Banat started learning the harmonium at the age of five with "Kirtan" being amongst the other semi-classical musical education she was imbibed with. Her involuntary harmonium lessons as a child stirred her interest but it was first encounter with rock music that pushed her to take up the guitar a few years later.
Having grown up in a traditional Punkabi household, recent chain of circumstances pushed her to go back to her roots and rediscover her art. A shift from her usual music style, as she embraced her culture she cared another alcove of experience which has intensified her range as an artist.
Her work has been featured on Rolling Stone India, FilterCopy, Free Press Journal amongst others. She was also named one of the top 10 budding female artists to watch out for by Rolling Stone India.
She is an avid animal lover and often draws inspiration from her pet cats, who are her muse for several of her compositions.
credits
from Indie100 India 2018,
released October 25, 2019
Composer/Vocalist: Banat
Instrumentalists: Banat (Rhythm Guitar), Shrikant Sreenivasan (Lead Guitar)
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