Thee by encore

2006-02-16T12:08:00.000-06:00

Thee?
Thee(tamil for fire), is an album of 7 songs in Tamil and an Instrumental.

encore?
The band behind Thee. They are five guys who got together in college to make music.Guys who blamed Ilaiyaraaja,A.R.Rahman et al. if they screwed up their exams.(Who asked 'em to make such good music?)

Who?
Credits include Sivamani,Keith Peters et al.

When?
The album was released in Chennai,India on the 8th of February,2006.

Where?
Available in major music stores in India. Coming to the US soon!

How can I trust the content?
Read the article in The Hindu, "The Indian Express" or the one by Chinmayi or the ones by bloggers from various parts of the world.

Have I seen you guys somewhere?
Not our fault.We were all over the place in Chennai, with guitars on bikes,keyboards on bikes, amplifiers on bikes, us on bikes.... We've also made special appearances(??) on-stage in the name of Light Music shows in colleges in and around Chennai,Coimbatore and Trichy.

btw,is this the official site of the band?
We'll be more than happy if you found others, but,to answer your question,yes.

Why does it look so unprofessional?
That's because we're still working on it. If you have better things to ask,feel free to mail us or post a comment.

One last question. Don't you think that's a lot of self promotion?
Well, someone has to do it....

...and, read the second half of the earlier answer again.

contact?
mail@theebyencore.com

Almost Famous!

2006-02-16T11:47:00.000-06:00

Thanks to Saba,the artist who did the caricatures.

Brat

Minor

karthik

katz

krishna

Song Teasers

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If the song coughs up too much, click on "pause" immediately after hitting "play", wait for a while and play again. Make sure pop-ups are not blocked. (It's worth the trouble :) ) These are only samples and are encoded in 128kbps.

Theme of Thee(new)

Theme of Thee: dial-up,lo-fi

Theme of Thee hi-fi

Vocals: Brat, KK, Minor and Amal

Thaai Polavae

Thaai pOlavae: dial-up, lo-fi

Thaai pOlavae hi-fi

Sung by Chinmayi

Dhinam Dhinam

Dhinam Dhinam: dial-up, lo-fi

Dhinam Dhinam hi-fi

Sung by Devan, Brat & Katz

Endhan Uyirae

Endhan uyirae: dial-up, lo-fi

Endhan uyirae: hi-fi

Sung by Prasanna

Thee(new)

Thee: dial-up,lo-fi

Thee hi-fi

Sung by Ranjith

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Album Credits
Percussion - Sivamani
Bass - Keith Peters
Guitars and Violins - AmalRaj
Rythm Sequencing - Simpson
Sitar - Kishore
Ethnic Percussion - Vikram,Thirumurthy
Keyboard Sequencing - Shankar

Vocals
Chinmayi,Ranjith,Devan,Malgudi Shuba,Prasanna,Manicka Vinayagam,Encore

Music & lyrics - Encore(Bharat,Katz,Jagdish,Karthik & Krishna)

Sound Engineer - Ramesh

Label - Saregama

Singer Chinmayi on "Thee"

2006-02-13T14:26:00.000-06:00

Excerpts from her blog post

"I had not sung a song with this low a pitch at all. I kept saying that through the recording, and was pretty unsure of how it would sound. Thankfully it sounds pretty good."

"Sincerely hope that this group finds a firm footing and hope they rise up in their musical endeavours and the success ladder"

"This will also give an oppurtunity for me to learn a lot from peers. :)"

-Chinmayi

The Original

Media lauds Thee

2006-02-13T14:16:00.000-06:00

The Hindu

"Thee" is a fiery mix.....

Read more

The Indian Express

Excerpts

"......The song seemed to get over as soon as it began leaving the audience breathless....."

".....Chinmayi gives "thai polavae" a haunting soul stirring effect,the first such song in her career by her own admission....."

"......is sure to attract the youth...."

Clockwise from left:Krishna,Mr.Simpson(Behind Mr.Rajesh Vaidya),Mr.Rajesh Vaidya,Prabhu,Ranjith and Chinmayi.

errata: The article states that Mr. Rajesh Vaidya is a singer.He is a more accomplished Veena artiste.

The peppy love song mentioned in the article is not "endhan uyirae" by Prasanna but "dhinam dhinam" by Devan,bharat and Katz."endhan uyirae" is a love song all right but is soulful.

bharat a.k.a brat

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katz

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Jagdhish a.k.a minor

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Karthik

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Krishna a.k.a KK

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Bloggers verdict

2006-02-07T00:55:00.000-06:00

.....The most likeable thing about the album is the way they have beautifully built the layers one over the other in preludes and interludes of the songs......Encore proves that they have a fire within with their debut album “Thee”....

-Suresh Kumar,Madras

......Encore formed by Bharat / Jagdhish / Karthik / Krishna and Katz are trying to revive Tamil Pop....they sure rock.....

-lazygeek,Seattle

...Talented bunch of guys.....

-Apu,Pune

....I was spellbound by the title song “Thee” [Fire].....

-Srikanth,DC

.....Certainly something TamilNadu has been waiting for....

-Kirubakaran,Seattle

.....Its because of guys like you with fresh talent that I love listening to Tam music.

-Manu,Colorado

....There is good variety in the songs and some great orchestration.

-Balaji,CA

Kudos to the team Encore

-Jo,Kerala

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