News

NAARI Leans Into Stillness & Storytelling On ‘Autumn Sunrise’

India-raised Berlin-based Neeraja aka NAARI lets her songwriting flow unfettered on her latest EP 'Autumn Sunrise'. Consequently, the 5-track release meanders around the same spots lyrically, letting itself rest in undynamic sections as long as it lets the song's story unfold in all its...

‘It’s Time To Talk’: Large Scale Survey To Address Mental Health In India’s Music Industry

Musicians potentially suffer from anxiety and depression at rates up to three times higher than the...

Karshni Screams Her Way Into A New Style On ‘Gaping Hole’

If the recently released single 'Gaping Hole' is to be trusted for the direction Karshni takes on...

Unnayanaa & Pawas Collaborate To Blur House & Folktronica On ‘OMM’

The two house-heads, Bangalore-based Prashanth Pallemoni aka Unnayanaa and Berlin-based Pawas, have...

‘Elastic’ Marks Sourya Sen’s Most Cohesive Exploration Of Memory Yet

While Sourya Sen has previously also delved into his memory and distilled what he found into...

Features

Review: ‘Algorave India Compilation One’ Marks a Milestone for India’s Creative Coders

For about 7 years now, a thriving pocket of Algoravers has existed in India. For the uninitiated, since the beginning of the last decade and with roots far beyond, creative coders have gathered for events called Algoraves where they generate music and visuals live through coding. Enter one such...

Review: ONNO Collective’s ‘20g’ Showcases India’s Experimental Fringe with Disco Puppet, Pardafash, Krishna Jhaveri & More

Through live events, releases and mixes, ONNO Collective has become one of the leading new platforms championing the leftfield musicians of India, and the 4th edition sees its annual compilation become more and more of a who's who of the genre in India. More starkly, with compilations often being...

Mixes

Wild City #255: Femme Music

Musician Sanoli Chowdhury and her manager Vinod Gadher (with past experience managing Talvin Singh...

Wild City #254: Jay Drive

One of the steadily rising electro and house selectors of the country, New Delhi's Jaidev Kaushik...

Wild City #253: UKato

New Delhi's UKato distills his usual fare of breakbeats (which has got him to some of the genre's...

Wild City #252: Unnayanaa B2B Hamza Rahimtula

As a tag team digging through their combined vinyl collection, Unnayanaa and Hamza Rahimtula have...

Wild City #251: Rajah Betta

The influence of Bombay sometimes comes through gently included but obviously present samples likely...

Wild City #250: Stick No Bills

All around the world in dance music, the South Asian diaspora is carving a space for the culture...