MC Kash And The Immediacy Of Authenticity

Authenticity in music is rare. I absorb music as the arrogant among us absorb themselves, though subject to an inbuilt figurative moisture barrier. That which is insincere remains away from me to evaporate, as far away from me as possible, left to pollute our collective environment. Conversely, that which is sincere never leaves me. I am admittedly mercenary with my musical tastes. But I cannot internalize that which is clearly forged to serve the lowest common denominator. I am the music snob archetype, and I revel in this shamelessly. …

Keeping track of Sandunes’ rapid evolution over the past six months or so has never been hard on the ears, but this remix of the Shaai’r + Func banger ‘Oops’ represents a new level in her musical development. Sandunes has always placed her production in the future garage space, but although her tracks have borrowed bits and pieces from the genre, none have fully embraced its dancefloor potential in the way that this remix does. …

The sixth installment of Club Transmediale’s Polymorphism series will see Charanjit Singh performing live at Berlin’s legendary techno institution Berghain for the first time.

The album ‘Synthesizing : Ten Ragas and a Disco Beat’ originally came out in 1982 but went largely unnoticed.  It was re-released in 2010 to critical acclaim and is considered by many to be the first Acid House album that was ever made.  Multi -instrumentalist Charanjit who had been producing Bollywood film music in the 60s and 70s took a trip to Singapore in the early 80s in order to buy the state of the art Roland sound machines TB-808 (1981), TB-303 (1982) and Jupiter-8 (1981). …

Following his storming international set at the legendary SXSW earlier this year, Delhi based minimal electronica producer Hashback Hashish is keeping the momentum going with his latest EP ‘Sometimes I Go Crazy’ due for release on 10 June via Irish label Nice & Nasty. …

Newest kid on the block – Pippin Pip’s been rousing much intrigue for multiple reasons. For starters, he’s animated – and not just in a lively sense.

As a virtual music producer, he’s got an elaborate plan for an audio-visual setup to go with his live set which promises to feature sounds within a post- dubstep space. …

We’ve been hearing a lot about this electro swing torch bearing duo and their dynamic act. MADBOY/MINK are now known to unabashedly grime up venues with their mash ups and live improv over samples from the swing and big band era. At their gigs, Imaad Shah and Saba Azad have their hands full with keys, buttons, knobs and faders, (not to mention mics, guitars, and synths) while dishing out their tunes. …

Perhaps it shouldn’t be surprising, but Motionsphere – a collaboration between Sandunes and Paralights – sounds exactly like it ought to. Paralights’ electro-indie sensibility joins seamlessly with the more avant-garde bass of Sandunes. As most of the subcontinent begins to heat up, the track comes at the perfect time; a languid sun drenched tune that begs for a tall beverage of the cold and alcoholic variety, a balcony as the sun goes down, and perhaps a healthy does of existential ennui. …

Identity is something of an anomaly in this age of digitisation. It’s at the heart of what most storytellers try to retain but a majority tend to lose that human element somewhere in between crunched input and trending technology. Which is what makes Arjun Jassal and Aazar Aanis  Delhi Hectic such a remarkable feat. They are, after all, the blooded veins that pumped life into what many might describe as an ambitious concept–an attempt to ‘cynically laugh at the soul of Delhi,’ a capital under scrutiny, through their own instagram graphic novel. …

There’s much to be said about the relationship between the space within which a piece of art is created, and the piece of art itself. The same is true for music. Attribute it to sound proofing, or ambient lighting – music is still only as good as the space within which it’s made. …

We first spotted D_Poet through his recent remix of Sulk Station’s Piya II. We had hoped for a fresh new sound in India’s bass music scene, and his latest offering, When Sherlock Got High, suggests that we can count on D_Poet delivering. …