Spencer
Maybe is a musician, composer, artist, and
Burlesque performer from London, UK who has been composing and playing music
for over twenty years and has completed four full studio albums. The artiste
honed his music skills when he was working on and off as a busker on the London
Underground for about 15 years. After having three successful albums to his
credit, Spencer Maybe is all set to launch their fourth album, ‘Wait &
Patience’ in Goa. The launch will be held at Guru Bar in Anjuna on March 21,
2018, 8 pm onwards. The group had also played earlier this month, at a show
held at Firefly Bistro, Benaulim ,as part of the ongoing ‘The Live Music
Project ‘concerts.
The
album, ‘Wait & Patience’ has mainly been recorded in Goa and mixed in
London. To make the album possible, Spencer has collaborated with many
musicians from all over the world - each bringing their own special talent to
the collective, facilitating a unique sound that has an instant familiarity.
Music experts suggest that the album has songs that can make an audience think,
dance, and even cry.
The
four piece band consists of award winning Swedish guitar master Peter Tegner,
highly experienced Moscow session bassist Denis Petukhov, and Mumbai/New York
based multi instrumentalist, drummer and producer, Bunny Batliwala, putting on
a sensational and emotional must see live show of all original music.
About
the band:
Spencer Maybe: He
was a Burlesque dancer for five years where he learnt how to engage and
entrance an audience. This in turn inspired him to create a one-man comedy,
burlesque, mixed media Rock Opera which was based on his second album. He took
this to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in both 2010 and 2011, where he received
4/5 star reviews. For the past few years Spencer has continued to write,
perform and sing his music at many venues throughout the UK, South Africa, Sri
Lanka, India and Spain.
Peter Tegnér: Tegnér
is an award winning guitarist and composer from Malmö, Sweden whose dreamy and
cinematic compositions are described by music experts as ‘fairytale music for
grownups.’ Tegnér’s fingerpicking
style on steel string guitar, blended with his experimental soundscapes on
electric guitars, creates a truly unique and mesmeric experience. He has
produced several albums, and his last solo album, ‘Creations’ was released in
October 2015. He was awarded the Swedish composer prize SKAP-Stipendium in
2016, which is one of the highest honours for a composer in his country. In the
fall of 2017, he recorded a new album, ‘Dance Of Garuda’, which will be
released in May 2018.
Denis Petukhov: This
artiste from Moscow, Russia is one of the most in demand, and acclaimed
session, and touring bass players in Moscow, for the last 18 years. Petukhov
has toured and recorded with major acts like NAIVE, MASHA & MEDVEDI, TATU,
and W.K. Stylistically, he has studied and can play Jazz, Punk, World Music, to
Rock, and everything in between. He is known for his exceptional ear, extremely
melodic phrasing, and rock solid groove and power. He studied classical piano
from the age of seven, and took on bass at 16 years, and plays both upright and
electric, and has been playing and recording with the band for the last three
years.
Bunny
Batliwala: Batliwala is
a versatile multi-instrumentalist, producer, and music events programmer who
moved to the US at the age of 17. He started on piano when he was three, then
guitar and bass at 15, then went on to be a student of World Percussion at
Berklee College Of Music under Jamey Haddad (Paul Simon, Sting, David Liebman)
since 1998, and from 2000, with Ustad Sultan Khan as his student and
international manager. He has spent 15 years as a musician, producer and events
programmer in New York City, playing in diverse musical styles including
Afro-Beat, Latin, Reggae, Dub, Middle Eastern, World Beat, Rock, Funk and more.
He has recorded extensively, including on a ground breaking Arabic and Latin
crossover Album “Lemonada” (EMI Records), which made it to the top 10 Middle
East charts in 2004. He has been instrumental in creating the current band
sound over the last three years, as a co producer, and drummer/ percussionist.