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Revisiting 'Women In Electronic Music' & The Role Of Ableton In Shaping New Voices
Nearly 7 years ago, Wild City hosted its latest iteration of 'Women In Electronic Music' (later to be prefaced as 'Selector Pro'), a series of music production workshops between 2017 and 2019 that...
Review: RANJ Finds A Friend In Swaggering Rhythms On Debut Mixtape ‘27 CLUB’
Since the start of this decade, Ranjani Ramadoss aka RANJ has slowly risen as one of the leading new artists in the alternative music space of India, mostly in combination with producer Clifr....
Review: On ‘Babylon’s Camp’, Swadesi’s BamBoy Keeps Dubstep Political But In The Indian Context As Kaali Duniya
Dubstep has always been political, and so has Tushar Adhav. The Mumbai-based producer, known as BamBoy when he is providing the beats for the likes of socio-conscious hip-hop collective Swadesi,...
Review: 'The Mumbai Exchange' Presents A Love Letter To 80s/90s Indian Disco-Pop
Australia's Ziggy Zeitgeist (the drummer behind Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange) and the UK's Lewis Moody have followed up 'The Napoli Exchange', their debut album as EX GENERATION, with the new LP:...
Review: ‘Algorave India Compilation One’ Marks a Milestone for India’s Creative Coders
For about 7 years now, a thriving pocket of Algoravers has existed in India. For the uninitiated, since the beginning of the last decade and with roots far beyond, creative coders have gathered for...
Review: ONNO Collective’s ‘20g’ Showcases India’s Experimental Fringe with Disco Puppet, Pardafash, Krishna Jhaveri & More
Through live events, releases and mixes, ONNO Collective has become one of the leading new platforms championing the leftfield musicians of India, and the 4th edition sees its annual compilation...
"Speaking Back To History In Real-Time": Tarun Balani On How The India-Pakistan Conflict Weighed On His Album Release
When the Hindus from the Sindh region left their homes in the aftermath of the blood-soaked partition of India and Pakistan, growing concerned about their place in the effectively non-secular new...
"This Is House Music for House Heads": Hamza Rahimtula Brings Rajasthan Folkstars To The Dancefloor — Without the Fusion
Hamza Rahimtula was cutting his teeth in the New York house music scene during his college years, delivering DJ sets alongside live instrumentalists (percussionist Frank Bambara being a notable...
Review: Gauley Bhai’s Sophomore Album ‘Sunbari’ Bridges Community Roots With Sonic Refinement
It’s remarkable that in the age when artists are constantly advised to punctuate every few months with a release (and it seems like most big names do) to keep bending audience and industry...
Review: 'Kali' Sees Ditty Blending Protest With Intimate Truths
Evidently, it’s tricky to carry the torch from protest-driven beat poetry-inspired folk singer-songwriters like Joan Baez and Bob Dylan without sounding like a tribute to the said acts and their...