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A STAGEY BANK AFFAIR marks ARUN SHENOY s first album in 4 years and a follow up to his critically acclaimed GRAMMY®- nominated debut Rumbadoodle. The highly anticipated concept album is Shenoy s first collaboration with THE GROOVE PROJECT, a musical supergroup of Shenoy s long term collaborators. "A STAGEY BANK AFFAIR is an immersive audio visual experience of the Bansuri Funk Music, Artwork, Animation, Liners and Physical Packaging. ""Bansuri Funk"" is sound stylized by the fusion of Funk, Jazz and Rock with a spicy hint of Worldly Pleasures, the latter being a reference to the blazing performance on the traditional Bansuri by acclaimed flautist Ravichandra Kulur. The album s title, A Stagey Bank Affair, draws inspiration from a popular phrase in the North East of England that goes a house like stagey bank fair. The phrase is actually a reference to an agricultural fair at Stagshaw Bank, near Hexham, Northumberland. Legend has it that over the years, the farming side dwindled and the remaining fair became more associated with gambling and drinking. Renowned for its rowdy and notorious repuatation, the fair was eventually closed in the 1920s, and the phrase Stagey Bank fair passed into common parlance. The concept has served as an inspiration for Art Director Roshni Mohapatra to craft a visual aesthetic built on vintage fairgrounds and the fading art of carnival poster illustrations. Her vision, in collaboration with the team at Actuality Films NYC with Robert Capria at the helm have resulted in vivid illustrations and animation that complement the funky edge to the music."