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More than a decade after its beginnings in 2013, Runt, the alternative rock project led by Mumbai-bred singer-songwriter and producer Siddharth Basrur, arrives with...
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Runt’s eponymous album Is a Gritty, Honest Debut Rooted in Alternative Rock
Sambit Chatterjee’s ‘Letters for Inca’ Is a Labour of Love and Genre – Fluid Experimentation
Khokkosh.’s ‘Public Fluid and Digital Remembrance’ drowns you with unhinged sound design and graphic writing
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The Colour Of Music aka Synesthesia: Inside the Minds That See Sound
20 sound engineering terms musicians need to know for their next soundcheck
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AI Music: How Big Is It, What Are the Laws, and Why It Matters to You
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From Shabad to Trap: The Unstoppable Evolution of Rashmeet Kaur
“You can’t really fake curiosity or love for a language or culture just to chase an audience” – In Conversation With Damini Bhatla
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Music, to me, has always been a soft embrace, something that lulls me to sleep, listens to my woes, and offers a steady shoulder...
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According to khokkosh a.k.a. Yashomati Parveen, this is an electronic album presented with a pop lens and I would tend to agree. Just because...
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In the history of music appreciation and criticism, oftentimes records have been rewarded with the term “honest” — in keeping with the tradition of...
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Let it be known, listening to droning modular synths while you are delirious with a fever is not ever, a good call. Let it...
Opinion
Put on five different Rashmeet Kaur songs back-to-back, and you could be forgiven for thinking you were listening to five different artists. There’s the...
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Mumbai-based Art/Alt-Rock band Daira have released their latest single ‘Basar’ on 25th September, accompanied by a music video. The date also marks 5 years...
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Photo Courtesy: Abhishek Gupta Sulfur Sky is a Mumbai based Synthwave project by Siddharth Chopra formed over the lockdown this year. He had been...
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The rise of alternative music in India has given space to artists hailing from all genres of music. With the advent of home production...
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Delhi based Azadi Records and Mumbai’s Gully Gang Entertainment’s very first collaboration is a track titled ‘Dum Pishaach’ and is produced by Gully Gang’s...
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Let’s rewind the clocks a touch all the way back to 2004. The relatively tenderfoot indie music environment in Delhi consisting of a few...
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An enticing amassment of beautiful ambient guitar tones coupled with a byzantine arrangement of odd-time signatures, Krishna Peri’s new release “Across the Horizon” highlights...
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Every few weeks there are so many singles released by both, renowned musicians as well as new ones, that it can be difficult to...
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You know an indie album stands out in 2020 when it makes your classic rock and jazz enthusiast father turn his head to ask...
Interview
Letterz was a studio project conceived as early as 2010 by Tejas Narayan. It took almost eight years until 2018, for Letterz as an...
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It is no easy task to overcome cultural differences when collaborating on creative projects. As much as possible, humans like to live in our...
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Aditya Kambhampati is a Mumbai based independent singer, songwriter and producer. ‘The Green Room Project’ is his first EP, which is a mixtape of...
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Vedant Chandra (27) aka Iam ALBOE is a Delhi-based producer cum singer songwriter who released the first single from his upcoming album on August 14. Iam...
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Fusing two immiscible genres into something novel is a prime example of what artists are capable of when left within a framework of experimentation....
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What happens when you combine an exquisite and soulful musical arrangement laid out against a dreamy soundscape, which is further complimented by beautiful and...
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The world of electronic music is beautiful. With producers gaining full control over their sound due to technological advancements, we see glorious results of...