Performances & Projects

Worldwide Performances:

Mukul has performed all over the world, including locations such as London, Malaysia, South Africa, UAE, Singapore and many more.

Queen Elizabeth Hall	- London, UK
Lake Side Arts Centre	- Nottingham, UK
Theatre Royal	- Winchester, UK
James Hornsby School	- Essex, Basildon, UK
Alambra Studio Theatre	- Bradford, UK
Zeta Bar Hilton KL	- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Once in a Blue Moon    (Jazz Bar)	- Seoul, South Korea
Imperial Palace	- Taipei, Taiwan
Bamboo Festival	- Kotakina Balu, Malaysia
Baxter Concert Hall	- Cape Town, South Africa
Gandhi Memorial Hall	- Johannesburg, South Africa
Kathmandu Jazz Festival	- Kathmandu, Nepal
Hennesy X.O Jazz	- Shanghai, China

Special Concert with Louis Banks and Sivamani:

Mr. Louis Banks invited him for a special percussion concert with Sivamani, Vikku Vinayak, Selva Ganesh, and Sridhar.

Jazz:

• Henessey XO Jazz tour:
  Performed in Taiwan, South Korea, China and Malaysia for Soul Yatra, the first Asian band to perform abroad for Henessey as their brand ambassadors.
  
  
• Played with some of the top Jazz musicians of India such as Merlyn D'souza, Vivian Pocha, Amit Heri, Raj Soda, Shyam Raj, and many more.

Fusion:

Mukul's repertoire includes special Fusion Concerts as listed below:

• Madras Music Academy:
  Played with saxophonist George Brooks and bassist Kai Ekhardt from the US along with Kala Ramnath and Satyajit for Global Conversation.
  
  
• IIT Mumbai Fusion Festival 2005:
  Performed with Pt. Vishwamohan Bhatt, Pt. Ronu Majumdar, and Pt. Vijay Ghate, along with special guest Guitarist Mathias Muller from Germany.
  
  
• Mumbai Festival:
  Performed with Pt. Suresh Talwalkar, Shounak Abhisheki, and Kathak Dancers from Pune.
  
  
• Kala Ghoda Festival:
  An extravagant evening where Mukul performed along with his Guru Trilok Gurtu.
  
  
• Mumbai Festival:
  Gateway of India - Special Percussion Concert with Trilok Gurtu, Taufiq Qureshi, Nitin Shankar.
  
  
• Ajanta Ellora Festival:
  Performed with Pt. Ajay Pohankar.
  
  
• Virasat Festival in Mangalore:
  Performed with Kathak exponent Sheela Mehta and troupe of 20 dancers.
  
  
• IIT Fusion Nite:
  For consecutive 2 years - 2001 and 2002, performed with eminent sitarist Niladri Kumar.
  
  
• Siddhivinayak Fusion Festival 2006:
  Presented his own group called "Dakshina", with Roop Kumar Rathod, and sax player from U.S. Mr. Jesse.
  
  
• Conducted a Drum Workshop IIT Mumbai 2006.
  
  
• "OM" the Fusion Concert:
  Kolkata with Bikram Ghosh, S. Shekhar, V. Suresh, and Niladri Kumar.
  
  
• Cult Fusion:
  Sridhar, Niladri Kumar, and Ace Programmer Atul Raninga.
  
  
• Hariharan:
  Chembur Fine Arts Fusion Concert.
  
  
• Piya Bawari - NCPA
  
  
• Ludiana Sanskritik Samagam
  
  
• Green Stock Fusion Festival
  
  
• Some Place Else:
  Kolkata Fusion Nite with Amit Heri and Ravindra Chari.
  
  
• Vireshwar Gautam's Kathak Dance Troupe "Disha" - Nehru Centre.
  
  
• Pune - Hyderabad - Mumbai -Fusion Band Wagon called "Shoonya" - comprising of Classical Vocalist Aarti Ankoliker, Flautist Rupak Kulkarni, Tabla Player Satyajit Talwalkar and Keyboard Player Harmeet Mansetta.
  The jugalbandi between tabla player Satyajit Talwalkar and Mukul is an all time favourite and a treat to the listeners.

Indian Classical:

• Played with great Indian classical percussion players like Bhavani Shankar (Pakhavaj), V. Suresh (Ghatam) and S. Shekhar (Mridangam).
  
  
• Performed with classy Kathak dancers from Pune, Shama Bhate & Troupe.
  
  
• Played with top Indian Classical violinist Kala Ramnath, sitarist Purbayan Chatterji and tabla player Anuradha Pal.

Blues:

Mukul toured as the main percussionist with the remarkable Blues Guitarist Jeremy Spencer (of the group Fleetwood Mac) all over India.

Bollywood Film Industry:

• Jhalak Dikhala Ja 2007:
  Gave music for famous dance serial on Sony TV as Mukul & The Inner Voice..
  
  
• Jhalakh Dikhala Ja 2006:
  Was part of the band for this famous tv serial.

Films: Khwaahish, Ehsaas, Tera Mera Saath Rahe, Pyaar Kiya Nahi Jata, Pita, Kasam Teri Kasam, Iski Topi Uske Sar, Aakrosh, Banana Brothers, etc. (programmed the songs and background score).
Recorded Live drums for Hyderabadi Film, for upcoming talented director Agastya.

Programmed Songs For Albums:

Jaanam	- Udit Narayan (T- Series)
Jaan	- Sonu Nigam
Pop Album	- Leslie Lewis
Teri Kuch Yaadein	- Shails pop album
Mukuls Fusion Albums - Taal Yatra - EnerG - Unwind
29 Non-stop original dance mix (Re-mix albums) - 21 Dance Medley - Beats 99 - Mujra Remix

CORPORATE GIGS at Pubs and Discotheques

DANCE DRUMMING
Played with DJ Suketu, DJ Roane, DJ Sunny to name a few.