(artists) Kayoben

With the foundations of the act set in an exclusive commission for Magnetic Fields Festival 2019, Nush Lewis and Shadaab Kadri aka Riatsu realized...

(news) Magnetic Fields Festival Announces Additions To Its 2023 Lineup

The Magnetic Fields Festival, one of India’s most prominent music festivals, has unveiled additional performers for its 2023 edition. The...

(news) BFR Sound System Sessions Return After 3 Years With A Multi-Day Event At Delhi's Outskirts

BFR Sound System, one of the few dub sound systems and collective in the country led by Taru Dalmia aka Delhi Sultanate with Samara Chopra aka Begum...

(news) IAMDDB & DJ Lag To Embark On A 4-City India Tour

South Africa's leading Gqom act DJ Lag and Manchester's urban jazz pioneer IAMDDB will tour across India to Bangalore, Mumbai, New Delhi and Goa...

(news) Magnetic Fields Announces Additions To Its 2022 Edition

One of India's premiere music event Magnetic Fields Festival just announced new names for its upcoming 2022 edition, which sees the contemporary arts...

(news) Nush Lewis & Riatsu Evolve Their Collaboration With New Act Kayoben & The EP 'Asrar'

When harpist, singer-songwriter, and educator Nush Lewis, and producer, composer and filmmaker, Shadaab Kadri aka Riatsu came together as part of a...

(news) boxout.fm Hosts COVID-19 Relief Fundraiser With Leon Vynehall, HAAi, Nina Las Vegas & More

UPDATE, May 14, 2021: After raising INR 2 lakhs ahead of the broadcast and generating further support from the artist community, boxout.fm has raised...

(news) Spryk Launches India's First Interactive Online Concert With 'APEX' & 'Vitamin-E'

Tejas Nair aka Spryk has launched a dedicated video game-like platform called 'Vitamin-E' which will host a live concert by the artist on March...

(news) Spryk Releases Music From Audio-Visual Exploration ‘APEX’ With New Album

Functioning at the forefront of Indian artists exploring performance practices that utilise new media, augmented virtual spaces and technological...

(news) Watch: Short Film On Riatsu x Nush Lewis Present ‘Asrar’ At Magnetic Fields Festival 2019

For its 2019 edition, Magnetic Fields Festival brought together Mumbai-based ambient and alternative electronica producer Shadaab Qadri aka Riatsu and...

(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) Watch: Full Streams From Wild City x Boiler Room Takeover Featuring Kohra, Arushi Jain & More

Earlier this year, global broadcasting platform Boiler Room partnered with Ballantine’s for a scheme, disbursing grants to community-driven...

(news) Boiler Room x Wild City To Host Kohra, ramsha, Spryk: APEX & More For ‘Streaming From Isolation’ Series

Since the Covid-19 pandemic hit alongside all associated lockdowns and shutdown of nightlife as we know it, Boiler Room has continued to offer...

(news) Okedo Amp Up Their Individual Voices & Danceability On New Single ‘Impulse’

Electronic duo Okedo had a meteoric year in 2019, kicking it off with their debut and concluding it with performances at NH7 Weekender and Magnetic...

(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) Teebs Heads To India For A 3-City Tour

Revered Brainfeeder beatmaker Mtendere Mandowa aka Teebs has just announced a 3-city India tour, with dates between March 13-15, returning to the...

(news) BFR Sound System To Host Block Party At Mumbai’s Dharavi

New Delhi-based artists Taru Dalmia aka Delhi Sultanate and Samara Chopra aka Begum X will take their Jamaican-style hand built BFR Sound System for a...

(news) Magnetic Fields Festival Announces Post-Parties In New Delhi & Mumbai

Magnetic Fields Festival has just announced its official post-parties, bringing some of the biggest names from its 2019 lineup to New Delhi and Mumbai...

(news) Garden City Movement Heads To India For A 4-City Tour

Tel Aviv-based electronic indie pop trio Garden City Movement will kick off the coming month with a 4-city India tour, playing Pune, Mumbai, New Delhi...

(features) 2022 In Review

2022 – the year that the world seemed to finally emerge out of the nightmare that was the COVID-19 pandemic. The year wasn’t without its tragedies...

(features) Spotlight: Pagal Haina – The Indian Label Connecting Prateek Kuhad To Lifafa

Pagal Haina? Crazy, right? The inception of the artist development agency and label which has cultivated the likes of Prateek Kuhad, Rounak Maiti and...

(features) When Parties Get Political: The Subtle Art of Nightlife Activism In Asia

Parties have long been used as a medium for sociopolitical change. In New York, the crew known as Melting Point have raised thousands of dollars for...

(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) Review: 'The Purge' By Three Oscillators

I vividly remember my second night at Magnetic Fields 2019. In spite of having spent the entire day running about the festival site – my smart watch...

(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) A Comprehensive Guide To The Music At Magnetic Fields 2019

The music lineup at Magnetic Fields Festival is bigger this year than ever before. Not only does the festival have a vast array of art and experiences...

(features) Sonic Souvenirs & Music Expeditions: Maribou State On Their Creative Process, ‘Kingdom In Colours’ & Its Indian Influences

“The music you create, or anything for that matter, is a product of what you consume,” Maribou State’s Liam Ivory tells me over email. In the...

(features) A Comprehensive Guide To The Art & Experiences At Magnetic Fields 2019

Ever since it was conceptualised, Magnetic Fields has always been more than just a music festival. Within the fairy-tale confines of Alsisar Mahal in...

(features) A Comprehensive Guide To The Showcases At Magnetic Fields 2019

Beside its confluence of global and glocal talent, Magnetic Fields Festival 2019 will extend its future-facing vision to a set of showcases spread...

(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) A Comprehensive Guide To Levi's Music Week 2019

Levi's Music Week 2019 is looking to be quite the insightful week. Taking place from October 11-18 at Levi's Lounge in Mumbai, the multi-faceted event...

(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) Peter Cat Recording Co: End Of An Era?

If you want to miff or bore Peter Cat Recording Co., a sure shot way would be to ask the band what genre their music belongs to. They're not the first...

(features) 2018 In Review: The Artists That Defined The Alternative Music Sphere In India

2019 has barely taken its first steps, and there have already been a host of exciting releases, events and music festivals. Before we launch...

(events) BFR Sound System

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