Fringes - of old friends and blues rock



Fringes as a band is a blend of both young and old. It is young in the sense that the members have come together under the banner recently in the winter of 2010. Old in a way, as the members have known, shared, learned and grew up jamming and performing together in studios and concerts in Imphal. The name of the band denotes the predicament of existence at the margins and yet rooted to the core of an evolution. The band believes that art is an offshoot of the living reality and not created in vacuum.

The birthplace of the band, Manipur, lies in the continuum of two civilization i.e. Sinic and Indic civilization. They belong to a milieu where many cultural imprints could be found. With colonialism, came the western influence of music, which penetrated into diverse cultural way of life. Fringes band members also grew up exposed to this environment. They opted western music in its form and infuses it's content with the organic reality of contemporary Manipur.

Few months back Fringes performed in the North East Business Summit held at La Meridien New Delhi. In Imphal, the most notable/recent concert is Yaosang Rock at the Yaiskul Range (April 2012) where popular Delhi based band Parikrama also performed.

Collage of performance from Fringes

A Group photo of Fringes

Releasing the album - Trapped by Fringes - on 8th July 2012 read the press coverage