News

After Years Of Takedowns, MadStarBase's Edits Receive Saregama's Backing

For a decade now, MadStarBase have been the flagbearers of the desi wave movement, reinterpreting, flipping and sampling Bollywood soundstracks for dancefloor edits as a way to "show love and give flowers to the culture that raised us, and not run away from it". Consequently, the New Delhi duo has...

Jazz Fusion 12-Piece In Between Sessions Shows That Bigger Doesn't Mean Not-Intimate On Debut EP

Chennai jazz fusion group In Between Sessions consists of 4 string players, 4 guitarists, 2 keyboard...

Zokhuma, Hiranya, Æ:M & More Release New Hypnotic Techno As Part Of 'DHĀRAŅĀ'

Producers-led Mumbai label Sonic Perceptions just released the new composition 'DHĀRAŅĀ', focused...

Compos Mentis: 15 Musicians To Get Community-Funded One-To-One Mental Health Support

Over the last 2 years, Goa-based creative agency Interbeing has been hosting people together at...

Treble Puns Release A Concept Album Alternating Between Comical Skits & Sombre Post-Rock Jams

Treble Puns, the Bangalore duo of Sohini Bhattacharya and Abhimanyu Roy, just released their new...

Features

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...

Review: RANJ Finds A Friend In Swaggering Rhythms On Debut Mixtape ‘27 CLUB’

Since the start of this decade, Ranjani Ramadoss aka RANJ has slowly risen as one of the leading new artists in the alternative music space of India, mostly in combination with producer Clifr. Starting from the confluence of indie-pop and R&B, and then occasionally dipping into hip-hop, the...

Mixes

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...

Wild City #257: Nida x Choksi x Rafiki (ParaDisco)

Our latest Wild City mix from the dancefloors of ParaDisco, the party series founded by Mumbai's...

Wild City #256: EBITDA

After closing for the likes of Joy Orbison on nights like The Warehouse Project and going B2B with...