News

Shashwat Bulusu Unpacks Abuse, Self-Harm And Compulsive Lying On 'Pinocchio'

On his latest album 'Pinocchio', Shashwat Bulusu isn't trying to create a sonic world, as he did with the mix of Hindi-Urdu songwriting and intimate and uniquely lo-fi textures on 2024's 'Fitrat', nor is it a work of catchy choruses and easy rhymes. Instead, the 12-track lyrically dense record...

The Brief Guide To Ākāśa Gathering

Making its debut on September 4-6, Ākāśa Gathering will unfold 3,500 metres up in the high desert...

Siiry Debuts As A Producer With Fuzzy Melancholic Dance Pop Single 'Deja Vu'

After rising as a DJ through this decade, Hyderabad's Siiry assumes the role of a producer with her...

Slowspin Combines Ambient-Jazz & Hindustani Folk On New Album 'AFTERIMAGE'

'Afterimage', the latest album by Zeerak Ahmed aka SLOWSPIN, isn't the first time the U.S.-based...

SYEYL Introduces New Fuzzy Euphoric Electronica EP With 'limer' Via EELF Records

Hrithik Arora aka SYEYL claims to have been "losing touch with his own artistic voice" before he...

Features

‘I Never Tell Anybody That The Music Is Meditative’: Arooj Aftab On Genre, Exotification & Her Bonobo Collaboration

I know I am close to offending Arooj Aftab into disinterest. I have sidelined the bulk of the influences that go into her sound and, for three questions straight, have focused on investigating where and when the NYC-based Pakistani-American artist chose to draw on classical music. “I wouldn't say...

Revisiting 'Women In Electronic Music' & The Role Of Ableton In Shaping New Voices

Nearly 7 years ago, Wild City hosted its latest iteration of 'Women In Electronic Music' (later to be prefaced as 'Selector Pro'), a series of music production workshops between 2017 and 2019 that were designed to make music-making more accessible to women and underrepresented voices in...

Mixes

Wild City #263: Bombie

Bombie can move a club floor. She has done so for stages shared with the likes of dance music giants...

Wild City #262: Pia Collada B2B Stain

With just over a year of existence, the party-throwers Future Funk have begun to dominate the...

Wild City #261: OG SHEZ

Ahead of the sophomore edition in her party series Culture Club, OG SHEZ sets the tone with her Wild...

Wild City #260: Mo'Homo

For Aadhi aka Mo'Homo, "community" isn't just a buzzword as his fledgling work so far testifies. If...

Wild City #259: Chutney Mary

As the person behind the gender diversity-centring club night QRAVE and the informative gatherings...

Wild City #258: Vishal Unni

Though Vishal Unni's Wild City mix lands in the techno territory, it is hardly about slamming drums...