Aatma is a 4-member band that thrives on creating original music that is not only emotionally intense and technically dazzling, but which also gets the crowd grooving.

Created from the need of the founding members to create frequencies that were entirely their own, the band, founded in 2000 in Bangalore, is backed by solid experience that its members has accumulated in other bands over the years.

Performing mostly original songs, the band draws on influences that range from blues, jazz and funk to prog rock, metal and traditional hard rock. The band draws from influences like Miles Davis, Tribal Tech, Primus, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Stanley Clarke, Weather Report and others to compose new music.

The hard-working band first took the stage at the Richmond Park Revival Concert in March, 2000. Since then, Aatma's growing fan following and scintillating live shows have taken them twice to Chennai, playing to crowds of 5,000 and more. One of the highlights of their frequent out-of-state touring was a crowd-rousing performance at Jazz Garden in Pune, which has played host to Louis Banks, Karl Peters and the Jazz Yatra.

On their home turf of Bangalore, Aatma has been thrilling its fans and making new ones with regular performances in hangouts such as Planet M and Music World, pubs like Styx and Urban Edge and prestigious events like the Bangalore Habba. They have enthralled audiences in venues around the country like the Pondicherry Shopping Festival, the Navy Ball in Kochi and Not Just Jazz by the Bay, Mumbai.

The band has a full-length album of original compositions titled ‘Too Much Juice’. It's a collage of all the musical emotions that go into the Aatma sound and showcases the band doing what they do best; making original music.

Aatma is:Niranjan Burke (Guitars), Sandeep Madhavan (bass), Sujay Harthi (vocals), and Greg Hamra (Drums).

The buzz: Sandeep (98450 27587), Niranjan (98860 90549)