AKSHARA - Album launch

Name: AKSHARA - Album launch
Location: Valletta Campus Theatre VCT (Ex MITP), Merchants Street, Valletta, Malta

by Benji Cachia

Tickets

When

Friday, 25 April 2025 at 20:00

Standard Ticket - €18.00

Standard Ticket (Standard Ticket + Album (Vinyl)) - €38.00

Standard Ticket (Early Bird - Ticket + Album (Vinyl)) - €33.00

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Description

AKSHARA - ALBUM LAUNCH

Benji Cachia, aka Banjo Rancho, launches his first solo album entitled "AKSHARA". This live musical performance will also feature local guest artists from different art forms to capture the full experience of AKSHARA. It promises to be an eclectic and legendary one highlighting local talent at its best. After years of touring and working collaboratively, Benji decided it was time to pursue yet another new chapter in his musical career - diving into the musical world as a solo performer. Having always been passionate and inspired by music and traditional instruments from all around the world, he was driven to bring all these experiences together. This was the inspiration of this album, “AKSHARA”.

This album is a compilation of different aspects of his musical journey - a mosaic of his studies and practice. It includes different instruments and cultural formalities & ideologies from around the world that he has carefully brought together into creating his own sounds. The album is filled with rhythms amalgamating from a variety of instruments - traditional, modern, percussive, melodic and home-made instruments. The additional use of live effects and after-effects brings an overall cinematic sound to the album.

Main instruments used on the album include:

Drums, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass Guitar, Tabla, Darbuka, Frame Drum, Cajon, Aqua Drum, Benjicordofone (Home-made Instrument), Balafon, Tanbur (Maltese Drum), Keyboard, Percussion, Voices & Other Assorted Instruments.

Thank you to the sponsors Welbee's and The Sound Sytem.

About Benji Cachia

A musician by profession, Benji Cachia, otherwise known as ‘Banjo Rancho’, has been playing, studying and performing for over 2 decades. Benji is widely known for his ‘Chameleon-like groove’, using very intricate odd rhythms. He has played alongside and shared the stage with some highly well known artists. This includes award winning musician Pete Lockett, named one of the most versatile and prolific percussionists in the world, Fernando Hernandez (original drummer of queens of the stone age) John Butler, Plini, Gutrie Govan, Dry the river, Giri Udupa, Delta Sleep and many more.

In the past 20 years he has established a strong network of collaborators in the music industry. As leader and founder of ‘The Ranch’ – a high-powered, colourful, contemporary and experimental jazz band – Benji has toured extensively both locally and throughout Europe performing music from 3 established studio albums that he wrote and co-wrote alongside other bands, such as, nosnow/noalps.

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