EXCISE DEPT

Formed as an outlet for frustration, anger, hopelessness, satire and love, EXCISE DEPT is a New Delhi/Mumbai-based collective with an experimental and uniquely twisted approach to making music and visual media.

News

'Lime Tikka': Baalti & Lapgan Announce Collaborative Album With A Music Video By EXCISE DEPT

Chicago-based beatmaker Lapgan and San Francisco duo Baalti, both South Asia-rooted artists recognised for flipping material from India and Pakistan, have collaborated together to create the album...

New Delhi's Digging In India Launches Physical Release Label

Nearly a year after New Delhi's prolific record collector and archivist Nishant Mittal gave the city a new place to discover and purchase physical copies of rare and popular music with the store...

Excise Dept Take A Dig At The Absurdity In Present-Day Religious Figures On 'Baaro Maala'

After sporadic releases over the last 3 years and the occasional collaboration, New Delhi-Mumbai artist collective EXCISE DEPT recently dropped their new single 'Baaro Maala', marking the release with...

Features

2023 In Review

2024 is well underway and shaping up its own identity. However, no year is immune to the shadow of its predecessor and no change of digit has ever put a break on the continuity of trends, talent or...