While most of the bands in Hyderabad swear by heavy metal, Aces plans to bring about a shift. “We recently uploaded our video on YouTube, and are trying to break into a genre, which has never been experimented in India,” says David Sawang, who goes by the name Farcry. Though the band members met three years ago, they officially teamed up in October 2012. “The band was initially founded by Abdus Samad (Venom), Syed Adeel (Eddy), Arbaz Khan (Aquin) and Munib (Emkay). David and I came on board later,” says Farhan Shaheed, who goes by the name SFX Inferno and is a beatboxer and rapper.

Their composition, Her Songa and Snakes and Ladders always managed to pull in the crowds. “We do not like being boxed. Eddy is an R&B singer while we have underground rappers in Venom and Emkay and a new-school rapper in Aquin. I have been a metal-head in the past and there are a confluence of genres,” says David. College shows are where you can get  immediate reaction to compositions, feels Aces, as their  recent composition Goodbye Heartache, was a huge hit. “Initially we would sing covers but now we make it a point to sing our original compositions, which are also uploaded onto YouTube, Facebook and ReverbNation. We perform at various clubs and lounges across the city and there has been a growing crowd of repeat audience,” beams David.

Munib, Arbaz, Farhan and Adeel study at Muffakham Jah College of Engineering and Technology, Abdus at Deccan College of Engineering and David is a first-year student of St Mary’s College, Yusufguda. The members take out time to jam at coffee shops and lounges in between preparations for the semester-examinations, says Farhan. In the pipeline are concerts in other southern cities.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> Education> Edex / by Payal Ganguly — payal@newindianexpress.com / Hyderabad, June 03rd, 2013