Oceantied

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Oceantied is the solo electronic project started by Until We Last guitarist Ketan Bahirat and is an exploration of Ketan’s electronic music headspace. Oceantied’s music can ambient, dancey, upbeat or anything in between. His music explores two main sides of the spectrum with downtempo tracks, alongside fast-paced footwork & jungle music. He is set to launch his debut EP on Bangalore based independent label, ‘Consolidate’ in early 2016, a label on which he also launched his latest track ‘Ice & Fire’ in the compilation FRNDS & FMLY ’16 which has been featured on THUMP, Resident Advisor & more. The track was also broadcasted on BBC Asian Network in early February.

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Kiss Nuka, OX7GEN, Three Oscillators & More Feature On Compilation By New Label AMNAP Records

The Kranti Art Theory-launched platform Optikal Asylum, which is recognised for its events making art more accessible to the young urban generation, branched out to launch a record label entitled...

Exclusive First Listen: Oceantied, Coldcut, Dotdat & More Remix Kiss Nuka's 'Serpentine'

2022 was a pivotal year for Anushka Manchanda aka Kiss Nuka. Between her set for Mixmag LAB, which pushed her to the limelight as a live electronica performer, and her dynamic set at Magnetic Fields...

Oceantied Returns With 'On The Floor Vol. 3'

Known for dance music cuts that stand apart by channelling influences from less common genres like footwork, Bangalore's Ketan Bahirat aka Oceantied has been quiet on the release front for a while. "I...

Kohra, Oceantied, Zequenx & More Feature On First Of boxout.fm Recordings’ Compilation Series ‘V/A - SUCHI SELECTS’

boxout.fm Recordings dropped its newest electronic compilation album, ‘V/A - SUCHI SELECTS’ last week. Handpicked by DJ, producer and boxout.fm resident SUCHI, the selection spans across shoegaze,...

Regenerate Launches New Label With ‘Point Of View’ Featuring Oceantied, Kohra, Zequenx & More

Mumbai-based promoter Regenerate, which has previously toured the likes of rRoxymore, Cashu, Aurora Halal and Mike Servito, has just launched its namesake label arm with the compilation ‘Point Of...

Releases Of The Week: Talal Qureshi & Shamsher Rana, Oceantied, Treble Puns & More

With 'Releases Of The Week', Wild City handpicks and highlights our favourite new music from the previous week by artists from South Asia and its diaspora. For the first edition of 2021, we are...

three oscillators, chrms, Oceantied & More Feature On Bare Recordings’ Compilation ‘Mental Movie Theatre’

The recently launched label Bare Recordings, by Mumbai-based producer and DJs Veer Kowli aka chrms and Krishna Luthria aka Potter, has just dropped its first release with the compilation ‘Mental...

KRUNK Launches Record Label With Compilation ‘Kaala Khatta – Flavours Of The East’

One of India’s premier electronic live music agency KRUNK has just launched its record label ‘Krunk Kulture’ with a compilation featuring the likes of Zokhuma, Oceantied, SUCHI, Kini Rao,...

Dualist Inquiry, Komorebi, Ankur Tewari & More Announced For boxout.fm’s Independence Day Celebration

boxout.fm, the New Delhi-based online community radio that has supported left, right and center of independent music from the Indian subcontinent over the last three years, will mark the upcoming...

Exclusive First Listen: ‘Still As You Remixes’ By Black Letters

Late last year, Bangalore-based alternative rock quintet Black Letters released their third studio album ‘Still As You’, stepping out from guitar-led works for a more emotional and texturally...

Features

2021 In Review

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Wild City Singled Out: November + December 2019

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1beat1week: In Conversation With Oceantied

Back in late November, Ketan Bahirat otherwise known as Oceantied, announced on Facebook that he was starting a mini-project titled 1beat1week. As the name suggests, the producer would create and...

Wild City Singled Out: October 2016

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Ikonika On Hyperdub, Dubstep & Supporting Local Talent

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In Conversation With: RBMA Selectee Oceantied

Ketan Bahirat’s had a good year. He’s just back from a multi city European tour with KRUNK and is currently getting set to represent the country at the very prestigious Red Bull Music Academy in...

Wild City Singled Out: May 2016

Wild City Singled Out: February 2016

Tracing The Journey Of KRUNK

Our tale begins in the teeming, balmy metropolis of Mumbai, circa 2009. Its protagonist, Sohail Arora, a familiar name to many of you reading this, was at the time employed as a programmer at...