Bringing glamour and glory to a golden classic, one of India's popular bands, DnT, along with a group of Goan musicians got together and have come out with their debut cover song Tum Mhojem Sukh - a tribute to Alfred and Rita Rose.
For Goans and the Goan diaspora, songs by the likes of Alfred and Rita Rose are eternal classics; one can still hear them play at local functions and programmes.
As the bed rock for the generation of musicians to come, there was a feeling among the current contemporary artistes that efforts need to be made to let the younger generations know about their heroes.
"Our rendition is basically a nostalgic attempt to re-create a song that is loved by youngsters and oldies. In this project, we tried to collaborate with some of Goa's best musicians who are also very close friends," said Denzil Pereira and Trisca Fernandes, who form DnT.
Packed with elegance and energy, DnT the band is very well known in the Bollywood circuit and in the corporate world, but are also humbly connected to their Goan roots
Ignatius Rodrigues (keyboards, vocal arrangements), Grayston Vaz (guitars), Aurvile Rodrigues (cajun, vocal arrangements), Victor da Costa (violin) and Marwino (bass) were the group that recorded the song at Audio Masters.
"Some of these beautiful old Goan songs are not known to youngsters so we tried our best to add new age sounds so that it would appeal to the new generation as well," added Denzil. The viral YouTube video that has a classical feel and an old world charm to it has been shot aesthetically and the song has already become a hit.
"We were quite elated with the response. The romantic song reached out and touched the hearts of people. There have been so many messages and love pouring out from all around asking for more songs to be done," said Trisca. The duo admit that they have been planning this song since 2016 but were unable to complete it as they were busy touring for their shows. After sorting out their schedule and working around the availability of other musicians, it finally came out.
"It was worth the wait and it felt like we were on cloud nine with the outcome of the song delivered by the whole team," said Trisca.
The duo add that they were initially working on their debut original, but kept it on hold as they felt their audience wanted to listen to something in Konkani. They now plan to work on their original tracks.
Currently, they are heading out of Goa to be part of the Uk Goan Festival, London (better known as Goa Day) on August 6, that annually brings together thousands, a majority of whom are Goans.
