Features
Review: Sunburn Festival 2012
Sunburn surprised us. Sitting in Bangalore, Bombay, or Delhi, it’s easy to get lost in our own little world. We complain about the size of the scene, always wanting more, and forgetting how...
Review: Experimenting With Cocaine
There’s just no way to write this review without talking about the name. We really wish there was.Cocaine.That’s the name of the club. Somebody made a terrible mistake. We’ll leave it at...
Top 10 Indian Producers To Watch Out For In 2013
Lay down the incredulity you reserve for the undeserving on end-of-year lists. This isn’t that round-up. We’re not looking back or patting backs. In 2013, we’re looking to widen roads for...
Get To Know: Praxis (BASSFoundation)
“What one wants is so fucking simple. Just a room with a big sound system and someone selling beers that won’t cost you an arm and a leg.” - PraxisAs a nerdy white DJ who moved to India to do a...
Weekending: NH7 Bangalore Review
The smartest thing the minds behind the Bacardi NH7 Weekender do is to cut the festival up into bite-sized pieces: instead of a single, vast, dust-ridden field, you get six manageable, more or less...
Eating For A Living: An Interview With Delh406826's Top 3 Food Critics
Food, music and nightlife have a strange relationship in India.Night-owls expect nothing less than to be able to bask in a 3-course meal or buffet at 2am in any nightclub or bar, and disco dancers...
Interview: Michal Menert (Pretty Lights Music)
Michal Menert takes the stage at the Bacardi NH7 Weekender, Pune. He resembles the Shining’s Jack Torrance as if he were handed a second shot at life, wrapped in a grey shirt and striped maroon tie....
Chasing The Mirage: Ragasthan Festival Review
Part One: Logistics This post should be about something else. It should be a post about the many musical acts – some brilliant and others less so – that graced the stages of Ragasthan. And...
"Tiger & Woods: "5 Tracks That Inspire Us"
Later this week, Heineken Green Room, a series of intimate, invite-only events is due to feature the enigmatic and elusive disco duo Tiger & Woods. The events taking place in New Delhi, Mumbai and...
How To Start A Record Label In India
Madhav (a.k.a Kohra) and I set up Qilla Records in 2010. The idea back then was to have a publishing platform for sounds that we enjoyed as selectors as well as appreciated as producers. What better...