The credit for the formation of a brand new electro-carnatic act, The Thayir Saadam Project (TSP), goes to a friend of Bindu Subramaniam's. Bindu, at the time, was in a separate outfit called Subramania with her younger brother, Ambi (both are legendary violinist L Subramaniam's children from his first wife). And this friend told them that they must check out an Indian classical version of Adele's Hello and collaborate with Mahesh Raghvan, the musician who'd made it. So they met, and gelled from the word go. This was about a year ago. And now, the Bengaluru-based trio is ready to make its Mumbai debut this weekend, having played just two live shows before.

Akshay Anantapadmanabhan, a percussionist who played at the gig