Event Details : Tritha & Space, Black Market Collective LIVE. The Bombay Elektrik Projekt-Delhi Chapter in association with The International Diner presents an evening of fusion music at its best, with performances by Tritha Sinha and her band Space and Black Market Collective. TRITHA SINHA has trained in Hindustani Classical vocals for over 15 years. She is presently pursuing advanced vocal techniques from Pandit Shantanu Bandhyopadhyay of Bengal’s only tradition of classical music, The Bishnupur gharana. She has been singing all over India and has represented her country in Europe, Bangladesh and Nepal. Since 2007, every summer she performs in France as a soloist or with world music ensembles from her repertoire of Indian classical, semi-classical, world music, folk and classic and modern Bollywood songs. Tritha started her own band SPACE in October 2008 in Kolkata, with songs and spoken word in 6 languages (Bengali, Hindi, Punjabi, English, Italian and Sanskrit).She is the composer, singer and does electronic programming. Other members of Space include Alessandro Valdambrini on keyboards and Ritika Singh on vocals and guitar, apart from guest musicians, sometimes on saxophone, tabla, guitar and Latin percussions. Check out Tritha and Space at www.myspace.com/soundofspace BLACK MARKET COLLECTIVE is an initiative of Ushinor Majumdar and Rajkumar Sengupta. There is no genre that predominates the sound of the collective but tendencies veer towards producing Indian sounds in a listener-friendly format with touches of Latin America and funk. Ushinor plays the bass and nylon string guitar, primarily as a sessions player. He is also a music producer, composer and arranger for bands, individual performing artistes, short films and documentaries. He teaches music and is currently the head of Program Development for Music Basti. Rajkumar plays the guitar and sings. He has played and continues to play with some of the leading bands in Kolkata, including Friends of Fusion who released their album during the previous year. He also composes and arranges for various projects and teaches music in one of Kolkata’s most prestigious schools. Amongst the artistes currently being featured are - Nikhil Rao: Guitar player, trained in jazz, fusion and both Carnatic and Hindustani Classical. Rahul Lal: A self taught percussion player will accompany the band on various Indian and Western percussion instruments. The collective will feature other artistes during the gig who will be introduced during their performances.