Thayir Sadam Project

Band of the month

Let’s start with the clichéd question of how the name came about

Bindu: Curd rice, or thayir sadam as it’s called in Tamil, is a favourite South Indian comfort food.

Thayir Sadam is integral to our identity in more ways than one. We believe that what’s traditional is cool, and we bring that element into every piece we write. We embrace musical styles from around the world while staying rooted in Indian classical music. And yes, we love our thayir sadam. We wanted to wear this identity on our sleeve, and so we decided to call ourselves The Thayir Sadam Project.

The band consists of very popular and talented musicians.How did you all meet and come together?

Ambi: It was actually a few things that happened in parallel. I first found Mahesh’s cover of Adele’s Hello – it was amazing and I just had to share it online. Around that time, our friend from BBC, Ashanti Omkar, also suggested we collaborate with him.