Abhi Meer

Abhi Meer

As a touring DJ, radio host and music critic, 30-year-old Abhi Meer from the island city of Mumbai has his hands pretty full. Employing a methodical, research-like approach to the dance floor as a selector, Abhi in the last few years has had the privilege of deejaying at club gigs, festivals and residencies at home and around the world. In recent months, he’s represented Resident Advisor at the Magnetic Fields Festival alongside Call Super, and played New Delhi’s first Boiler Room. He’s also a regular contributor at boxout.fm where he routinely presents shows exploring the underbelly of global electronic music.

News

The Strokes, Imagine Dragons, Raveena & More Announced For Lollapalooza's India Debut

Earlier this year, the internationally prominent travelling music festival Lollapalooza announced that it will make its India debut on January 28 and 29, 2023, hosting 60,000 people on the grounds of...

SOS Compilation, Discostan Prints, Kerelief & More: COVID-19 Relief Efforts By South Asian Music Artists & Platforms

As India struggles under the extreme second wave of COVID-19, trying to survive with the help of people over social media and good samaritans of the society, several institutions like fashion brands,...

Listen: Releases By Frame/Frame, Hoirong, PAV4N & More

‘Omerta’ By Abhi Meer Omerta EP by Abhi Meer In the same week when he offered nearly 20 hours of live streamed performance, DJ, producer, synthesist and sound artist Abhi Meer dropped a short...

Abhi Meer Offers Live-Streamed Installation & Performance With ‘isoxia’

Abhi Meer found himself increasingly dissociating from the world around him since the start of lockdown, receding more and more into the comfort and activity of slow-moving drones and esoteric...

Listen: New Releases From Aeon Waves, Mali, Skipster & More

It’s no secret at this point that with the absence of live music during the ongoing pandemic and lockdowns, the artists’ unstoppable drive to express themselves has led to a surge of releases –...

COVID WARS: Viral Music Challenge Reaches India’s SoundCloud Music Producers

The coronavirus isn’t the only thing spreading exponentially. On the more positive flipside of the deadly pandemic and its associated lockdowns, music producers around the world have light-heartedly...

Listen: 'Penfield Mood Organelle' By Abhi Meer

Anyone familiar with Abhi Meer will be acquainted with his proclivity for modular synthesisers, his weapon of choice for any live sets or releases. It seems to be a symbiotic relationship, with...

Goldie, Luke Vibert, Overmono & More Announced For Cymbal 2020

Late last month, Mumbai-based promoter Oscillate announced their new festival Cymbal, which will take place at Gwalior’s Jai Vilas Palace on March 20 and 21. The lineup for the 2-day festival is...

Magnetic Fields Announces First Wave Of Names For 2019 Edition

Magnetic Fields Festival has just announced the first round of acts from its 2019 lineup. The seventh edition, which takes place from December 13-15 at the picturesque Alsisar Mahal in Rajasthan,...

Listen: 'Castalian Spring' By Abhi Meer

Abhi Meer is best known as a DJ and radio host, and for his popularly varied and meticulously crafted sets. Unpredictable and diverse are words commonly associated with his work – his shows 'Beyond...

Features

Solidarity As A Factor Of Resistance: Radio From India, Palestine & Beyond Open Up Sonic Liberation Front

Solidarity As A Factor Of Resistance: Radio From India, Palestine & Beyond Open Up Sonic Liberation Front

Music is playing an important role in this latest spate of violence between Israeli forces and the Palestinian people. The Israeli military has dubbed this war “Operation Guardian of the Walls,”...

2020 In Review

2020 In Review

To fully grasp all that the year 2020 entailed, it’s important to briefly reflect on how things were at the start of it. India was seething with massive protests against its lawmakers, U.S....

Wild City Singled Out: May 2020

Wild City Singled Out: May 2020

Wild City handpicks the most interesting one-off singles released by artists in South Asia in our monthly feature - Singled Out. If you’d like us to listen to your music, send the relevant info to...

A Comprehensive Guide To The Music At Magnetic Fields 2019

A Comprehensive Guide To The Music At Magnetic Fields 2019

The music lineup at Magnetic Fields Festival is bigger this year than ever before. Not only does the festival have a vast array of art and experiences on offer, but the music lineup is more diverse...

A Comprehensive Guide To The Music At Magnetic Fields 2018

A Comprehensive Guide To The Music At Magnetic Fields 2018

Our favourite weekend of the year is closing in. With just a week to go, Magnetic Fields is right around the corner, and it's going to be chock full of art, activities and, of course music. There's...

Championing New Music With An Uncompromising Vision: Boxout.fm

Championing New Music With An Uncompromising Vision: Boxout.fm

This weekend Boxout.fm will celebrate one year of functioning as an online radio station - marking the occasion with a 3 day weekender that will feature a number of diverse selectors who have been...

Wild City Singled Out: February 2018

Wild City Singled Out: February 2018

Wild City handpicks the most interesting one-off singles released by artists in South Asia in our monthly feature - Singled Out. If you’d like us to listen to your music, send the relevant info to...

A Comprehensive Guide To boxout.fm

A Comprehensive Guide To boxout.fm

India’s first-ever independent community radio station, boxout.fm has been steadily growing since its launch a little over 2 months ago. Having already hosted Romare as part of an incredible launch...

A Comprehensive Guide To The Music At Magnetic Fields 2016

A Comprehensive Guide To The Music At Magnetic Fields 2016

And we’re almost there – just 10 days to go for our favourite weekend of the year! Magnetic Fields will be back for its 2016 edition with a whole bunch of activities, more art, food and of course,...

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