their sound hasnt changed substantially for over two decades when the danish softrock band michael learns to rock mltr released its albums eternity in 2008 and scandinavia in 2012 they had songs similar to those that first won the band international attention in the 90s and now at the end of a successful fivecity tour of india mltr is hoping the countrys film industry loves them too yes were still waiting for bollywood to approach us says drummer kare wanscher mltr had first expressed interest in collaboration in 2010 during a tour to india to promote eternity but nobody has called yet we love the energy and colours of indian movies and pop songs says guitarist mikkel lentz even as frontman jascha richter nods approvingly the band was speaking exclusively to toi on saturday hours ahead of their debut concert in goa but is mltr ready to sing in hindi nope laughs lentz we know our limits he explains further we wouldnt want to deviate too much from our core sound there is a limit to the degree of changing so anyone who approaches us would probably want the mltr sound anyway the idea of a band changing its sound doesnt impress mltr too much unless it comes from within says lentz right hand on his heart lentzs views reflect the consistency of mltrs sound and songwriting today just like when they started out they dont jam to create new songs richter the lead singer composes on the keyboard and guitarist lentz takes it further into production i have never composed a song wanscher the bands eversmiling drummer declares jascha richter is mltrs frontman but offstage away from his keyboard and microphone hes by far the bands most reticent member he sports a pensive expression and measures his words carefully back when we started it was very unusual for a danish band to sing in english he says but we had big ambitions we wanted to go global in a strange twist his band did go global but in an unusual direction eastwards throughout asia massive crowds sang his lyrics with him our music reached asia before we did interestingly every time mltr has showed up in cities across the continent the turnout has been either the same or more a feat very few bands can claim lentz says there are now secondgeneration fans too children whove heard their parents play our music are now coming to our shows themselves the love affair between mltr and asia isnt one that can be easily explained richter sometimes attributes it to a secondlanguage connect asian audiences share with the band but weve also fared well with audiences in south africa switzerland and portugal richter says after conquering the worlds largest continent the trio seem happy enough in the 90s mltr tried breaking into the mainstream us and uk markets but thats not something that bothers the band anymore were outsiders from denmark wansher says so if the band was say londonbased