Jayen Varma (born 3 February 1961) is an Indian electric bass player.On the trail of a bass guitarist The HinduTop Bassists in India Radioandmusic.comSlapping the guitar Daily News and AnalysisInterview For Bass Players Only He is known for developing tabla and mridangam style finger technique on bass guitar to play slap bass.Interview Gibson guitarsTeachings of the sensei The HinduExperimental Artiste Mid Day The style developed by him is widely known as Indian slap bass,Slap Bass and Indian Slap Bass the Evolution Bass Musician MagazineUnconventional slap bass NH7 WeekenderIndian Slap Bass Technique TEDxTalks which won him fans around the globe and accolades from some of the great names in bass guitar like Jeff Berlin, Bootsy Collins, Victor Wooten etc. He belongs to the State of Kerala in India. He performs with the band Trinaad consisting of Indian classical vocalist Aparna Panshikar and French drummer Jean Davoisne.An equal music The New Indian ExpressL’Inde en invitée Sud-Ouest (newspaper)Le duo inédit d'un Indien et d'un Armagnacais La Dépêche du Midi He is also a member of the bands Afro Tala and Firefly.Fireflies Reunite The New Indian Express
Film He is also a playback singer. The single named 'The Country Song' in the Malayalam movie Koothara composed by Gopi Sundar was sung by him.Film Music Review The Times of India
Personal life Jayen was born to Kerala Varma and Thankamani in 1961 in Ernakulam district, Kerala. He is married to Kala Varma and has two daughters: Athira Varma and Aswathy Varma. He was working as a gazetted officer in Cochin Devaswom Board and later he took voluntary retirement to pursue a full-time music career. Deccan Chronicle
Equipment Jayen was using Indian hand made Stelsie bass guitar with Kent Armstrong pickups since 2008. In 2018, he switched to Sire bass guitars.Feature Sire Guitars He is also an official artist endorser of Gruv Gear FretWrapsFeature Gruv GearInterview from NAMM show 2016, CA Rock Street Journal and Soundbrenner.
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