(directory) BorderMovement

BorderMovement is a platform that aims to encourage interaction between the electronic music scenes of South Asia and Germany. Based in Berlin, they...

(news) Watch: Magnetic Fields Releases Portraits & Documentary From ‘Fieldlines’

In its 2019 edition, Magnetic Fields Festival hosted its first-ever in-house residency with ‘Fieldlines’. Supported via a grant from...

(news) Listen: New Releases By Prabh Deep, Bawari Basanti, Karv & Synthetic Lying Machine

Last week was abuzz, with Indian underground artists dropping releases left, right and centre. To make sure no deserving work missed out on the...

(news) Call For Applications: The Selector Pro Women In Electronic Music Workshops

Last year, Wild City and the British Council joined forces to launch a special initiative The Selector Pro: Women In Electronic Music. Building up on...

(news) Call For Applications: Border Movement Residency

In partnership with Goethe-Institut, Border Movement, Ableton, Wild City and Musicboard Berlin, Border Movement Residency (BMR) is a program that...

(news) Details Announced For The Coalition

The Coalition was started in 2014 as a creative enterprise boot camp, a way for individuals to navigate the business side of creativity. In its third...

(news) Watch: 'Aaja' By Swet Shop Boys

Following a string of exemplary music videos, the latest visual offering from Swet Shop Boys is one of their best releases yet. The trio, comprised of...

(news) Listen: 'Veils' By ramsha

Ramsha Shakeel is one of the more interesting artists to come out of the Pakistani music scene. Now Toronto-based she’s predominantly known for her...

(news) Watch: Swet Shop Boys Release New Video

Hip-hop trio Swet Shop Boys, comprised of Heems [formerly of Das Racist], Riz MC [aka Riz Ahmed, star of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story], and producer...

(news) Call For Applications: Border Movement Residency Berlin

Musicians in South Asia – pay attention. Border Movement’s all expenses paid, bespoke residency program BMR has opened applications for its 2017...

(news) Call For Applications: Border Movement Residency South Asia 2017

BMR is a program in partnership with Goethe-Institut, Border Movement, Ableton and Musicboard Berlin offering unique tailor made residencies for South...

(news) Gig Preview: Sound Reasons x Border Movement At Max Mueller Bhavan

Sound Reasons is an exploration in sound art and forward thinking avant-garde electronic music. The event is set up at Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum in...

(news) Details & Lineup Announced For Pettah Interchange Colombo

Initiated by the Goethe-Institut and its electronic music web-platform Border Movement, Pettah Interchange is a celebration of alternative art,...

(news) Magnetic Fields Announces 2016 Dates & Releases Video

Recently listed as one of the ‘50 Best Festivals In The World’ by Time Out London, Magnetic Fields has just announced dates for its fourth edition...

(news) Listen: Lowlit Releases Debut Compilation ‘Better Late Vol. 1’

Lowlit is an artist collective, curatorial platform and now record label that was initiated in July last year by musicians Frame/Frame (Nikhil Kaul)...

(news) "BMR Announces First Winner; Opens Applications For Round 2"

The BMR team (Border Movement, Musicboard Berlin, Ableton, Goethe-Institut, Wild City and Gebrüder Teichmann on the jury) have opened applications...

(news) BMR: Border Movement Opens Applications For German-South Asian Residency Program

Wild City is very proud to announce the launch of BMR - a residency program in partnership with Goethe Institut, Border Movement, Ableton and...

(news) JESSOP&CO. Release ‘সূক্ষ্ম’ EP

JESSOP&CO. is a new Kolkata based duo made up of experimental producers Anupal Adhikary and Subhojyoti Sen. We’ve been keeping our ears open...

(news) First Stop Tehran: Border Movement Initiates New Series Of Residencies In South Asia & Berlin

Wild City are proud to be associated with Border Movement, a project initiated by the Goethe Institut. The last 3 years have witnessed Border Movement...

(news) Raasta’s Raga Dub 3.0 Announces Lineup

Popular Delhi venue Raasta has just announced the lineup and details for Raga Dub 3.0 – an annual property (a bit like a mini-festival, almost) that...

(features) 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...

(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) Staying The Path: How Bangladesh's Music Scene Is Evolving With The Help Of Dedicated Grassroots Movements

If you’re looking for an institution that can help you trace the evolution of Dhaka’s independent music scene, look no further than Rainbow....

(features) The Evolving Role Of Labels In South Asia

Old-timey incarnations of record labels — glitz, glamour, big money and big exploitation — are great to watch in movies, but their relevance has...

(features) Wild City Singled Out: June + July 2020

Wild City handpicks the most interesting tracks released by artists of South Asian diaspora in our monthly feature - Singled Out. If you’d like us...

(features) Wild City: Editorial Intent & Resource List

The music landscape in India and across South Asia has undergone massive movements and overhauls since we launched Wild City 9 years ago. Each day,...

(features) APEX: SPRYK's Quest For The Ultimate Music Festival Experience

To understand how APEX came to be, it’s important to start with Tejas Nair a.k.a. SPRYK’s journey of discovering music and technology itself....

(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) The Toxic Narrative Of Powering Through

Episode six, season four of Bojack Horseman – the anthropomorphic existential dread-fueled haunt-binge – is titled ‘Stupid Piece of Sh*t’....

(features) Singled Out: November & December 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...

(features) Asfandyar Khan: How To Build A Musical Home In Karachi

Islamabad likes to run slow. But having grown up in this city, musician Asfandyar Khan, who is also the artist behind electronic moniker TMPST,...

(features) You Thought You Knew Dualist Inquiry

You were wrong. But don’t worry about it too much. With his recently released single, ‘You & Me’, Sahej Bakshi, the man behind Dualist...

(features) Spontaneous Combustion With Infinite Jar Space

Ikagar Saini is a man with no plan. He hates planning. So much, in fact, that he is committed to improvisation almost as a way of life. It’s what...

(features) The Deps X Anxies Of Ezzyland

A little more of this, and Sidharth Ezhilan might explode. He’s pissed off. With the industry — the ‘business’ of music — with the...

(features) 5 Women Shaking Up The Pakistani Music Industry

This article was originally published on 27 March by Border Movement here. It was written by Rahim Khan. Ramsha Shakeel. Raania Durrani. Rahema...

(features) Wild City’s Guide To Magnetic Fields 2015

We’re itching with anticipation for the third edition of Magnetic Fields, which kicks off this Friday (18 December). Not only does this year see the...

(features) Tehran: SET Festival 2015

Siavash AminiWhile Iran is no stranger to electronic and experimental music, the revolution certainly caused it to stagnate for many years. Only in...

(mixes) Wild City #165: Andi Teichmann

Few mixes will floor you like this particular one for Wild City by Andi Teichmann. Andi is a well-known and accomplished musician, producer, DJ,...

(mixes) Wild City #110: Ramsha

Toronto based Pakistani musician Ramsha Shakeel’s mix for Wild City features an evocative range of ambient, neoclassical and drone tailored to melt...

(mixes) Wild City #094: Tollcrane

Karachi native and RBMA Tokyo alumni Tollcrane explores fringe electronica and left-of-centre dance in an exquisite mix for Wild City. In the last...

(mixes) Wild City #091: SMPRSN

Sri Lanka’s SMPRSN (alternate alias Daffy Maestro) is the next selector to contribute to our growing music division here at Wild City. The Kandi...

(mixes) Wild City #079: Asvajit

Once the lead guitarist of Colombo based progressive jazz-rock band 'Powercut Circus', Asvajit has made a name for himself as one of the most...

(mixes) Wild City #075: When Pandas Attack

Gold Panda, My Panda Shall Fly, Alien Panda Jury and now When Pandas Attack. What the fascination is with putting the word Panda in you band or DJ...

(mixes) Wild City 044 - Alien Panda Jury

We just can't stop ourselves. We're slipping deeper and deeper into the Pakistani underground and are only emerging with raw, sharp and just brilliant...

(mixes) Wild City 042: Dynoman

Dynoman a.k.a Haamid Rahim is a producer and DJ from Karachi, Pakistan who uses a wide variety of electronic synthesis, multiple sound layers, and...