sparkle & fade

Based in Bombay, and possessing a talent that belies his age, Palash Kothari’s pedigree straddles something between the bizarre and the telling. After winning a Sunburn DJ competition (while DJing for the first time ever), then getting signed to a label in Italy, and then dropping out under the assumption that the industry must indeed be patently absurd - all by the ripe old age of 17 - he has resurfaced in 2016 under two aliases; particlestorm and sparkle & fade.

News

Listen: ‘Flow’ By Jwala

True to their word, jwala have been releasing a compilation at the end of every month. With each release, the compilation and ideology seem to grow and alongside it the number of artists...

Listen: ‘Where There’s Smoke’ By Jwala

Ten days after announcing themselves as a collective, Jwala have released their 1st debut compilation. Jwala are made up of sparkle&fade (Palash Kothari), Ayush (Aysh Jajoria), chrms (Veer...

Listen: '20' by sparkle & fade

Palash Kothari has been prolifically releasing music under the moniker sparkle & fade for almost a year now. His latest project, ‘20’ is by far his strongest work to date. His last two...

New Music: ‘Kindergarten Crush’ EP by Sparkle and Fade

Sparkle and Fade is a nameless, faceless producer from Mumbai who’s been releasing a steady stream of his atmospheric, ambient music quite regularly for the last two months in the form of singles...

Features

Palash Kothari’s Sonic Sensibilities Shine On Hedrun’s Enthralling Debut EP ‘Drift’

Running through Mumbai like a labyrinthine network of nerves, the Mumbai local, with it's cramped compartments and the crowded, crawling stations, has been the breeding ground of several dreams and...

Wild City Singled Out: January 2019

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...

Wild City Singled Out: December 2017

Wild City Singled Out: November 2017

Wild City Singled Out: August 2017

Jwala: “It All Happened Because Of The Internet.”

The boys seem to speak a language of their own. That is to say, they’re talking a vernacular that seems to be fully theirs. The very slang that they exchange with each other, including memes, seems...

Wild City Singled Out: September 2016

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...

Wild City Singled Out: August

Wild City Singled Out: July 2016

Wild City Singled Out: June 2016

‘Storm In A Teacup’ by Sparkle and Fade w/ Fuzzy Logic Mumbai’s Sparkle and Fade has two tracks out so far and his latest has been co-produced with Fuzzy Logic (who’s very busy these days...