Venkat Raman
Auckland, December 21, 2020
The Moksha Base Band: Standing (From Left): Ashwin Ramesh, Shelin Shelz, Abhishek Raj, Sivakumar Sangameshwaran, Shankar Narayanan; Sitting (From Left), Ranjini Vasanthan, Dr Vasanthan Raghuveeran, Anjali Abhilash, Ayesha Bint Ahmed, Mathangi Parthasarathi, Aswathy Sasidharan; Seated on the floor: Jay Dev
‘Beyond Boundaries’ on March 6, 2021
Artistes of various bands, all dedicated to music, will present a Concert in the first quarter of next year, taking the concept of ‘melody envelopes human minds and hearts in bondage.’
‘Moksha Base,’ a musical group of young men and women from Rotorua and Hamilton is organising the event titled, ‘Beyond Boundaries’ at Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts, Hamilton on Saturday, March 6, 2021. The event, commencing at 5 pm, will be the first of its kind in Hamilton.
Captivating and binding
Sivakumar Sangameshwaran of Moksha Base said that the Concert will bring together several bands enlivening the belief that ‘music captivates and transcends boundaries.’
“Each of the participating bands will perform their own original music one after the other on the same stage. This is about bringing together the people of New Zealand under one roof to share their musical talent to a cross-section of our population,” he said.
Crowdfunding until December 26
Sivakumar said that Moksha Base is currently raising money for the Concert through crowdfunding.
The Group has thus far raised about $7000 against the target of $9000 by December 26, 2020.
An appeal appearing on the Facebook page of Moksha Base said: “With the current word in turmoil, there is no better time than now to bring all cultures together to celebrate our unity and diversity through music. We invite musicians from all over Aotearoa and all genres to share their music, which connects us. All donations will go towards this live performance. We have until Saturday, December 26, 2020 to raise $9000. So, please share what we are doing and donate to our boosted project over on www.boosted.org.nz.”
About Moksha Base
Established in 2012, Moksha Base is a unique music group, the members of which share their passion for music. As well as playing a variety of musical instruments and singing songs corresponding to almost every format including songs from Indian films, classical fusions of Western, Hip-Hop, Rock, the Group has to its credit its own compositions and cover numbers.
Over the past eight years, Moksha Base has performed to packed houses in Auckland and Hamilton and an online performance for the Dunedin Tamil Society.
Since October 2019, the Group has published three original musical videos.
The Artistes
The twelve-member group should not be taken lightly as just melody-makers. Among them are high-end IT professionals, engineers, medical practitioners, consultants, accountants, biotech and biochemistry experts and other providers who keep the wheels of the economy moving.
The artistes include, in alphabetical order, Abhishek Raj, Anjali Abhilash, Ashwin Ramesh, Aswathy Sasidharan, Ayesha Bint Ahmed, Jay Dev, Maathangi Parthasarathi, Ranjini Vasanthan, Shankar Narayanan, Shelin Shelz, Sivakumar Sangameshwaran and Vasanthan Raghuveeran.
(Instagram Post- Extract)
Lockdown Music
As a measure of self-preservation and honing their music skills during Lockdown Level 4 declared by the New Zealand government from March 25, 2020 to April 27, 2020 to prevent the spread of Covid-19, members of Moksha Base released two albums, one each in Malayalam and English.
The Malayalam Album comprises ‘Cheru Meghamay,’ (Small Cloud), a Malayalam song that connects Nature and everything it offers- peace, confidence, satisfaction, tranquillity, stillness, the dynamics, and most important of all, universal happiness. If ever drop of water- from wherever it occurs, in this song, from rain- holds a flower, then let a million flowers bloom, leading to blossoming of lives with the fragrance of happiness, goodwill and understanding.
And the title could not be more appropriate to New Zealand – Aotearoa- the Land of the Long White Cloud,’ that holds people of every disposition from everywhere.
Shankar Ramanathan, our own version of T M Soundararajan, S P Balasubrahmanyam, Yesudas, Hariharan, Haricharan, Karthik and scores of the modern singers, set the tune, challenging Aswathy Anand to write the lyrics.
Growing response to Concert 2021
An update on the Moksha Base Facebook page said that ‘Beyond Boundaries’ is enlisting good response, especially from donors and sponsors.
“We are waiting for a couple of more exceptional musicians to confirm,” the message said, hinting that among them could be Opera singers.
Please follow these links:
https://www.waikato.ac.nz/academy/venues/gallagher_concert_chamber
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrNl20DMH9A
https://www.boosted.org.nz/projects/beyond-boundaries
Moksha Base YouTube Channel
Moksha Base Facebook Page
Moksha Base Instagram
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