(artists) Kumail

Kumail is a producer, performing artist and DJ from Mumbai, India. Over the last four years, he has ascended to the very top of India’s burgeoning...

(artists) Meba Ofilia

Meba Ofilia might just be the breakthrough artist that Indian hip-hop needed. Born and brought up in Shillong, Meghalaya, Meba Ofilia's style is...

(artists) Sutej Singh

Sutej Singh is a Guitarist/Composer based out of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. After having played numerous shows in the northern region with various...

(directory) Far Out Left

Far Out Left is a boutique electronic musical festival created by Regenerate and Social Offline. Art and culture have always been synonymous with...

(news) Second Sight Weave Heartwarming Moments Of R&B, Jazz & Neo-Soul On Debut Album 'Coral'

While Mumbai-based group Second Sight had carved a definite space for themselves in the modern R&B canon of the country over the last 5 years, the...

(news) Culture Connects Returns With Sushant Divgikar, Eki Shola, Burudu & More For Workshops, Conversations & Performances

'Culture Connects', the year-long series of online and offline events by Wild City and San Francisco-based digital innovators MUTEK.SF in...

(news) MALFNKTION Takes Help Of Daisuke Tanabe, MadStarBase & More On Exit Records Release ‘No Dough’

Previously Bangalore-based and presently Toronto-based talent Aditya Alamuru aka MALFNKTION just made his debut on prominent London-based label Exit...

(news) SOS Compilation, Discostan Prints, Kerelief & More: COVID-19 Relief Efforts By South Asian Music Artists & Platforms

As India struggles under the extreme second wave of COVID-19, trying to survive with the help of people over social media and good samaritans of the...

(news) Culture Connects Announces Nucleya, Under 25, Kayan, LBB & More For Discussion, Workshops & Performances

Last week, Wild City, in partnership with MUTEK San Francisco and with support from American Center New Delhi, announced 'Culture Connects' – a...

(news) Releases Of The Week: Taba Chake, The Illegal Project, Kayan & More

With 'Releases Of The Week', Wild City handpicks and highlights our favourite new music from the previous week by artists from South Asia and its...

(news) Exclusive Premiere: Ronojoy Sircar Presents Conceptual Sonic Poetry On Debut EP ‘Waiting Time’

Ronojoy Sircar is a curator of art galleries and poetry compilations. He is a film-maker, a photographer and a writer. He was an assistant professor...

(news) Listen: Sha Channels Japanese Sci-Fi, Cyberpunk & Futurism On Dystopian EP 'Spectre'

Shaheer Rahman might be better known to some of you as one half of the duo Zero by one, who released their progressive house meets deep techno EP 'New...

(news) Wild City To Host Listening Session With Seasonal Affected Beats

For our first Listening Sessions in 2020, we are showcasing the upcoming EP ‘2°’ by Seasonal Affected Beats, the trans-media electronic project...

(news) Oneman Announces Shows In Mumbai & New Delhi

British DJ and producer Steve Bishop aka Oneman has just announced shows in Mumbai and New Delhi on February 13 and 15 respectively, returning to...

(news) Pangaea Announces Return To India For A 3-City Tour

Prolific British DJ, producer and Hessle Audio co-founder Kevin McAuley aka Pangaea has just announced a 3-city tour spanning across Mumbai, Bangalore...

(news) Listen: ‘Life Forms’ By Dualist Inquiry

“If a cell has exactly three live neighbours, it’ll reborn.” Soundtracking excerpts from an educational lecture on cells, Sahej Bakshi aka...

(news) Wild City Mental Health Awareness Week

A 2018 study by the World Health Organisation declared India to be the most depressed country in the world. The survey, conducted by the National Care...

(news) KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival Celebrates 10th Anniversary

Branded as South Asia’s biggest and India’s first mainstream LGBTQ+ film festival, KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival will return...

(news) Watch: ‘Locality’ By MC Manmeet Kaur

In December 2018, we had the pleasure of watching MC Manmeet Kaur evolve from ‘Hip Hop Bahu’ to ‘Neophilia’, her sophomore album; to say the...

(news) Listen: 'Observation EP' By Stain

When New Delhi-based DJ and producer Sourodeep Guha is not leaving musical footprints through behind-the-scenes work at boxout.fm, he steps to the...

(news) Jeremy Underground Announces 2-City India Tour

Acclaimed French selector Jeremy Underground has just announced an India tour that sees him play at Mumbai’s Kitty Su and Bangalore’s Kitty Ko on...

(news) Spryk, Sarathy Korwar, Sub-Z & More Announced For Boxout Weekender 2019

boxout.fm has just announced the lineup for their two year anniversary celebration Boxout Weekender 2019. Taking place at New Delhi’s Summer House...

(features) An Unlikely Marriage: Indian Classical Music’s Century-Old Flirtation With Jazz

I was recently asked if there was jazz in India, a question related to my life experience of 5 years living there. I received the question with a...

(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) 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) 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) 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: 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) “Leaping Into Whatever I Don’t Know”: Kohra On Rediscovering Cultural Heritage, 17th-Century Poetry & Eternal Themes On ‘akhõ’

Madhav Shorey aka Kohra was in Mauritius for a gig when he decided to take a break, relax and meditate in the island’s serene natural landscapes....

(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) Spotlight: Manojna Yeluri (Artistik License)

Celebrating the immensely talented women enriching our music industry throughout the month of March with our specially curated series of mixes and...

(mixes) Wild City #203: Amarrass Records

As we try to differentiate our mix curation with the inclusion of our first mix from a label instead of it being representative of a single...

(mixes) Wild City #181: Yung.Raj

Yung.Raj hit us last year pretty much out of nowhere; his growth since has been nothing short of exponential. Since his debut EP 'Laced Loops', which...

(mixes) Wild City #164: 4lienetic

The past few days in New Delhi have been decidedly dreary – cold and wet, with a lingering blanket of rain. It's also the ideal weather to park...

(mixes) Wild City #160: Lefto

Tastemaker, selector, curator or “your favourite DJ's favourite DJ” is how Lefto is most often described. Each of those descriptions is nothing if...

(mixes) Wild City #145: Stalvart John

Stalvart John truly cemented his place within the Indian electronic music space in 2017. It’s undeservedly late as he’s been regularly making...

(events) International Jazz Day

The Piano Man Jazz Club in New Delhi will be joining global celebrations next week, giving credence to one of the world’s most widely appreciated...

(events) GULLY FEST

DIVINE DIVINE started his career as an underground rapper in 2011, his track ʻYeh Mera Bombayʼ received the best video award for the year by...

(events) Toxe B2B Mechatok

Toxe Swedish producer Toxe's sharp ascent through club-cursed climes has elicited the highest praise from the start. In just a few years she has...

(events) Neon East Fest 2019

Mura Masa Mura Masa is a Grammy winning producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Guernsey, UK. In 4 years, he has risen from a Soundcloud...