News

Hellish Makes An Attempt To Combine Trap Metal, Hindi Rap & Emo Pop On 'Maeve Lila'

New Delhi artist Astha aka Hellish recently put out her new EP 'Maeve Lila'. While the fledgling musician has shown a penchant for moody melodies, taking cues from emo rock and dark avant-pop, the new 2-track EP, which barely clocks over two and a half minutes, sees her throwing in trap drums and...

Nikhil Chinapa & Browncoat Offer Release & Slot At Satellite Beachside Festival With Remix Contest Around New Track '1947'

Indian electronic music veterans Nikhil Chinapa and Browncoat marked Independence Day with the...

Anish Kumar & Baalti Come Together As Stunt Doubles On Eponymous Debut Record

UK DJ-producer Anish Kumar and Baalti, the San Francisco duo of Mihir Chauhan and Jaiveer Singh,...

Haiku Combines Contemporary Songwriting With Progressive Jazz On Raw EP 'Surfacing'

Bangalore has cultivated a new 6-piece group, Haiku, born out of a student-teacher collaboration...

Jazz Weekender Releases Tickets For 4th Edition Of Celebrating Live Music In Delhi

New Delhi's boutique live music-dedicated festival Jazz Weekender has just gone live with its early...

Features

"Speaking Back To History In Real-Time": Tarun Balani On How The India-Pakistan Conflict Weighed On His Album Release

When the Hindus from the Sindh region left their homes in the aftermath of the blood-soaked partition of India and Pakistan, growing concerned about their place in the effectively non-secular new nation they suddenly found themselves in, they weren’t just displaced from their homes but also from...

"This Is House Music for House Heads": Hamza Rahimtula Brings Rajasthan Folkstars To The Dancefloor — Without the Fusion

Hamza Rahimtula was cutting his teeth in the New York house music scene during his college years, delivering DJ sets alongside live instrumentalists (percussionist Frank Bambara being a notable collaborator) when he first thought of how “our own cultural sounds would fit in” with the music. Upon...

Mixes

Wild City #252: Unnayanaa B2B Hamza Rahimtula

As a tag team digging through their combined vinyl collection, Unnayanaa and Hamza Rahimtula have...

Wild City #251: Rajah Betta

The influence of Bombay sometimes comes through gently included but obviously present samples likely...

Wild City #250: Stick No Bills

All around the world in dance music, the South Asian diaspora is carving a space for the culture...

Wild City #249: Paloma

In its first quarter itself, Paloma's Wild City mix connects the low-end rattling bass of Joy...

Wild City #248: Sheral

New Delhi DJ Sheral doesn't wait for a build-up on our latest Wild City mix, entering above 140 BPM...

Wild City #247: Roan Sable

Roan Sable's Wild City mix is the kind that makes listeners reach for Shazam time and time again....