Delhi-based trio of Arsh Sharma , Srijan Mahajan along with Nikhil Malik ( together known as Studio Fuzz , a music production company ) are the men behind the soundtrack that packs in a range of ‘ highs and lows ’, ranging from rock , jazz electronic music to an element of folk-fusion . When not at the studio , the three young men are busy performing their rockstar duties with some of the best known bands of North-India such as Parikrama , Fuzz Culture , Half Step Down , Cyanide and The Circus .
Srijan and Arsh as a part of Fuzz Culture put out their 3rd release titled Twins , after the critically acclaimed EP Indulge . Divulge in 2013 and full length album NO in 2015 . Twins is a short two song collaborative EP with 2 artists , Twins has Raoul Kerr a rapper from New Delhi featuring in the first song “ Be A Monster ” and British / Indian singer Heather Andrews featuring on the second single “ Gemini ”. Both the songs have the singers collaborating with Arsh Sharma on the vocals . The album is a concept EP dwelling into the subject of bipolarity , duality and of opposite natures .
What is the concept behind Studio Fuzz ?
�Srijan : Studio Fuzz for us is a one stop shop for anything to do with music . From scoring films , documentaries , ad jingles to producing songwriters and bands , we do pretty much everything related to music on and off screen . We love what we do and want to make music for the better of the industry and change how Indian music is perceived by audiences around the world .
�Arsh : Studio Fuzz is just three of us trying to be the best possible composers we can be and we aim to make the best music possible for all of people ' s visual artistic needs an e love to work with film makers , productions houses and all . We also wanted to create a space which is very fulfilling for an artist to be in .
�Nikhil : We built this studio out of passion and we love fuzz . Fuzz being a musical effect that was used by a lot of cool guitar players back in the 70 ’ s namely Jimmy Page , Jimi Hendrix and Kurt Cobain . It ’ s symbolic for attitude and aggression .
Each of you are a part of some of the leading bands in the country if you aren ' t in the studio . How do you manage to multi task ?
�Srijan : - Between the three of us , we have an understanding with regards to the studio and we do what it takes to make sure we meet deadlines even if it means working from 3 different parts of the world , which we incidentally have done ! No matter where we are or who we ’ re playing with , we ’ re always available online and thankfully havent missed any deadlines yet !
�Arsh : Well we ' ve never missed a deadline in our lives ! But how we ' ve done it as a completely different question , we generally keep things task based rather than how many hours a day one one works , as long as the tasks are completed everyone is free to do what they want .
�Nikhil : The amount of bands and projects that I ’ ve taken up make me a serious case of ADD . There is always so much going on . I think over the years we ’ ve learnt to cover up for each other . This is possible only because we have spent so much time together that now we understand each other ’ s workflow . We also help out each other in any projects that we take up other than the studio . It ’ s much more than just professional association . It ’ s family .
Your trippy soundtrack for M Cream was super ! How was the experience working on it ?
�Srijan : Thank you ! Composing the soundtrack for this film was one of the most fun experiences for us . We immersed ourselves into it completely for about 6 months where we had the film on our screens and were just noodling with our instruments while watching it . Agneya was one of the best directors we have ever worked with and struck the perfect balance
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