Krishna McKenzie,lead singer and guitarist of Emergence, has been living in South India for the past fifteen years. His harmonic style is inspired by jazz, funk, classical Hindustani themes and a life close
to nature.

Suresh Bascara, a French drummer, studied tabla and Indian classical music in Calcutta with Pandit Shankar Ghosh and  drums in Paris with Christian Nicolas. He is a regular feature on the music scene in India playing with different artists. Through many years of teaching and performing in France and in India and  his unique mix of hindustani and carnatic thallams fused with his warmth on the drum suresh has a very rich and captivating style.  He lives and teaches in Auroville
since 1999.  

Mishko M’Ba is among the cream of French bassists, having worked with renowned musicians such as Ray Charles, Barbara Hendrix and Didier Lockwood. He has an exciting, intensely dynamic style, contributing melodic and rhythmic structures which are the very heartbeat of Emergence.

Karthick Srinivasan is a reputed Carnatic violinist and vocalist from Chennai, South India. His virtuoso style on the violin, while singing in his native Tamil, infuses the band’s music with intricate melodies and a depth of expression beyond the Indian cliche.