When we ask a band to share the inspiration behind their music, we hardly expect them to narrate a story of them wandering around in a garden in Borivali and spotting two lonely benches. But it doesn't end there. The benches bore the names Mohanlal and Bivliben and were joined in a right angle. For vocalist Omkar Patil, this seemed like quite the love story, which culminated in a song composition, aptly named Oolta Pyaar. "Our music has always been a narration of experiences with the outside world. But as audience, you will also find your own story in our music," he tells us.

Patil, 30, along with Lalit Bohra and Tejal Varadkar, started the now five-member band, HarmoNoNium in 2013. The name of the band has as amusing an explanation as the stories behind their music. In the band's dictionary, NoNium translates to No Niyam, or no rules, centred on their philosophy of sticking to no particular genre. The harmonium, tabla, drums, acoustic, electric and bass guitar all fuse into a melody that is a mix of alternative pop, Indian folk music, reggae, and other genres. So, can't this just be considered as fusion music? we ask Patil. "Musicians perform everything under the name of fusion these days. Our music is [a sort of] fusion because our members come from various Indian states, but it has no identifiable form. We'd rather be associated with the world music genre," he explains.