News

That Boy Roby Set Out To Mix Haryanvi Ragini With Dub, End Up With A Psych-Rock Jam

Returning after 5 years on the release front, Chandigarh trio That Boy Roby set out to combine Haryana's folk art of Ragini with quick-footed bass-heavy dub on their new single 'Haryana Calling'. Instead, the traditional vocal warbling of the former echoes out more like the chiming guitar chords...

Rajah Betta Flips Classic Ad Jingles & South Asian Cultural Memory For The Club On 'Offcuts'

After shifting back to India last year, Mumbai-born NYC-honed DJ and producer Sagar aka Rajah Betta...

Yung Singh Launches Label 'EKTA' With New Single 'NUG46'

Yung Singh, one of the leading South Asian diaspora voices to emerge out of UK dancefloors, grows...

Sick Industry Infuses Doomer Pop With A Rocker's Energy On Debut EP 'Rust in the Economy'

Delhi's Shreya Gajbhiye has stepped beyond the occasional vinyl DJing, her rock band Ladyship and...

Somnium Monkey Mixes Ambient, Raagas, Power Electronics & More On Double EP

Hyderabad composer-producer Aswin Narayanan aka Somnium Monkey just released a double EP with...

Features

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 were designed to make music-making more accessible to women and underrepresented voices in...

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. Starting from the confluence of indie-pop and R&B, and then occasionally dipping into hip-hop, the...

Mixes

Wild City #259: Chutney Mary

As the person behind the gender diversity-centring club night QRAVE and the informative gatherings...

Wild City #258: Vishal Unni

Though Vishal Unni's Wild City mix lands in the techno territory, it is hardly about slamming drums...

Wild City #257: Nida x Choksi x Rafiki (ParaDisco)

Our latest Wild City mix from the dancefloors of ParaDisco, the party series founded by Mumbai's...

Wild City #256: EBITDA

After closing for the likes of Joy Orbison on nights like The Warehouse Project and going B2B with...

Wild City #255: Femme Music

Musician Sanoli Chowdhury and her manager Vinod Gadher (with past experience managing Talvin Singh...

Wild City #254: Jay Drive

One of the steadily rising electro and house selectors of the country, New Delhi's Jaidev Kaushik...