(artists) Kashish

In a remarkably short span of time, Kashish has established a strong footing in the underground music circuit in India, making people dance to her...

(artists) Sleepwalker

B-Side owner and DJ based out of Pondicherry, Sleepwalker is known for his minimalism - playing cosmic disco and acid house. His sets are infused with...

(artists) Spanck

Spanck is the Electronica project by duo Ankit Kocher aka Ankytrixx and Shazahn Padamsee. Their music is a fusion of electronic, indie and world...

(artists) The Fanculos

This horn-fronted, five-peice powerband was dreamt up by Italian/Guyanese, British-born musician Ramon Ibrahim. Ramon was heavily influenced at an...

(directory) sLick!

Bringing the underground to India, one party at a time. Tours with John Digweed, Dubfire, James Zabiela, Dave Seaman, Pleasurekraft, Guy J, Henry...

(news) Bo Sedkid Flies The Flag Of Sri Lankan Experimental Hip-Hop With 'Goring'

Colombo-based avant-garde songwriter and visual artist Muvindu Binoy aka Bo Sedkid recently dropped his extensive and standout 14-track album 'Goring'...

(news) Exclusive First Listen: 'Thoughts To Melt To' By Disco Puppet

More than once, I have wondered what it must feel like to live inside the mind of Shoumik Biswas. I imagine it's all sorts of crazy and wonderful and...

(news) Premiere: ‘Guyver’ By JBABE

After capturing and distilling the essence of slacker rock, glam funk and synth-pop into a concoction entirely his own with his unstintingly titled...

(news) Goldie, Luke Vibert, Overmono & More Announced For Cymbal 2020

Late last month, Mumbai-based promoter Oscillate announced their new festival Cymbal, which will take place at Gwalior’s Jai Vilas Palace on March...

(news) Buddy Guy, Keb’ Mo’, Larkin Poe & More Announced for Mahindra Blues Festival 2020

India’s premiere blues event Mahindra Blues Festival has just announced the lineup for its 2020 edition. Returning to Mumbai’s Mehboob studio for...

(news) Listen: 'Cold Comfort' EP By Spanck

Indian dance music veteran Ankit Kochar aka Ankytrixx has teamed up with singer, actress and model Shazahn Padamsee to form a live electronica act...

(news) Berlin Based Label Get Physical To Release Indian Electronic Music Compilation: 'India Gets Physical'

In an endeavour to present the new generation of contemporary Indian electronic music to dance music aficionados across the world, Berlin based label...

(news) Go:Madras Announces Lineup For 10th Edition

Over the last 10 years, Go:Madras has established itself as a significant electronic dance music festival – and the longest running in its genre in...

(news) Magnetic Fields Announces First Wave Of Names For 2018 Edition

The wait is over - Magnetic Fields Festival has just released the first phase of it’s 2018 line-up. Magnetic Fields is notorious for pushing...

(news) Mad Professor, Sindhi Curry and More To Play #BoxoutWednesdays In January

Since its inception last year in April, online radio station boxout.fm has taken strides from being a start-up to a cultural institute. Critical to...

(news) New Artist: Shaan Shiv Suleman

A student of graphic design in Bangalore (big surprise), Shaan Shiv Suleman is a self taught producer whose body of work so far consists of a couple...

(news) Lowlit: New Artist Collective, Culture Platform And Record Label Launches

Delhi based musician Nikhil Kaul, known better as Frame/Frame has joined forced with producer Vishnu PS, a.k.a. Soulspace to form Lowlit – a record...

(news) Listen: IJA Releases Debut EP ‘Vitamin Sex’

IJA is a brand new electronic outfit made up of Ashaar Farooqui (Toymob), Sahil Mendiratta (Inspector Maal) and Punit Jantu. They’ve just released...

(news) Competition: Win A Vinyl Copy Of Robot Koch’s ‘Tsuki’ EP

Earlier this year, Robot Koch released his first-rate new EP - ‘Tsuki’ via Berlin based record label MONKEYTOWN. We had been eagerly anticipating...

(news) A Guy Called Gerald Confirmed For By The Pier 2.0

Following the success of the first edition, Regenerate’s By The Pier property is back on the coast of Mumbai on 20 February 2015.Excitingly, acid...

(news) Listen: Robot Koch & Curtain Blue Collaboration

It’s been so hard to keep quiet about this. We’re thrilled to finally announce that Vital artist Curtain Blue has collaborated with German...

(news) Listen: Free Drone Releases Debut LP - 'Summer'

Akhil Sood is a musician and music writer who has donned many avatars under Another Vertigo Rush, Operation Steve, Hoirong, Maritime Experiments,...

(news) Bangalore Blues Takeover Kicks Off This Weekend

India really is going blues crazy, Bombay, Kasauli and now Bangalore is going to play host to their annual Ode to the Blues music festival and Blues...

(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) 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) 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) Wild City Singled Out: September 2019

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) A Comprehensive Guide To Music Festivals In India

Over the last decade or so, new music festivals of all styles and formats have sprung out of India’s transforming cultural landscape. To help you...

(features) Ami Dang Translates Folklore With A Heady Spin Of Sitar And Synthesisers On 'Parted Plains'

Ami Dang might not remember, but in 2011, during an interview with Baltimore Sun, she inadvertently predicted her music career. “I’d love to do an...

(features) Review: 'O' By Tienas

The term autobiography or memoir is typically anointed to works that encompass one's narrative past. Prabh Deep's 'Class-Sikh', for example,...

(features) 'I play jazz for fuck’s sake – it’s revolt music': Tarun Balani

The reason Tarun Balani is a jazz drummer and composer ultimately boils down to a technical error. Roughly 14 years ago in New York City, technology...

(features) Wild City Singled Out: January 2019

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) Twin Tape Decks, Detective Hunts & Cassette Digging: A Portal Into Awesome Tapes From Africa

It's 10 am on a Friday morning when I call Brian Shimkovitz. He answers the phone from California, where it's still Thursday night. I politely inquire...

(features) Transcending Arbitrary Boundaries With Jitwam

Jitwam and his band were going to perform at Rockaway Beach on a Friday evening at 7pm. Not a lot of people make the trek from the more populous...

(features) Sub-Z: New Delhi's Evolving Underground

Combatants of the underground and cultural bearers fascinated by sounds that find their roots in the UK, London returned Arjun Sodhi alongside his...

(features) Creating Safe & Equal Spaces: Systematically Dismantling Stereotypes

Following our Selector Pro: Women In Electronic Music project, we decided to interview a few participants about their experience at the workshops....

(features) Azadi Records Are Taking No Prisoners

“Fuck Desi Hip Hop Dot Com!” Mo Joshi, co-founder of Azadi Records, exclaims. Uday Kapur, who runs Azadi alongside Mo, is also in the room at the...

(features) “We Had No Idea What We Were Doing But It Was A Lot Of Fun”: An Interview With Daphni

"We had no idea what we were doing but it was a lot of fun and I was so desperate to DJ and be a part of the scene that I was so excited by.” An apt...

(features) Kutmah Is Ready For His Next Adventure

Kutmah has not let an ordinary life. He’s fought Steve Aoki, gave Flying Lotus a venue to perform his first-ever show and got to live in the same...

(mixes) Wild City #183: Hedrun

Wild City's latest mix comes to us courtesy Mumbai-based producer and jwala co-founder Palash Kothari, also known by his moniker Hedrun (previously...

(mixes) Wild City #149: Small Town Guy

Formerly known as Sleepwalker, Small Town Guy - aka Shantanu Ghosh hails from the coastal town of Pondicherry. Known for his dancefloor selections...

(mixes) Wild City #140: Didi Han

South Korean DJ Didi Han is one of Asia’s fastest rising stars. One of the forces behind Pute Deluxe; arguably Seoul’s best party and one of the...

(mixes) Wild City #135: MALFNKTION

MALFNKTION a.k.a Aditya Alamuru has managed to carve himself a distinctive path within the Indian alternative music space. Over the last 3 years, he...

(mixes) Wild City #123: Gilles Peterson (Part 1)

DJ, broadcaster, producer and owner of Brownswood Recordings, Gilles Peterson rarely needs an introduction. His weekly Saturday afternoon radio show...

(mixes) Wild City #111: Chhabb

Mix #111 by Mumbai based Chhabb a.k.a Rahul Chhabria is a journey through rich, melodic deep house and techno that’s been tailored for the dance...

(mixes) Wild City #096: Praveen Achary

Bangalore native Praveen Achary explores the deep, melodic side of electronica for Wild City Mix #096. The artist is constantly on the move...

(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 #065: L'Imperatrice

Today marks the beginning of L’Imperatrice’s 7 city tour around India. The 5 strong French electronica outfit kick start their Indian journey...

(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 058: Paralights

"Paralights is visceral music." Over 3 years of his existence as an engineer and producer in the Indian alternative scene, Ayan De merges emotive...

(mixes) Wild City 030: Apocalypse Meow

""A·poc·a·lypse: n. A prophetic disclosure; a revelation."" At first Apocalypse Meow may come across as just another guitar-based band. In fact,...

(mixes) Wild City 024: Sulk Station

""Bangalore based duo Rahul Giri and Tanvi Rao currently make up one of the country's most interesting contemporary acts, Sulk Station. Their debut...

(mixes) Wild City 018: Switch Bitch

Switch Bitch has been gestating within various bedrooms and laptops for just over two years. Considering the matured sound you're about to hear over...

(mixes) Wild City 008: Brooklyn Shanti - The Gift Of Surrender

Brooklyn Shanti otherwise known as Shanti or the1shanti is an MC, producer, composer and DJ based in New York City. Bengali in origin, decidedly...

(mixes) Wild City 001: Dualist Inquiry Presents Dualism

Sahej Bakshi, a.k.a Dualist Inquiry, is first and foremost probably one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet. Aside from this he's also an extremely...

(events) REProduce Bombay

Purva Ashadha (Bombay, India) Speaking of subwoofers, Parth sent me a bunch of his stuff but it was this kind of evolved psy that did if for me. If...

(events) Clarian & SEQU3L

Clarian Montreal based Clarian first gained notable recognition via his former work in synth pop duo F o o t p r i n t z. Under his solo project he...

(events) Khen

Khen Producer and DJ, Khen was born in 1989 in Tel Aviv and grew up surrounded by various music styles. As a little kid, he used to spin records and...

(events) Khen

Khen Producer and DJ, Khen was born in 1989 in Tel Aviv and grew up surrounded by various music styles. As a little kid, he used to spin records and...

(events) Guy Mantzur

Guy Mantzur Tel Aviv based Guy Mantzur specializes in creating electronic music that defies over-simple genre classification. Drawing influences from...

(events) Guy J, Irvien, Triangle Edge, Decisions & Collido

Guy J Israeli producer Guy J has established himself as one of the most sophisticated and emotive producers in electronic music of the last decade,...

(events) Guy J

Guy J Israeli producer Guy J has established himself as one of the most sophisticated and emotive producers in electronic music of the last decade,...

(events) Guy J

Venue: The Lalit Ashok Guy J Israeli producer Guy J has established himself as one of the most sophisticated and emotive producers in electronic...

(events) Guy Mantzur

Guy Mantzur Tel Aviv based Guy Mantzur specializes in creating electronic music that defies over-simple genre classification. Drawing influences from...

(events) Guy Mantzur

Guy Mantzur Tel Aviv based Guy Mantzur specializes in creating electronic music that defies over-simple genre classification. Drawing influences from...

(events) Guy Mantzur

Guy Mantzur Tel Aviv based Guy Mantzur specializes in creating electronic music that defies over-simple genre classification. Drawing influences from...

(events) Frankey & Sandrino

Frankey & Sandrino Both Frankey and Sandrino have individually been active with electronic music well over a decade now. On the one hand,...

(events) Frankey & Sandrino

Frankey & Sandrino Both Frankey and Sandrino have individually been active with electronic music well over a decade now. On the one hand,...

(events) Monophonik, Thermal and a Quarter, Kohra & more

Potter The Mumbai-based DJ is intent on preserving the true essence of underground sounds. Keeping the focus fixed on hitting a balance between both...

(events) Murthovic, Absurd & Aenmol

Thumbnail Image: Absurd by Olya Nedosekina Aenmol Anmor Arora aka Aenmol, is Indian electronica DJ, producer and a percussionist. His early...

(events) DNYO, Midnight Traffic, Abhi Maisekar & Prathap Menon

DNYO Hailing from São Paulo, Brazil is Danny Oliveira, aka DNYO. Danny’s decade-old musical achievements can be considered as dreams for others,...

(events) DNYO & Greg Tomaz

DNYO Hailing from São Paulo, Brazil is Danny Oliveira, aka DNYO. Danny’s decade-old musical achievements can be considered as dreams for others,...

(events) DNYO, Praveen Achary, Nikhai Jaysen & More

DNYO Hailing from São Paulo, Brazil is Danny Oliveira, aka DNYO. Danny’s decade-old musical achievements can be considered as dreams for others,...

(events) Mahindra Blues Festival 2020

Image: Bryan Thompson / Graffiti Photography Buddy Guy At the age of 83, Buddy Guy is a master of the blues and one of the most celebrated blues...

(events) Los Cabra & flex machina

Image: D.Nietze Los Cabra Los Cabra productions, DJ and live sets, are made of the right stern to snowball dance floors worldwide and fill them with...