything half-decent, but I SING. Quite well, too. Or so my mum says, and my mum doesn't lie. Shall I sing something for you now?
Silk Route-Mohit (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:58 IST)
Nandini: Go ahead, make my day
diana (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:58 IST)
Do you guys perform at pubs or clubs?
Silk Route-Kem (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:59 IST)
Diana: Yes, we have performed sometimes at various clubs in Pune, Bombay, Goa , Delhi, etc
Nandin (Tue Nov 17 1998 8:59 IST)
Mohit, tell me one thing, do you listen to classical music? Do you listen to Tamil music? What do you think of Ilayaraja?
Silk Route-Mohit (Tue Nov 17 1998 9:1 IST)
Nandini; Yeah, sometimes I listen to classical music. Haven't heard much of Tamil music except some of the A R Rahman and Ilayaraja compositions. And I think he is good, I like his percussions arrangement.
digitalman (Tue Nov 17 1998 9:0 IST)
Is the acoustic nature of the album something you plan to stay with in your live performances as well?
Silk Route-Kem (Tue Nov 17 1998 9:2 IST)
Digitalman: Yeah, we do and hope to add on more. Do come for our live concerts. Where are you from?
NISHA (Tue Nov 17 1998 9:2 IST)
Hi ppl
Silk Route-Kem (Tue Nov 17 1998 9:3 IST)
Hi Nisha
diana (Tue Nov 17 1998 9:3 IST)
Any live performances coming on in any of the major cities?
Silk Route-Atul (Tue Nov 17 1998 9:4 IST)
Diana: 21st Delhi and, next month, we have a show at IIT Bombay, and in Madras for the Femina Miss India contest sometime in Jan 99.
Silk Route-Mohit (Tue Nov 17 1998 9:7 IST)
From all of us: Bye guys, keep listening to good music and do your own thing, thanks for being here. It was great fun -- Ganga nahale chahe tilak lagale, kismat ka likha tale na taale.
Silk Route-Atul (Tue Nov 17 1998 9:11 IST)
From all of us: Bye guys, keep listening to good music and do your own thing, thanks for being here. It was great fun -- Ganga nahale chahe tilak lagale, kismat ka likha tale na taale.
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