5volts
5volts is Kolkata based Varun Desai other also known as Yidam. It's an AV project the producer uses to explore digital realms within the screen and void.
News
Watch: Full Streams From Wild City x Boiler Room Takeover Featuring Kohra, Arushi Jain & More
Earlier this year, global broadcasting platform Boiler Room partnered with Ballantine’s for a scheme, disbursing grants to community-driven collectives around the world as part of its ‘Streaming...
Boiler Room x Wild City To Host Kohra, ramsha, Spryk: APEX & More For ‘Streaming From Isolation’ Series
Since the Covid-19 pandemic hit alongside all associated lockdowns and shutdown of nightlife as we know it, Boiler Room has continued to offer (in-home) live streams via its ‘Streaming From...
‘Social Isolation’: Varun Desai Mobilises Indian Producers For A Free Compilation
With most of the world locked up indoors to shelter themselves from the COVID-19 pandemic, and parties and gigs being off the cards, it looks like ambient music has acquired an elevated relevance now,...
Listen: 'Peninsula Volume 1' By Liquid Frequency
The creation of ‘Peninsula Volume 1’ started when Kolkata-based producer Varun Desai attempted to unite ambient producers across the nation on a Facebook group. Varun – who makes music using the...
World Music Day 2019: Our Pick Of Celebrations Across India
World Music Day started out in Paris on June 21, 1982 as Fête de la Musique to encourage musicians to perform in outdoor and public spaces for fun instead of payment. Now a global phenomenon with...
Features
2021 In Review
2021 entered with nearly all of the problems of 2020 and nearly none of the creative energy that those problems had inspired the previous year. While the start of the pandemic and its lockdowns last...
Review: Hotel Kali Make A Stellar Case For Collaboration On Eponymous Debut Album
“A lot of people from outside India come into India and they’re more interested in Indian music and classical music. Theresa was very cool like that. She was curious about Indian music but not so...
Spotlight: Varun Desai On Bringing Out India’s Ambient Music From Obscurity
The ambient music scene in India is scattered, to say the least. Artists remain on the fringes and it has not grown as much as other forms of electronic music. But that is gradually changing. The...