In today’s day and age, it’s all about inter-mingling of cultures, and music is its best expression, says Karthick Iyer, Chennai-based violinist and music writer, whose outfit, Karthick Iyer Live, recently launched its album, IndoSoul: Looking Within to Look Beyond with two gigs in Chennai and Bangalore. He has drawn influences from genres that pan the globe, and celebrate the core of Carnatic Classical music. The album — comprising six songs — is a deeply textured and layered articulation of music that is rooted but eclectic. Excerpts from an interview.

(Left-right) Vikram Vivekanand, Ramkumar, Naveen Napier, Sumesh Narayanan and Karthick Iyer of Karthick Iyer Live