(artists) Aniruddh Menon

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(news) Disco Puppet, Catman MU, Bios Contrast & More Featured On Benefit Compilation 'CEASEFIRE'

Berlin-based collective L_Klangkunst Werk has released an extensive compilation, released in two parts, entitled 'CEASEFIRE' to address the killing of...

(news) Consolidate Releases 'Fresh Water Vol. 2' With Disco Puppet, K.O.K.O & More

Consolidate celebrated five years of providing a platform to Bangalore's alternative and electronica talent with the compilation 'Fresh Water' earlier...

(news) Charity Compilation Series ‘aaj kal’ Mobilizes Disco Puppet, Oceantied, Pardafash & More

Music journalist Dhruva Balram has just launched a new compilation series called ‘aaj kal’ (which translates to ‘These Days’) in response to...

(news) Wild City ‘Together’: Mentoring, Conversations, Skill-Sharing & Performances With Sandunes, BLOT!, Arjun Vagale & More

The coronavirus pandemic and the necessary global lockdown has brought many lives and industries to a standstill, while subjecting all of us to an...

(news) Inbetween Gathering Gears Up For Second Edition In Goa

Alternative sonic arts festival Inbetween Gathering is back for its second edition, which takes place at Goa's Anahata Retreat on March 7 and...

(news) Joy Orbison, Midland, Denis Sulta, Shanti Celeste & More Added To Magnetic Fields 2018 Lineup

Magnetic Fields Festival, taking place from December 14-16 at the dazzling Alsisar Mahal in Rajasthan, has already announced a lineup which includes...

(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) Left-Field Electronic Collective Consolidate To Showcase Roster

Bangalore-based collective and independent label Consolidate are hosting a showcase of some of their finest artists on September 20, in New...

(news) First Watch: Disco Puppet’s ‘When You Listen’

“When we finished this video, I was also tired.” – Aniruddh Menon In an attempt to rapture audience attention to his LP that came out 8 months...

(news) Listen: ‘Lovesongs’ by Aniruddh Menon

Aniruddh Menon’s ‘Lovesongs’ was officially released earlier today via Bangalore record label Consolidate, but bossman Rahul Giri sent the album...

(news) Gig Preview: BlueFrog Presents The Consolidate Takeover

Bangalore collective Consolidate likes to stay busy. Aside from a year of memorable new releases - compilations, songs and albums through their label,...

(news) First Listen: ‘Climb’ EP By Cosmic Attic

Cosmic Attic is a new project by Mumbai based musician Sharath Narayan, who’s been making music with Bangalore/Kochi based alternative rock outfit...

(news) Consolidate: India's Newest Record Label Release FRNDS & FMLY 2016 Compilation

'Consolidate' is a music collective, blog and now record label we’ve believed in since Rahul Giri (_RHL/one half of Sulk Station) launched it on his...

(news) Consolidate Launches As A Label With ‘Peach Tea Since July’

‘Cottage industry’ Consolidate is a Bangalore focussed platform run by Rahul Giri (_RHL and Sulk Station) that has been a year gestating,...

(news) Listen: Machli Releases Debut EP ‘Obtuse + Divine’

This is an EP we’ve been anticipating for the better part of a year. Four piece Bangalore outfit Machli has had us plugged into their odd tunes and...

(news) Listen: Consolidate #10 FRNDS AND FMLY Mixtape

Rahul Giri has many avatars. He’s the face behind the abstract electronic sounds of _RHL, one half of Sulk Station and, as his music blog...

(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) 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) A Comprehensive Guide To The Music At Magnetic Fields 2018

Our favourite weekend of the year is closing in. With just a week to go, Magnetic Fields is right around the corner, and it's going to be chock full...

(features) In Conversation With: Pardafash On Synthfarm

“I think this was [a] good trigger to jump back into music production,” said Sandhya Visvanathan. “It’s illuminating to see the processes...

(features) Consolidate: An Intimate Encounter With The Bangalore-Based Collective

Joe Panicker, one-half of Aerate Sound, isn’t visibly stressed. It’s only a few days until he plays with Naquash as Aerate Sound at Boiler Room in...

(features) Walking The Tightrope: The Delicate Nature Of Sampling Indian Music

Bollywood has been in existence for over a century; its sound within our cultural psyche, bringing together people over harmonious melodies and...

(features) Wild City Singled Out: August

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) VITAL Recommends: Producers Who Impressed In 2014

While we have discussed some of the artists, festivals and releases that caught our eye in 2014, there was so much more to say. Our list could not...

(features) A Band Called Machli

There is no dearth of struggling bands in this country. For every mainstream ‘indie’ band that blasts mediocrity to music starved throngs, there...

(mixes) Wild City #103: Aniruddh Menon

Bangalore based Aniruddh Menon, known best for his work with Machli and newly formed label Consolidate compiles a selection of unreleased material for...

(mixes) Wild City #084: Machli

Machli was formed in 2013 in a small colony called SFS in a satellite town outside of Bangalore by Aniruddh Menon, Musharraf Shaikh, Sandhya...