AKUL RAVAL, BORN AND BROUGHT UP IN AHMEDABAD IS A SELF-MADE MUSICIAN, A PERCUSSIONIST BY CHOICE, A TEACHER BY INTEREST, A COMPOSER, AND THE FOUNDER OF RHYTHM PULSE BAND. FOR ALMOST TWO DECADES HE HAS BEEN ENGAGED IN PLAYING MULTIPLE PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS SUCH AS OCTAPAD, HAND SONIC, THUMBA, CONGO, BONGO, CAJON, DARBUKA, DJEMBE, SNARE DRUM, ETC. HE HAS ALSO INVENTED MANY INSTRUMENTS AND MUSIC ORIGINALLY  PLAYED BY GREAT BOLLYWOOD MUSICIAN R. D. BURMANJI.