- JAYANT S

Silverchops features Jayant on guitar and fretless bass. He welcomes the expressive and improvisational freedom that the ensemble provides on both instruments, and the opportunity to explore diversity in style.

Jayant cannot identify any single dominant musical influence, but has learned from the work of John McLaughlin, Bill Evans, Larry Carlton, Chick Corea, Frank Zappa, Eddie Gomez, and the Cuban composer-conductor Leo Brouwer. He regards originality, texture and form as the most important ingredients of music, and his approach to improvisation consciously draws upon metaphors from his experience in other domains. His interests outside music include photography, writing,
science and technology, history and cultural studies, and his
profession as an automobile designer.

His weblog can be found at http://freethunk.blogspot.com