they dont like to compartmentalise themselves to any one genre of music but if one were to categorise advaitas music then indian classical with a blend of rock and electronica would fit the bill formed in 2004 the delhibased band comprises eight members chayan adhikari vocals acoustic guitar ujwal nagar hindustani vocals anindo bose keyboards and electronics suhail yusuf khan sarangi and hindustani vocals aman singh drums abhishek mathur electric guitars and electronics gaurav chintamani bass guitar and mohit lal tabla and percussion the band won many accolades for their 2009 debut album grounded in space recently advaita launched their second album in the city and bt caught up with the boys for a chat in the broader scheme of things people call our music fusion but we see ourselves as contemporary indian sound our music reflects our indian roots in terms of compositions with influences of jazz and rock exmember and guitarist aditya balani coined the name of our band its an apt name as it reflects the advaita theory of music that music is all around us we have varied backgrounds and influences but one sound say anindo and chayan who are incharge of the english lyrics of their songs describing what the band is essentially about meanwhile ujwal and suhail take care of the lyrics written in indian languages inspired by traditional indian bandish ancient poems sufi poets etc you can say that our lyrics and music have spiritual influences but we are not doing it intentionally we explore the musical aspect of spirituality and not spirituality per se clarifies ujwal dispelling notions that they are a spiritual band outfit the silent sea contains 10 songs some of which are dust a progressive rock number with the sound of sarangi questioning the purpose of existence gorakh based on the classical raag gorakh kalyan talks about longing meinda ishq has punjabi lyrics written by suhail which is about devotion meant for god a lover or a friend their songs are interpreted differently by different members of the band as every song has a different mood and meaning advaita is also inspired by western bands like zero seven pink floyd radiohead besides fusion band shakti and music maestro ar rahman though all of them are full time musicians they keep themselves busy pursuing musicrelated hobbies for example abhishek gaurav and anindo run sound studios whereas suhail chayan mohit and ujwal teach music and aman teaches how to play the drums