Sambit Chatterjee

Sambit Chatterjee

KARMA - Bandish Fusion, What Escapes Me, ASWEKEEPSEARCHING, Noiseware, Independent.

Sambit has been playing drums for the past 15 years, having taken tabla classes from his father (Grammy-nominated Tabla Maestro) Pandit Subhen Chatterjee. Sambit has now branched out, trying to find his own sound. He considers Ranjit Barot of be one of his mentors now and idolizes drummers like Mike Portnoy, Benny Greb, Jojo Mayer, Mark Guiliana, Tony Williams, Buddy Rich, Omar Hakim and so many more. He has been endorsing some of the leading music brands of the world now like Zildjian Cymbals, EVANS Drum Heads, Vic Firth Drumsticks, SHURE IEMS, CRS Cymbal Resonant System and has been playing and touring the world for a while now. He is playing with some of the leading bands in the circuit like What Escapes Me, aswekeepsearching , Karma - BandishFusion, & with some virtuosos artists like DIVINE (Indian rap sensation), Mohini Dey, Niladri Kumar, Rhythm Shaw & Tajdar Junaid. Sambit's band has toured with artists like Parkway Drive, PLINI, Polyphia and in the first ONE PLUS MUSIC FESTIVAL his band played alongside Katy Perry, Dua Lipa. He has also played with eminent senior classical musicians like Grammy-winning Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Ustaad Taufiq Qureshi & many more. He has been invited by the genius Ustad. Zakir Hussain to play solo and Indian compositions at his father, Ustad. Allah Rakhha Khan's 100th year birthday celebration concert, and the very next day he performed with highly acclaimed vocalist Isheeta Chakraborty at the Mumbai International Jazz Day under Herbie Hancock curated by the Indian Jazz Legend Loiuz Banks, held at National Centre for the Performing Arts. Sambit is also a regular at all the biggest festivals in India, a prominent name in the Indian music circuit. At the NH7 Weekender Festival, Sambit was invited by Switchfoot, the American alternative band, to share the stage and play a song with them and he was the only drummer to represent India at the Commonwealth Games Gold Coast 2018 & he performed with Susheela Raman and Sam Mills. These are some of his achievements as a professional musician but he aims at learning and gaining more knowledge of music playing and working hard to be known as one of the best drummers in the world someday.

Sambit Chatterjee'S SETUP:

  1. A Custom Crash 18”
  2. K Dark Thin Crash 17”
  3. K Custom Hybrid Crash 18”
  4. K Sweet Crash 19”
  5. K Light Hats 14”
  6. KZikdjian Constantinople Renaissance Ride 22”
  7. K Custom Hybrid China 17”
  8. A Custom EFX 18”
  9. A Custom Splash 8”
  10. A Flash Splash 10”
  11. Zil Bell Large 9.5”
  12. FX Spiral Stacker 12”
  13. K Constantinople 14” Hats
  14. FX ORIENTAL CHINA TRASH 10”
  15. K Sweet Ride 21”

* May be prototype

Sambit
Chatterjee's
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Sambit Chatterjee's
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  • WHAT INSPIRES YOU?

    Being alive, listening to all the music that humans and nature has to offer is worth every minute of this life. Everybody is so inspiring but you just have to be open to receiving it. I feel music is a way of life and looking at things and not just playing a singular instrument. If you restrict yourself to the thought of only one instrument you will miss out on all the colours of life.

  • WORDS OF WISDOM FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF DRUMMERS

    Breathe, keep your eyes and soul open to everything and anything. You will never know what form inspiration takes to hit you, but be ready. Also try and spend most time being yourself rather than trying to be someone else.

  • FAVORITE ZILDJIAN CYMBAL/COMBO

    A Custom Splash 8” on top of ORIENTAL CHINA TRASH 10”.

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