if u abandon friday, their next stop is Glastonbury :)

Emergence - The face of Acoustic Indo-Pop. Born in Pondicherry, Emergence represents a true melting of cultures, backgrounds and musical expressions. Singing in English and Tamil, Emergence pushes the boundaries of their own cultural identities. The multi-layered harmonic textures of guitar and poetical lyricism played by Krishna blend with the sublime melodies of the carnatic idiom, played on the violin and sung in Tamil by Kirupa. This, backed by the expressive exploration of tallams, funk, and jazz rhythmical grooves of Lowell Harrison, and the exquisite bass playing of the renowned Mishko M'Ba, is the unique fusion of Emergence.

Krishna, lead singer and guitarist of Emergence, hails from the UK and has been living in South India for the last fifteen years. His highly harmonic style is inspired by jazz, funk, Dylan, and classical Hindustani themes.

Kirupa Paranan is a reputed Carnatic violinist and vocalist from Sri Lanka. He infuses the music with intricate melodies on violin as well as singing in his native Tamil.
Mishko M'Ba is among the cream of France's bass players, having worked with with such top musicians as Ray Charles, Barbara Hendrix and Didier Lockwood. Mishko is an active musician on the indian circuit.
Lowell Harrison, a funk and jazz drummer from Boston,

USA, has performed extensively through the US from Florida to Alaska. He draws inspiration equally from funk percussion and Carnatic tallams.

now featuring Matt Littlewood: a classically trained jazz saxaphonist originally from the UK, has lived around Pondicherry for the last thirteen years and is highly sought-after as a jazz-man on the Indian music scene.

for more details go here-http://www.myspace.com/emergencemusic

first 4 to make it through

1. megha girish 2. neville de nazareth 3. sendil kumar 4. anaitha nair

for the details of the audience vote, vivek madan's performa.in.voice , chris williams remarks and all else go here

pre final 2: 30th April, 08

1. judy das, 2. alexis d'souza, 3. neha mukund, 4. mark rahmi, 5. roohshad garda, 6. roopika muthanna, 7. suraj ventikachalam, 8. venkat subramanyam, 9. vivek menzel ( radio one)

pre final 3: 7th may, 08

1. aditya menon, 2. andy v ,3. anuj gurwara ,4. arati desikan, 5. kevin ,6. sharon chang, 7. saurabh d ,8. shwetha jairam, 9. radio one- TBA

Block your dates for the 17th of may at an auditorium wherein one would be crowned Opus KroaKING...

PRIZES come in so far

A Lennovo Laptop for the Winner ( G series)
Cash Prizes for the top 3
Personlaised Opus Zippo lighters for the top 12 (with their names on it)
Holidays from ZEST
... more still coming in...

and of course free entry to wed and sun kroaknights at opus :)

Sandeep Chowta will be one of the judges at the KroaKing 3 Finale and will write and produce a song for one of top 12 finalists. (not necessarily the winner).

A song that Radio One will give a lot of airtime.

and catch our kroaking jingle and all the on air hype, the crazy chamrajpet charles and rajni saar on Radio One (94.3 FM) .

1 more wild card singers get to make it directly into the semifinal. (tune to anjaan's show every night). BSNL users can dial 1255594, and other landline and mobile service users can dial 505101094

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THURSDAY Signature BOOZE & BRAINS ...
Hosted by Mark Rego & DJ Vinay, this a a popular quiz night where winners get all their booze free for the night. Rated by the BBC as indias best pub quiz... No entry charges.

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SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER... with DJ VINAY rock-n- roll & dance tracks fro

O-Show: Sunday Bizarre Buzzaar May 4th 2008 Opus and Nimboo Style & Design ( they own Nimboo Closet ,a bohemian, funky store at No. 12 Aga Abbas Ali Road), in association with Zinzi, have come together to bring you a fresh, creative, high energy Market that will showcase young, talented designers from around the country. Designers are mostly from outside of Bangalore and include Jewellery, clothes, accessories, shoes, bags, curious, artifacts and more. the Buzzaar: 2pm onward Learn to make the most amazing Caipirovskas, Mojitos and create your own signature cocktail with Gina behind the bar 2pm - 4pm if you like the music of tom jones, neil diamond, cliff richards, elvis presley and a lazy sunday afternoon....with shyam of the west wind. 2pm 4pm Paint with the amazing artist Milind Nayak while he shares techniques and tips 4pm - 8pm Arun on the decks spinning some easy trippy lounge and bringing in the sunset Goa-style 9pm onward The trademark Opus KroaKnight with the super crazy Carlton (kroaknight entry and cover apply) O-Show will be buzzing from 11.30am to 11.30pm at Opus, Palace Cross Road, Bangalore,. Please call 23442580 if you would like to reserve a table for Sunday Brunch or Kroaknight. The O-show Sunday Bizarre Buzzaar will be held at Opus on the first Sunday of every month. For more information or to book a stall at the next O-showing, please email us at nimboocloset@gmail.com or contact Namrata@ 98451 72377

ok and fyi this is the best way to get to Opus. click to enlarge.

traffic woes have been surprising non existent ever since work started on this project. find your way to windsor manor. and from there traffic moves in the direction of opus.

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For Reservations Call 080-23442580.

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