Aerate Sound

Aerate Sound is a Bangalore-based AV duo made up of Joe Panicker and Naquash.

Their live sets merge a sound inspired by the sample driven hip-hop/beat culture (think DJ Shadow, J Dilla) with video art and visual experiments to create a highly cinematic and immersive experience. They released their debut album Only For External this march via Consolidate, a Bangalore-based record label/collective.

Only For External, in their owns words, is an attempt to capture the space they live in. In the album, Aerate Sound employ abstract sonic patterns, beat centric instrumentation, folk samples and field recordings to create a layered soundtrack that transitions effortlessly through disparate sounds, textures, structures and moods.

News

Listen: ‘Chopta’ By MALFNKTION Ft. Aerate Sound

Bangalore-based producer Aditya Alamuru aka MALFNKTION has just released ‘Chopta’, the first single off his upcoming 13-track LP ‘The Infinity Trail’. Composed in the mountainous Tibetan and...

Watch: 'Mages' By Aerate Sound

Aerate Sound's music video for 'Mages', a single from their 2017 debut album 'Only For External', should only be watched in a space free of distraction for a maximised experience. The sci-fi video,...

French Label Collaborates With Mixtape To Release Compilation Featuring Indian Electronic Artists

Inspired by the Indian electronic music scene during their visit to the country in 2017, French label Nowadays Records, run by two members of La Fine Equipe (who toured India the same year), has...

Listen: ‘HER NAME IS?’ By Smokey The Ghost

Lyrical, melodic and interspersed with hints to a riddle, Bangalore based rapper Sumukh Mysore aka Smokey The Ghost has just released a mixtape titled ‘HER NAME IS?’, out on independent label...

UK Rapper Lady Leshurr To Tour India

As part of a new initiative by Bira 91, titled FreeFlow, versatile UK rapper Lady Leshurr is coming to India for a 3-city tour. The sometimes-singer and producer is best known for her ‘Queen’s...

Four Tet, Jayda G, Machinedrum & More To Play At Magnetic Fields 2017

After consecutive years of delivering one of the most important dates on the electronic music calendar - Magnetic Fields Festival has just announced the first phase of its line up for 2017. The South...

Boiler Room To Host Zora Jones, Sinjin Hawke, Jlin And More In Bangalore

Boiler Room are coming back to India. Following their roof-shattering debut edition in Mumbai, Boiler Room x Budweiser’s ‘Discover What’s Brewing…’ series will be making its way to...

First Listen: 'Soul Harvest' By Aerate Sound

Aerate Sound have just released the first single ‘Soul Harvest’ from their highly anticipated album, ‘Only For External’ due out for release next week. A Bangalore-based A/V duo, Aerate Sound...

Gig Preview: BlueFrog Presents The Consolidate Takeover

Bangalore collective Consolidate likes to stay busy. Aside from a year of memorable new releases - compilations, songs and albums through their label, the team has also been performing semi-regularly...

Consolidate: India's Newest Record Label Release FRNDS & FMLY 2016 Compilation

'Consolidate' is a music collective, blog and now record label we’ve believed in since Rahul Giri (_RHL/one half of Sulk Station) launched it on his own as a social media sharing platform last year,...

Features

Wild City Singled Out: February 2021

Wild City handpicks the most interesting tracks released by artists of South Asia and its diaspora in our monthly feature - Singled Out. If you’d like us to listen to your music, send the relevant...

Wild City Singled Out: September 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...

A Comprehensive Guide To The Music At Magnetic Fields 2017

The countdown is well and truly on. Magnetic Fields Festival, one of the highly-anticipated weekends in the year, is fast approaching. With less than a fortnight to go, we need to acquaint ourselves...

Lady Leshurr: Flying The Flag For UK Hip-Hop

Lady Leshurr has been spitting bars since the age of 6. At 14, she released her first mixtape and since then has been slowly climbing the tumultuous ladder of success with a fervour rarely seen. Born...

Consolidate: An Intimate Encounter With The Bangalore-Based Collective

Joe Panicker, one-half of Aerate Sound, isn’t visibly stressed. It’s only a few days until he plays with Naquash as Aerate Sound at Boiler Room in Bangalore, opening for Jlin, Sinjin Hawke and...