Pardafash

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...

Listen: Releases From Azadi Records, Consolidate & Social Isolation

Last week, three noteworthy labels of India’s alternative music space dropped two compilations and an EP that we think are unmissable. Check them out: ‘Sound Of Resistance Vol. I’ By Azadi...

Charity Compilation Series ‘aaj kal’ Mobilizes Disco Puppet, Oceantied, Pardafash & More

Music journalist Dhruva Balram has just launched a new compilation series called ‘aaj kal’ (which translates to ‘These Days’) in response to the difficulties faced by marginalised communities...

22 Producers, 22 Samples, 2 Days: Indian Producers Participate In A Beat Challenge For Charity

For years, the independent music community in India has been accused of being apathetic, apolitical and seeped in privilege, ignorant to the tumultuous origins of most music they consume and emulate....

Joy Orbison, Midland, Denis Sulta, Shanti Celeste & More Added To Magnetic Fields 2018 Lineup

Magnetic Fields Festival, taking place from December 14-16 at the dazzling Alsisar Mahal in Rajasthan, has already announced a lineup which includes the likes of Daphni, BICEP, DJ EZ, Kamaal Williams,...

Listen: ‘Where Is The Fire’ By Blindnight

Consolidate member Suren Makkar aka Blindnight released his debut EP, ‘Where is the Fire?’ yesterday. The 7-track project is a whirlwind of sample-driven beats and instrumentals. In the vein of a...

Listen: ‘Princess This’ By Disco Puppet

‘Princess This’, the latest album from Disco Puppet, aka Shoumik Biswas, is a follow up to 3 stellar releases, ‘Astronot, ‘Spring’ and most recently, the impeccable ‘I’m Going...

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,...

Consolidate Launches As A Label With ‘Peach Tea Since July’

‘Cottage industry’ Consolidate is a Bangalore focussed platform run by Rahul Giri (_RHL and Sulk Station) that has been a year gestating, functioning up till now mainly as music blog, posting...

Review: shesaid.so India & Azadi Records’ Collaborative EP ‘SSSO x AZR EP1’

Now here's a women's day celebration I can really get on board with. On March 8, which is globally celebrated as International Women’s Day, shesaid.so India and Azadi Records dropped a special...

A Comprehensive Guide To The Music At Magnetic Fields 2018

Our favourite weekend of the year is closing in. With just a week to go, Magnetic Fields is right around the corner, and it's going to be chock full of art, activities and, of course music. There's...

Wild City Singled Out: October 2018

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...

In Conversation With: Pardafash On Synthfarm

“I think this was [a] good trigger to jump back into music production,” said Sandhya Visvanathan. “It’s illuminating to see the processes behind music making. I think it’s about expanding...

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...

Wild City Singled Out: August

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...