Circle Pro Audio endorses ABC; equips band with E9300 Microphone
Anand Bhaskar Collective (ABC) is an emerging alternative rock music band in India and was founded
by Anand Bhaskar and Chandan Raina along with his set of musicians in 2011. ABC launched their first music
album, Samsara in the year 2014 which emerged successful and fetched a lot of popularity. Mid launching
albums, ABC had strived to get gigs and has now managed to be regular on the circuit, juggling college
pro-shows, club gigs and corporate events. Besides that, Raina and Bhaskar together also produce and
compose advertising jingles and their work has been featured in campaigns for brands such as Mahindra,
OLX, TVS and others.
India-based pro audio manufacturer and developer Circle Pro Audio, has now gone ahead and endorsed this
versatile band of musicians. The successful launch of this collaboration was witnessed at ABC’s gig at
Hard Rock Café, Andheri, Mumbai, where the band opted for wireless microphones and instruments.
ABC also launched their second album, Excuse Me and executed a four-city tour across India that covered
Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and New Delhi.
“We feel that with Circle our live performances are going to become more and more effortless. The team
Circle always works for the artist and is always eager to incorporate whatever feedback we give them in
terms of the equipment we use and our on stage needs. As a band that plays a lot of live shows, there are
great and not so great moments when it comes to the technical aspects of the gear we use including
instruments and audio gear,” said Chandan Raina, lead guitarist of the band.
Circle has been a very active participant in ABC tours. Anand, the lead vocalist of the band is equipped with
the Circle Pro Audio’s legendary E9300 Wireless Microphone and a matching bodypack unit that acts as his
Wireless Guitar system. Chandan and Neel, their lead guitarist and bassist are individually equipped with
U1000’s and Bodypack units, giving them the on- stage freedom. For violin, Ajay is equipped with a mobile
and compact CPA WG1000 and the entire band has the IEM1000 in ear Monitoring system.
“Circle works on a base line where we want to equip every vendor and band with gear that is usually very
expensive and not accessible to everyone. We want every band to go wireless using IEM’s shouldn’t be a
novelty but a regularly available gear,” said Sachit Subramanian, Director, Circle Pro Audio.
After concluding the last gig in Delhi, Anand Bhaskar said, “Sachit, Sancheth and Nixon along with Circle Pro
Audio’s team display the ability in taking feedback constructively and then incorporating that in the next
show. It is amazing and we are super excited to be on board of their endorsement roster and look forward to
grow leaps and bounds with them.”