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KROSSWINDZ is a world/Rock band from Calcutta India.They toured 6 cities in the US in October 2007- Los Angeles,San Fransisco,Seattle,Atlanta,Chicago an
Jersey City.Krosswindz played 7 concerts and 1 Live Radio Broadcast 2 hou
unplugged concert for Sandusky Radio Seattle-Kevin Mc Donald Presents

Primarily a Classic Rock/folk-fusion band,focusing on world musi
with soulful songs,lyric oriented.Professionall
performing concerts all over the globe for the las
eighteen years. Krosswindz is the music of Bengal an
India with a blend of folk music traditions fro
around the world.The result- a potpouri of sound
deeply rooted in the soil that touches the heart an
speaks the common language of humankind

Music Style
world/Rock,folk,ambient environmental fusio

Musical Influence
Pat Metheny, John Mc Laughlin,Santana,Eric Johnson(Alien Love child/Electromagnets),Jimi Hendrix,Pin
Floyd,The Beatles.Miles Davis,Indian musicical influences-Padmashree Protima Barua Pandey(Goalpariya-Assamese
Folk Exponent and singer),Rabindranath Tagore,Kishori
Amonkar,Bhupen Hazarika,Purno Das Baul,Shubha
Mudgal,Abida Parveen,Runa Laila,SD Burman,Abbasuddin
Ahmed,Lalon fokir, etc

Similar Artists
Yossou n Dour,Sting,Cranberries,Joni Mitchell,Jimi Hendri

Artist Histor
The band was formed in 1990,has toured all over th
sub-continent and 6 cities in USA playing at major festivals,concert
and clubs and has officiall
released 12 albums
Two of the most famous Bangla songs of Krosswindz ar
"Prithibita Naki Choto Hote hote" written by Gauta
Chatterjee performed by Krosswindz in the album Aba
Bocchor Kuri porey and "Jhiko Jhiko"-from the albu
Jhiko Jhiko Krosswindz

Krosswindz is renowned for the musical dexterity an
virtuoso skill of legendary guitar player Vikramji
Banerjee(tuki)and the unique and mellifluous vocal
and gayaki of Chandrani along with a very dynamic live ensemble of 6 members. The band is busy perfomin
all over the world along with recording new materia
for their forthcoming album

KROSSWINDZ is an accredited and empanneled band wit
the ICCR(INDIAN COUNCIL FOR CULTURAL RELATIONS NE
DELHI)and are officially enlisted as a premier band o
INDIA and they call us when they need us to represen
INDIA in festivals abroad

The band has performed and collaborated wit
internationally reputed names like HERBI
HANCOCK(USA),SKY HIGH(SWEDEN),RAG FOUNDATION(ENGLAN
WALES),TIZIAN JOST(GERMANY),PANDIT RAMES
MISHRA(INDIAN SARENGI PLAYER OF INTERNATIONA
REPUTE),SANJAY MISHRA(CLASSICAL GUITARIST USA),TH
JAZZ AMBASSADORS(USA),DAVID DYKSTRA(THE BAUTISA BAN
SAN-FRANSISCO)

The album TRIBUTE TO ERIC JOHNSON USA(GRAMMY winnin
guitarist from Austin Texas)features the dazzlin
guitar work by Tuki(KROSSWINDZ) on the track SPAC
GUITAR.Available in USA and at Val Serrie production
site

The album THE MUSIC OF THE GLOBE features two track
by KROSSWINDZ namely ONE WORLD and MAHUT BONDHU whic
was re-released in USA by independant Washington base
label JOE ANTHONY PRODUCTIONS,this album has gone o
to become a hot seller from amazon , itunes and othe
online merchants apart from being popular a
conventional music stores like TOWER

Krosswindz has been a pioneer in the band movement i
West Bengal and the first bengal
project/collaboration with GAUTAM CHATTERJEE(MON
MAMA)of MOHINER GHORAGULI yielded the anthemic hi
Prithibita Naki Choto Hote Hote.Released in 1994 th
album AABAR BOCHOR KURI POREY has become a stapl
amongst music lovers
The collaboration happened when Gautam suggeste
KROSSWINDZ record and perform one track he had writte
and set tune to in 1993 and eventually the studi
sessions yeilded the astonishing new bengali side o
KROSSWINDZ.This song has now been remade by Bollywoo
in the movie GANGSTER and a hindi version is doing th
rounds on all music channels

Krosswindz has evolved over the early years from bein
a rock band to a world/fusion band and has gaine
repute all over the world for its pathbreaking ne
sound and fresh approach to music.In the early year
the band created a tremendous fan following of loya
fans who followed the band and are still avi
listeners/audiences, the reputation of the band a
being a stupendous live act spread and gigs picked u
by the mid nineties and nowadays on an average th
band has ten to twelve shows a month

The music of krosswindz has been featured in numerou
documentary films and commercials.Recently th
international multi-award winning film THE WAY BAC
HOME by film maker SUPRIYO SEN featured the vocals o
CHANDRANI(KROSSWINDZ) in the song Ghore Pherar Gaa
(written by Gautam Chatterjee from the album Khyapa
Gaan) prominently as the Title track and backgroun
score for the film

The music of KROSSWINDZ is being aired b
major FM stations around the world-BBC in UK, in CALCUTTA RADI
MIRCHI,RE
FM,AAMAR FM and ALL INDIA RADIO
In AUSTRALIA pbs FM i
MELBOURNE is playing the song ONE WORLD b
KROSSWINDZ on their show GLOBAL VILLAGE hosted b
ROGER HOLDSWORTH

KROSSWINDZ has been on many major national an
international TV shows and reputed production house
like the BBC and MTV have covered KROSSWINDZ o
innumerable occassions

Krosswindz has acted for a feature part in th
telefilm called "Aamra Ebong" by noted Calcutt
actor/director Parambrata Chatterjee where even th
soundtrack of the film has songs from the albu
-MISIKI MISIKI(FOLK-FUSION)KROSSWINDZ.The song "Morih
Shyam" from this album is the title song of thi
tele-film

The band also appears regularly on game shows an
interviews on popular Indian TV channels like ze
bangla(hau mau khau),Tara Muzik-Take a break an
Bandemonium,Sangeet Bangla(metro music and Shudh
Gaane Shudhu Shongeete)etc.Channel S in the UK ha
telecast a documentary featuring KROSSWINDZ.GAAN BEDH
DOLBAJEE on CTVN PLUS channel

KROSSWINDZ has one of the highest record sales in th
regional market and has had superhit albums like ON
WORLD,JHIKO JHIKO and MISIKI MISIKI selling lakhs o
units.Presently Krosswindz is signed to Indian labe
SAGARIKA MUSIC
KROSSWINDZ has been on the charts at broadjam.co
numerous times and a huge number of people hav
downloaded the band's music from free sites lik
mp3.co
ONE WORLD has entered the Earth Top 10 at Broadjam
ONE WORLD has entered the Production - Mid Tempo To
10 at Broadjam
ONE WORLD has entered the Pop Top 10 at Broadjam
ONE WORLD has entered the Broadjam #1 Songs Top 10 a
Broadjam
ONE WORLD has entered the Production - Female Vocal
Top 10 a
Broadjam

Krosswindz's rendition of the song TANGRA TOBU KATO
JAYE fro
the album JHIKO JHIKO has been nominated by a
AMERICAN company called JPF(CD BABY) in the BEST FOL
SONG category of their music award
http://www.jpfolks.com/MusicAwards/2006/SongNominees.htm

Krosswindz has one of the largest ammount of fans i
the Indian music scene that spread all over th
sub-continent and even to other parts of the worl
like in the USA,UK,MEXICO,IRELAND following the ban
avidly and listening with admiration.tower records,c
baby and apple i tunes also stock a healthy quota o
the music of KROSSWINDZ and the number of fans i
growing each day

Group Member
Vikramjit(tuki)lead guitar,dotara,khamak backin
vocals/songwriter produce
Chandrani-lead vocals/songwriter,percussio
Ratanjit-keyboards/guita
Rajiv-rhyhm guita
Osi-bas
Jeff-drum

Guest musicians perform with the band from time t
time keeping the sonic spectrum diverse and eclectic

Instrument
guitar,nylon strin

guitar,mandolin,dotara,dhol,djembe,khol,drums,congas,timbales,cabasa,guiros,triangles,shakers,bas
guitar,keyboards

Albums(discography
krosswindz singles- bmg crescendo india,199
krosswindz poth geche benke-sagarika,199
krosswindz one world-kosmic music,200
krosswindz bhebe dekhecho ki-kosmic music,200
krosswindz jhiko jhiko-sagaika,200
krosswindz misiki misiki-sagarika,200
KROSSWINDZ DHOWA-Sagarika,200

Compilation albums- aabar bochor kooree porey mohine
ghoraguli,199
khyapar gaan mohiner ghoraguli,199
moni chara shunno laagey various artists,200
THE MUSIC OF THE GLOBE-JOE ANTHON
PRODUCTIONS(USA),200
Tribute to Eric Johnson various artists, produced-VA
SERRIE TEXAS USA,200
GIR-VOL1 and VOL2 RSJ Records Delh
Smokin guns-RSJ RECORDS Delh

Press Reviews
Krosswindz rings in new year 2007 with 20,000 stron
audience in shillong-The Telegraph

krosswindz goes global on world music ship,-th
Telegraph

Krosswindz song Jhiko Jhiko being played down under i
Australian FM-The Tmes Of India

Prithibi goes to Bollywood-Hindustan time

"the first band from the eastern region of india t
come out with an album of original englis
compositions"-The Telegraph Calcutt
"one world tops local charts"times of india calcutt
"The evening of January 16 was electrifying, wit
JUST, a band formed by JU students, belting ou
popular numbers. But it was Krosswindz, playing to th
galleries of over 4,000, that was a smash hit with
two-and-a-half-hour gig."the Telegraph Calcutt

Winds of cross culture-Krosswindz has absorbed jazz
Irish folk, hip-hop, funk and Indian music to create
style of their own which they call 'World Rock'. A fe
copies of their recent release One World are availabl
in big music stores in Bangalore, writes Michae
Patra
"I don't want my house to be walled in on all side
and my windows to be stuffed. I want the cultures o
all lands to be blown about my house as freely a
possible. But I refuse to be blown off my feet b
any." These words of Mahatma Gandhi (said in
different context) may well be the description of th
Kolkata band Krosswindz.The album "ONE WORLD" is doin
very well in Kolkata and a few copies did manage t
land in Bangalore. Priced at Rs 125 a CD you may fin
it in one of the bigger music stores in Bangalore
-DECCAN HERAL

Additional Inf
email the band at-- tukiguitarman@yahoo.co
tukisampleman@rediffmail.co

www.krosswindz.co
www.cdbaby.com/krosswind
www.soundclick.com/krosswind

Locatio
calcutta, west bengal - Indi
contact-vikramjit banerje
flat 1b kanak apartments
174/10 nsc bose road,calcutta 700040.India