Pluto Monkey Chronicles The Punjab Region With 'Lahore Express'

Pluto Monkey aka Antriksh Mohapatra, who has erstwhile worked under his real name with Dhruv Visvanath and Fat Yellow Moon, has just released a new single entitled 'Lahore Express', turning towards the region of Punjab (in both India and Pakistan) for inspiration.

The New Delhi producer demonstrates his penchant for sample-rich compositions as he evaluates the region's eventful history, using a train that ran between Amritsar and Lahore to inform his imagery. Offering a straightforward groove of jazz-tinged keyboards and drums at the outset, Mohapatra begins to introduce rhythms from local instruments, samples of street noises and heated conversation, before giving a melodic tale with elaborate sitar lines – presenting a parade of colours over the light-heartedness of bebop-style backing.

Listen to the single below and follow Pluto Monkey on Instagram for more information.

Artwork by Srabanti Dasgupta