MUMBAI, India – Blakc is a rock band
from Mumbai, India whose name alone indicates it’s a little on the
unconventional side. “Since we began Blakc has been unable to fit into any
genres, and we’ve stopped trying to and simply stick to making music we love,”
said guitarist and HARMAN DigiTech Whammy user Reinhardt Dias.
Combining elements of rock, alternative,
progressive and grunge with an international feel, Blakc formed almost on a
whim as college friends who decided to enter an on-campus music competition
after a week of rehearsals.
Reinhardt’s guitar tones run the spectrum from
clean arpeggios to crunching rhythms, heavily distorted leads and beyond. “The
DigiTech Whammy just kills on my rig,” said Reinhardt. “I can get extremely
experimental with it, and it gives me a broad spectrum of soundscapes. I can
play a note, use the Dive Bomb setting and get such a deep low end that it
makes my guitar sound like some kind of dubstep synthesizer rather than a
guitar! Or, I can go so high up with a note that my guitar sounds like a very
angry screaming cat.”
Blakc released its debut album Choking On A Dream in 2008 and has
persistently kept building its following, graduating from college favorites to
national touring act. The band has played shows in 14 cities across India to
date and dreams of an international breakout on the strength of its new album MotheredLand.
For Reinhardt the Whammy’s drop tune capability does so much more than just alter the pitch of the notes. “It gives the notes I’m playing a kind of ‘tingling’ sound that I can’t get anywhere else. I also really like the pedal’s Harmony settings – I add just a little delay to the Harmony effects and the notes sound epic.”
“Blakc has always been about two things – the music and the people we play for,” Reinhardt concluded. “We believe that our music is an extension of our personalities – and the Whammy is an extension of my personality”
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