Inner Notes' members (from left) Divij Naik, Chintan Naik (partly hidden), Himali Vyas Naik along with drummer Dhaivat Jani at a performance

Last December, the audience at a literature festival in Ahmedabad was in for a surprise when singers Divij Naik and Himali Vyas Naik took to the stage to present an upbeat version of 'Hari no marag chhe shurano' to the sounds of drums, electronic guitars and keyboards. After all, few would have imagined that well-known Gujarati poet, Pritam Das' verses, penned almost 300 years ago, would make for a Rock Fusion rendition. The artiste duo, along with Chintan Naik, Tumul Buch and Dhruv Bhatt comprise Mumbai-based music group, Inner Notes, which attempts to revive Gujarati poetry by weaving it with new-age sounds. Egged on by the positive feedback to the stage experiment, the team has taken the crowdfunding route to record its debut album. Their campaign to gather Rs 1.5 lakh is live for a fortnight on Wishberry.