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Arunava (Deep) Banerjee
Deep started playing the piano at the age of 16 and attended the Calcutta School
of Music. Deep played in several bands including The Nul 'n' Void, Crimson Clan and 48109
before founding the Distant Dream project. Deep's main musical influences are Dream Theater,
Dire Straits, Deep Purple and Rush.
Read Deep's Blog
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Sujit Srinivas
Sujit owes his introduction to guitar to two of his buddies from Engineering
college. One of them introduced him to Dream Theater as well, which pretty much
changed his entire perception of music. Sujit played in several bands before
co-founding the Distant Dream project. Sujit's vocal idols include James LaBrie,
Layne Staley, David Coverdale and David Gilmour and favorite guitarists include
John Petrucci, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, David Gilmour and The Edge. His current
playlist includes Dream Theater, Porcupine Tree, Opeth, Explorer's Club and
Alice in Chains.
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Jake Reichbart
Born in Goteborg, Sweden, April 2, 1964, Jake has lived in Winnipeg, Tel Aviv and
Amsterdam before settling in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1991. Jake studied at the
Rimon School of Music, Tel Aviv 1985-1987, which features the same study program as
the Berklee School of Music. During this time he attended seminars given by Pat
Metheny, Chick Corea, Gaty Burton, Larry Coryell, Thijs Van Leer, Joe Pass, Richie
Beirach and David Leibman. During these years Jake has performed around Tel Aviv with
pop, rock, jazz, and blues bands. In 1989, Jake Joined Thijs Van Leer, leader of
legendary Dutch band "Focus", to perform with him in Holland.
www.jakereichbart.com
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Lakys
Lakys is the man behind the illustrations displayed on this website. His expertise
in 3D graphics helped transform the land of Basilea and the characters to reality.
www.lakeworks.com
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Arunima Dasgupta
A grade 5 pianist from the London School of Music, as well as a trained drummer,
Arunima is at present the female vocalist for ‘The Saturday Night Blues Band’
(India’s only mainstream blues outfit.). She is an English literature graduate
and writes poetry in her free time (you can check out some of it at
www.poetry.com
under Arunima Banerjee). She is also an aspiring artist and has just had her first
exhibition in April 2005.
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Jayanta Dasgupta
Lead guitarist and vocalist for "The Saturday Night Blues Band", Jayanta attended the
renowned Guitar Institute of Technology (GIT) at Musicians Institute (MI), Hollywood.
Jayanta's blues/rock style of guitar playing added a new dimension to the Distant Dream
project. He has been playing the professional music circuit in India for the past 20 years,
and is at present involved in developing and manufacturing the ECMAN range of solid state
and vacuum tube amplifiers for electric music instruments.
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Robert Berger
Bob, originally from Cincinnati,Ohio, moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1993.
He is married and has two children, ages 3 1/2 and 5 1/2. His main musical
influences are Rush, Journey, Led Zeppelin, country rock, and any 80's
metal. Bob is also an avid golfer, enjoys reading fiction,
but mostly can be found getting beat up on by his kids.
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Spencer Bastian
Spencer has over 10 years experience in sound engineering and mixing. Spencer's involvement
as the sound engineer for Distant Dream project helped take the music to a new level. Spencer
is also heavily influenced by progressive rock bands such as Dream Theater.
www.denovo1.com
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