News

Unnayanaa & Pawas Collaborate To Blur House & Folktronica On ‘OMM’

The two house-heads, Bangalore-based Prashanth Pallemoni aka Unnayanaa and Berlin-based Pawas, have come together on the EP 'OMM' – but instead of creating a sum of their parts, they offer works that ultimately differ from any of their discography. Sure, there is Pawas' characteristic oomph-laden...

‘Elastic’ Marks Sourya Sen’s Most Cohesive Exploration Of Memory Yet

While Sourya Sen has previously also delved into his memory and distilled what he found into...

Skulk Introduces Her Sophomore Art-Pop Album 'Skin' With A Psychedelic Rock-Influenced Title Track

After sporadically offering off-kilter art-pop work for over half a decade, Katyayini Gargi aka...

Stain Returns To The Smoky Space Between Dub & Club On 'Under The Influence'

New Delhi's Sourodeep Guha aka Stain recently put out a new EP entitled 'Under The Influence',...

Digging In India & Songs for a Tired City Combine Modular Synthesis With Quirky Self-Help Tapes On ‘Feeling So Good’

I am generally wary of spoken word samples being thrown into musical work, as if the producer...

Features

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 events called Algoraves where they generate music and visuals live through coding. Enter one such...

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 become more and more of a who's who of the genre in India. More starkly, with compilations often being...

Mixes

Wild City #254: Jay Drive

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

Wild City #253: UKato

New Delhi's UKato distills his usual fare of breakbeats (which has got him to some of the genre's...

Wild City #252: Unnayanaa B2B Hamza Rahimtula

As a tag team digging through their combined vinyl collection, Unnayanaa and Hamza Rahimtula have...

Wild City #251: Rajah Betta

The influence of Bombay sometimes comes through gently included but obviously present samples likely...

Wild City #250: Stick No Bills

All around the world in dance music, the South Asian diaspora is carving a space for the culture...

Wild City #249: Paloma

In its first quarter itself, Paloma's Wild City mix connects the low-end rattling bass of Joy...