(directory) We All Should Play

We All Should Play is an organization based in Kathmandu, Nepal. With a focus on independent alternative music and multimedia performing arts, WASP...

(news) Ali Saffudin Collaborates With Kashmiri Folk Artist Noor Mohammad On 'Subhik Waav'

When asked about performing in his native tongue, Srinagar-based singer-songwriter Ali Saffudin told us, "To instil pride about one’s language,...

(news) Parra For Cuva Lands In Conflict For Using Samples & Video Of Indian Folk Musician Latif Khan

UPDATE April 25, 2021: After putting out a post admitting their mistake of not clearing the necessary licenses with Latif Khan and requesting help in...

(news) Listen: Releases From Aditi Ramesh, Kamakshi Khanna, Andrea Tariang & More

‘Sambar Soul’ By Aditi Ramesh “When did we stop acting from the heart instead of a flowchart”, sings Aditi Ramesh on her latest track...

(news) KAVYA Returns With New Single ‘Quin’

After contributing in a duet with Seasonal Affected Beats on ‘Let The Light In’, an EP release with her band MOSKO last year and her 2019 single...

(news) First Look: Tarun Balani’s Music Video For ‘Dr. Escher’

This release isn’t the first time we have heard the opening pads of Tarun Balani's ‘Dr. Escher’. The New Delhi based drummer, educator and...

(news) Listen: Releases By Frame/Frame, Hoirong, PAV4N & More

‘Omerta’ By Abhi Meer Omerta EP by Abhi Meer In the same week when he offered nearly 20 hours of live streamed performance, DJ, producer,...

(news) 'Free World Order' Captures A Life In The Day Of An Indian Graffiti Artist

“Can't find it in me to get the fuck out of bed. Laying in the sheets waiting for purpose to come,” mutters an onerous voice at timed intervals...

(news) Arushi Jain Releases Music To Raise Funds For Victims Of Delhi Violence

In the last week of February, North East Delhi was witness to horrific violence that claimed the lives of at least 47 people and saw hundreds of...

(news) Listen: ‘It’s Not Worth It’ By Ramya Pothuri

Mumbai-based singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer Ramya Pothuri fully embraces R&B on her latest single ‘It’s Not Worth It’. After...

(news) Releases You May Have Missed: Disco Puppet, Yung.Raj, Arjun Vagale & More

The year has barely started, and Indian music producers are already releasing music faster than we can keep up with. There were a few singles and EPs...

(news) Listen: 'The Purge' By Three Oscillators

If there should be a day when Three Oscillators' production stops being overwhelmingly intricate and meticulous, know that the apocalypse is near, and...

(news) Call For Applications: Seashells on the Mountains Music Residency

Nepal-based promoters and organisers We All Should Play aka WASP have just announced a 10-day residency which will be taking place ahead of its...

(news) Watch: ‘Snowbound Toasty’ By Zenguin

New Delhi trio Zenguin has recently released the music video to their single ‘Snowbound Toasty’. Saksham Gupta formed Zenguin in 2016 to give...

(news) Listen: New Releases By Disco Puppet, Miredo, Shiv x Jay & Rounak Maiti

The release of Peter Cat Recording Co.'s much-hyped 'Bismillah' may be one of the highlights of this month. There were, however, a few gems, released...

(news) 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...

(news) 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...

(features) 2020 In Review

To fully grasp all that the year 2020 entailed, it’s important to briefly reflect on how things were at the start of it. India was seething with...

(features) The Evolution Of Sri Lanka's Alternative Nightlife

In 2018, popular British-Norwegian EDM artist Alan Walker graced Sri Lanka for a performance. The country’s foremost alternative electronic music...

(features) A Library, A Time Machine, A Contact Zone: Natasha Noorani's Peshkash Maps Postcolonial Pakistani Music

Back in 2014, a bunch of rare Films Division-era films resurfaced online with Alexander Keefe’s 'Sarkari Shorts', calling my attention to the...

(features) Mississippi To Meghalaya: How Soulmate Found The Blues In India

When an Indian band has been playing the blues for nearly two decades, does it become a native form? That is the question that Soulmate, the blues...

(features) Copyright & The Live Streaming DJ: The Current Stance Of Online Platforms On Streaming Recorded Music

The embrace of live streaming came almost as a knee jerk reaction to the cancellation of live shows due to the coronavirus pandemic. Within days of...

(features) Review: Whale In The Pond Conceal Grief Within Jubilation On ‘Dofon’

“You’d be forgiven for mistaking this sunset as a thing of beauty; it’s anything but. Our kind doesn’t really deserve an ending like this, not...

(features) Creating Social Spaces That Celebrate & Honour Togetherness: Fieldlines

In his exploration of Panchatattva (five elements) — fire, earth, sky, wind and water, and its concepts within a socio-cultural and folkloric...

(features) Spotlight: Parizad D

Dedicating the month of March to the immensely talented women in our music community and to spreading awareness about female representation and...

(features) Spotlight: Emmanuelle de Decker (Gatecrash / Music Mulakatein Foundation)

Dedicating the month of March to the immensely talented women in our music community and to spreading awareness about female representation and...

(features) With 'The Oomph, The Bass & The Kick Drum’, Todh Teri Gears Up For The Lab Mumbai: BUDX edition

Earlier last year, Mixmag brought their flagship live stream event series The Lab to emerging dancing music scenes around the world including Mumbai...

(features) A Guide To Hot Chip In 7 Songs

Hot Chip have always been a mix of contradictions. The British group have remixed Kraftwerk and New Order, as well as Lizzo and Katy Perry, yet would...

(features) 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...

(features) Voice Of The People: Protest Music In India

Last night at Shaheen Bagh, a little after midnight, hundreds of people burst into cheer as the verses of Faiz Ahmed Faiz's 'Hum Dekhenge' soared into...

(mixes) Wild City #199: Natasha Noorani

Few individuals can be ascribed the descriptor “musical polymath” as justifiably as Natasha Noorani. A singer-songwriter, playback singer,...

(mixes) Wild City #114: French Toast

Mix #114 from French Toast a.k.a. Frank McWeeny is an upbeat jumble of infectious disco and house that’s tailored to kick up a storm on the...

(mixes) Wild City #097: The Sine Painter

Wild City Mix #097 comes from an enormously talented young producer and recent Red Bull Music Academy selectee – The Sine Painter. Jayanth...

(mixes) Wild City #068: East Stepper

Abhishek Jha a.k.a East Stepper is a New Delhi based music producer and multi-instrumentalist who's over his lengthy career dabbled with a diverse and...

(mixes) Wild City 061: Kush Arora

We've been holding on to this one for a while, yet to be honest, we're kind of glad that we have. With a month off in the summer, we're happy to...

(mixes) Wild City 056: Phon.o

Over the last few weeks, we've frantically tried to find new venues for the imminent Phon.o dates heading our way this weekend. Frankly, we've been so...

(mixes) Wild City 048: Reggae Rajahs (4 Year Anniversary Mix)

Reggae Rajahs are India's first and foremost reggae sound system. That much you should know. For the past 4 years they have been steadily building a...

(mixes) Wild City 047: London Elektricty

"For those that know him and those that don’t, Tony Colman a.k.a London Elektricity cuts a formidable figure." Having been involved in the UK's...

(mixes) Wild City 040: Su-Real (Halloween Mix)

What more is there to say about Delhi homeboy, producer and DJ, Su-Real. As a longtime resident at TLR, he co-founded Disco 31, the venue's longest...

(mixes) Wild City 037: Sandunes

The mesmerising Sandunes is a Mumbai based producer and live act like no other. Having made her first forays into the world of live music playing...

(mixes) Wild City 022 & 023: Coma & Daniel Haaksman

So, India Goes 3D kicked of last week and carries on into New Delhi territory this weekend. Are you as excited about it as us? You should be. Not...

(events) C a s h, Gaya & more

C a s h Well. This has been something we have been working on for a very long time. I won’t get into the details here, but I will say that...

(events) Far Out Left

Aurora Halal Aurora Halal is a producer, DJ and creator of Brooklyn’s Mutual Dreaming party series & the Sustain-Release festival. Shadowy and...

(events) Loefah, Youngsta, Sub-Z & More

Image: earth-agency Loefah In recent years, the predominant tendency on UK dancefloors has been to defy genre, instead drawing for music with a...

(events) Loefah, Youngsta, Currency & More

Image: earth-agency Loefah In recent years, the predominant tendency on UK dancefloors has been to defy genre, instead drawing for music with a...