Acoustica, the acoustic live in concert followed by the slogan “The Echoes of Silence” is one of a kind musical extravaganza of history of Sri Lankan acoustic music organized by Zero Five Mahindians as a fund raising event for the development and the betterment of Mahinda College. Kasun kalhara ,Nadeeka Guruge, Nadeeka Jayawardane and Indrachapa Liyanage will be performing with the acoustic band Nadha lead by Nayana.
Acoustic Music has its origins in the folk music of the 1960s. Following the increasing popularity of the television show MTV Unplugged during the 1990s, acoustic (though in most cases still electrically amplified) performances by musicians who usually rely on electronic instruments became colloquially referred to as “unplugged” performances. The trend has also been dubbed as “acoustic rock” in some cases.
Writing for Splendid, music reviewer Craig Conley suggests, “When music is labeled acoustic, unplugged, or unwired, the assumption seems to be that other types of music are cluttered by technology and overproduction and therefore aren’t as pure”.
“Acoustica –The Echoes of Silence”musical experiment will lead by Nadeeka G, would be the first appearance Sri Lankan acoustic rock music. There, the history of Sri Lankan acoustic music will be re-written on 3rd of December at the Medical Faculty Auditorium, Galle.
03
December 2016
@ Karapitiya Mediacal Faculty Auditorium
From 6.00 PM
Ecoustica Live In Concert 2016
The Echos of Silence
Organized By Mahinda College 2005 Old Boys Group
Artists
Kasun Kalhara
Kasun Kalhara is a prominent Sri Lankan singer, musician, and composer who has established himself as one of the notable voices in modern Sri Lankan music. Born in Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka on November 3, 1981, he comes from a musical family – his mother late Malini Bulathsinhala was a veteran vocalist and his father H.M Jayawardena was also a famous musician. Kalhara was mentored by the legendary Dr. Premasiri Kemadasa (Kemadasa master), and his music career began with Indrachapa Liyanage and 2000 Ananda College Friends in 2000.
He describes himself as a singer, musician, vocal coach, record producer, composer, and artist, and runs “The Academy” which offers classes in vocals, guitar, violin, music theory, keyboards & recording arts, demonstrating his commitment to nurturing the next generation of musicians while continuing his own successful recording career.
Indrachapa Liyanage
Indrachapa Liyanage started his music career in the year 2000, with his school mate Kasun Kalhara in their own project. They released an album called Haritha Nimnaye, and it was a very successful release, and the album introduced them to a huge fan base. But in the years of 2004 and 2005, they closed down their project and went on to each make their own music, though they continued to work together on occasion.
Lately Indrachapa has moved on to rock music and doing experiments in order to create a “Sri Lankan Identity” rock style. His main aim is to popularize rock music among the majority of the country. He has released a single called “Ginidal” which was his first single. Indrachapa has performed over 20 domestic major concerts and several abroad along with other artists.
Naeka Jayawardana
Nadeeka Jayawardana was inspired by Shelton Premarathne when he was 10 years old and started his Music thereafter. In 1994 he came to Ashola Vidyalaya Maradana and Mrs.Dammika Karunarathne and Mr.Lesli Wijewickrama guided him further in his music career to join SLBC orchestra and Udara Rupawahini program. In year 2000, he joined Bathiya and Santhush as the base guitarist in the band, there he started music experiments on pop rock and acoustic rock which enchanted Nadeeka Jayawardane the most. In 2003 he released his first single “Kiyanna” with hutch, which was selected for Shanghai Asia Music Fevtival latter of the same year.
In 2004 Nadeeka joins Sirasa as the music controller, and release his second most famous single “Sihinayak” in 2007 and released his first music album “Sihinayak” in 2008. Nadeeka has been the music director for Sirasa Super Star season 4,5,6 and one of the key contributors for Sri Lankan radical music following pop rock and acoustic rock music.
Naeka Guruge
Nadeeka started as a young music researcher in 1999. His first serious musical work was “Sanyugma” a folk and applied music production with Marcello Titto Li, a Bolivian folk musician, in 1999. Since then he has been working in movies, tele dramas, stage dramas, songs and advertising.
Nadeeka Guruge is one of the most influential young composers in Sri Lankan music. “I grew up with the guitar and the guitar speaks at this concert” says Nadeeka on his concerts titled ‘Nostal Guitar Electrica 2015’ and ‘Echo in the Mountains.
