Tarang Joseph | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
When you don’t know what to say, lyrics can be a lifesaver. Or at least put your bae in a good mood. What Do Songwriters Do When They’re Stumped for Words?
Singer-songwriter Tarang Joseph says, “When I think of a song, I have words and sometimes I can’t put them together, but they paint a picture. I was trying to capture a fleeting moment feeling ecstatic, feeling in a state of complete intoxication,” he elaborated on the recently released single, ‘Ecstasy’.
“Lush. Ethereal. That’s what I tried to capture in the song with the ups and downs of energy that mimic a human heartbeat. I wrote ‘Ecstasy’ in early 2021 but felt it needed something more Should – a call in response, a delicate energy to counter my male vocals.
Ecstasy Cover | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Tarang says he had been following Frizzell D’Souza on social media since 2019, but last year, coincidence put him in touch with her manager Arvind Shenoy of The Urban Weaver. “The whole song came together with his voice.”
Written by Tarang and featuring Frizzell along with Surya Kalyan and Aadesh Vinod on guitars, the video is produced by Doctor Aves and mastered by Stuart G Hawkes.
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“With ‘Ecstasy’ I wanted to capture the feeling of how being in love can feel so much larger than life, enveloping you and putting you in an intoxicated state. Love for anything blissful and sublime. It is possible
Hailing from a family interested in music and nurtured on a steady diet of Billy Joel, Disney and Broadway, Tarang began playing the piano at the age of four and trained in singing from the age of eight. “When I was about 14, a few other like-minded teenagers and I started a band – with the backing of my ambitious parents – we called ourselves Fleeting Glimpses after my favorite phrase from Pink Floyd’s ‘Comfortable Numb’ and Started performing around Bangalore. ,
Tarang Joseph and Frizzell D’Souza | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Tarang says, “Elements of rock infused into my style, but I was inspired by blues and jazz because of the freedom to improvise and create melodies.” ,
When he was 18, Tarang lost a friend to suicide and the tragedy deeply affected him. “For more than two months, I didn’t touch the piano, but when I finally did, my emotions took over. Until then, my music was fairly methodical, but now it was a way to channel my emotions.” .
This resulted in the song ‘Bungee Jumping’ with a music video to promote mental health awareness.
Ecstasy Cover | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
“I had found my singing voice; It felt magical, almost spiritual, and that’s when I decided I wanted to be a songwriter and musician.
In July 2020, Tarang began releasing his debut singles, eventually starting The Tarang Joseph Experience, a live band that performs his original music in the form of an audio-visual live set.
His songs – ‘Superhuman’, ‘Time Machine’, ‘Feeling Empty’ and others – explore different moods and while Tarang says he is inspired by classic literature and existential philosophy, it is “music and love that gives him goosebumps”. gives.”
Bliss, streaming across all music platforms, has made it to the top of many popular must-listen lists.
Tarang Joseph | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement