Mumbai pianist Karan Joseph jumps to death from 12th floor

Karan JosephConsidered one of the most promising musicians on the indie circuit keyboardist Karan Joseph 29 jumped off a Bandra highrise on Saturday morning Joseph known in the industry as Madfingers allegedly committed suicide from a 12th floor flat in Bandra Bandstands Concorde Apartments According to the police Joseph may have been battling depression but they are probing other angles including a drug overdoseThe flat at Concorde belonged to Rishi Shah alias Arun who Joseph had met in Bangalore a few months ago They quickly turned friends and Shah invited Joseph over to MumbaiKaran Joseph CourtesyFacebookThe musician arrived in the city a month ago and was living with Shah since According to officials from Bandra police station Joseph was finding it difficult to adjust to life here and was particularly upset about a specific something which they are investigatingJoseph Shah and a female friend had spent Friday night at a friends party and returned home Saturday morning According to the police who have filed an Accidental Death Report in the case the three were watching television at Shahs home when suddenly Joseph got up walked towards the window and jumped out Shah and the friend say they had no inkling of what Joseph was about to doConcorde Apartments in Bandra WestHe was rushed to the nearby Bhabha Hospital where the doctors pronounced him dead According to senior police inspector Pandit Thackeray We received a call at 830 am about a person having committed suicide We took him to Bhabha Hospital We have recorded the statement of friends and have informed his parentsA graduate from premier music and performing arts conservatory Berklee College of Music Joseph was known for his command over the piano He was a regular on the Mumbai indie music circuit and had played with top names including Joe Alvares Randolph Correia Gino Banks and Vishal Dadlani of Pentagram Friends and musicians are coming to terms with the newsReviews on Rave Worlds FBacircu00c2u0080u00c2u0088pageA young musician from Bandra who had frequently played with Joseph said on condition of anonymity that some of his friends were concerned about his proximity to Shah They didnt think he was a good influence He alleges that Shah was supplying drugs to Joseph who was taken in by the opulent life Shah led Everything was going good for him except this character Shah who he had made friends with Shah turned him against his friends he saysIndianAmerican media entrepreneur Shah is CEO and publisher of Crossbones Media which publishes RAVE a magazine that focuses on homegrown music It was launched in 2002 with Teejay Sidhu Canadian actorveejay as its editorinchief A grand ceremony was held this March to celebrate it completing 15 years with attendance by Kunal Ganjawala and a performance by Grammy Award winner V SelvaganeshRishi Shah whose home Karan Joseph allegedly jumped fromA week ago Shah went live with Joseph on Rave Worlds Facebook page In the video thats up on YouTube Shah says in a marked American accent that he was surprised that when he was looking high and low for a pianist everyone he asked mentioned no one but Joseph He then introduces the pianist who comes across as a shy young man but displays astounding piano skills in the clipThe citys indie circuit wasnt too pleased with Shah since he used social media to run them down On September 5 Shah in a post called had lead singer of Colour Compound Rohan Mazumdar de The post was later pulled down A revised post with less offensive language was put up on Friday Reviews on the page some as recent as Saturday are largely complaints against Rave World and its founderRishi Shah CourtesyFacebookTejas Menon said Pathetic Keith AthaideDsilva wrote Pity that Facebook does not have a zero star rating Editorial reviews about artistsmusic needs to be objective and constructive Getting personal and hitting below the belt is in really bad taste The recent vitriolic reviews that this magazine has endorsed defeats the purpose of helping to cultivate new talent Arman Tejani wrote Pointless opinions Dont need this kind of shit in the music industrySidhus actor husband Karanvir Bohra said she was in Mexico and unavailable for comment She has nothing to do with him or his magazine She was editor 13 years ago and quit in 2003 he said over text messageRudy WallangThe musician we spoke to claims that Joseph may have suffered abuse since he had called a few friends early Saturday morning and spoken of assault Joseph had also told one of them that Shah had a bouncer in his homeJosephs friends dont believe he could have taken his life Uri Solanki aka DJ Uri who has been part of the drum bass scene for over 20 years met Joseph at a party four years ago and the two became friends Uri says he spoke to him last on Friday evening and Joseph sounded fine We had a regular conversation about what gigs we were playing at He sounded normal says Uri overwrought with emotion The wound is so raw He was super talented and such a good friendRudy Wallang lead guitarist of Shillongbased Soulmate sounded shocked when midday called him I cant believe Joseph would do something like this He had stayed with me and I had no clue if he was depressed or sick The kind of soul and feeling he played with no one else could says the guitarist who worked with Joseph in 2013 on the bands album Ten Stories UpAnirban Chakraborty Executive Director Rock Street Journal says Joseph became a name in the citys music circles because he was an accomplished musician and keyboard player He was an inspiration to others and one of the few true and young virtuosos on the sceneWith inputs by Sailee DhayalkarAlso seeFrom Tarun Tejpal to Arunabh Kumar some highprofile sex scandals