Yidam
Yidam is Varun Desai from Kolkata playing ambient, downtempo music - a crossectional inspiration from his alternative project as 5Volts.
News
Yidam, Psychopanda & More Feature On First Volume Of Ambient Compilation 'Inter-Galactic Sonar Communication Probe'
Auroville-based Japanese artist Jyoti Naoki Eri has just launched a new label called Nādāsana with the compilation 'Inter-Galactic Sonar Communication Probe Vol. 1'. The 13-track release is tied...
'Anthology Of Exploratory Music From India' Features Hemant Shreekumar, Farah Mulla, Varun Desai & More
Italian label and network Unexplained Sounds Group, which showcases sound art and experimental music, has just released a 13-track compilation 'Anthology Of Exploratory Music From India' intending to...
‘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,...
Arjun Vagale, Sawhorse, Monophonik & More Join Forces To Help Delhi Riot Victims
While the mass media has moved on almost all conversations to the COVID-19 pandemic, the people of North East Delhi are still reeling and recovering from the violence that tore through the area in...
Qilla Records Present An Immersive Ambient Offering With ‘Forte, Vol. 7’
Qilla Records has just released the seventh edition of their obscure electronica compilation ‘Forte’, dropping the label’s most ambient-rooted offering till date. Over its four tracks,...
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...
Features
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...
2019 In Review
2019... the year Donald Trump was (almost) impeached, the year Greta Thunberg woke the world to the climate crisis, the year citizens of India came together to fight for the secularity of the country,...
