Clockwise: Rajan Batra (lead vocals),  Stuart D’ Costa  (bass) Himonshu Parekh (keyboard and production), Sahil Shah (drums) and Vaibhav Pani (lead guitar) of The Yellow Diary

New voices, latest production techniques and fresh sounds were recently discovered at the National Centre for Performing Arts (NCPA) as they concluded the Band Baja Contest, a platform encouraging young aspiring contemporary bands to come forward and showcase their talent. In its fourth year now, the contest received 30 entries from across India. The winning bands, Euphony and The Yellow Diary were both from Mumbai, and sounded static when we connected with them. Though their genres and styles are quite different from each other, both bands started performing professionally last year.