Evolution is the law of nature, and music, too. Composer and sitarist Purbayan Chatterjee’s latest iteration of the project Classicool includes a new roster of names that indicate a changing of the guard in the genre of fusion music.

“The name ‘classicool’ suggests reinvention and innovation. I jokingly talk about the fact that every new generation comes with artificial intelligence fitted into their brain,” the city-based sitarist explains over email from Australia. Classicool was founded in 2014 with an alumni of musicians that included Gino Banks, Pandit Rakesh Chaurasia and Anubrata Chatterjee among others.