The Score Magazine, June 2009

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After DJing in Kazakhstan, Russia, for a year, then for many more years in India .Ashwin Mani Sharma is a Jalebee Cartel.

After DJing for 12 years, all over India and being crazily sought after, Arjun Vagale is a Jalebee Cartel.

After playing bass guitar for a Heavy Metal Band and working in a software company, Arjun (GForce) is a Jalebee Cartel.

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he Delhi Times said that 2007-2008 was The Year of the Jalebee And it was! They’ve got a sound like no other, they’re putting India up front and centre stage in the music industry. Touring India and the World they perform at the hottest clubs and festivals. The band is made of four people that I can only describe as fun. Talking to them for the first time it felt like I’d known them forever, they posses a sense of humor that’ll have anyone tearing up(with mirth). And they do really like Jalebi! (Three of them at least) “I love eating jalebis a lot. Especially with milk, at night”, says Ashvin Mani Sharma, cousin of well known socio-political songwriter Remo Fernandes. Their music is raw and so full of energy, you can (must) only jump around. These strangers came together as music makers, and today when asked to describe their relationship, Ashvin says “When I get in trouble, the first people I call to get me out of it are my band mates”. A band where four people bring their own individual element to the music they’re inspired by (pretty much) everything, and bound together by a love for Jalebis(the sweet). But,


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