In the Mood for sax

From a music career that began about 25 years ago, his boyish grin and tall frame have made him a youth icon very different from any other Indian music artist. Teen music sensation from Mumbai, Rhys Sebastian D’souza, has regaled audiences to some mind-blowing classics from artists such as Kenny G, Sonny Rollins and Grover Washington among many others. He is in many ways the undisputed hero in jazz instrumental music for the moment.

My music is genre free - Papon

Papon (Angaraag Mahanta) is a talented singer. Composer, programmer, producer - born in Assam. A very gifted music artist, 37 year old Papon formed an electronic folk-fusion band called Papon and The East India Company which has performed in the SAARC Music Band Festival. He has been a part of MTV Coke Studio 2013, has performed at NH7, and has also appeared in the sixth episode of The Dewarists with Rabbie Shergill and many other Indian festivals.

“Our new album is far indulging that our debut effort”: Barefaced Liar

After the much lauded release of their first single Mind Over Matter in September, Delhi based modern rock band Barefaced Liar recently released their album of the same name across all digital platforms.

“The Indian reggae scene is still in its infancy but the movement is growing.” Reggae Rajahs.

The music of Bob Marley was once a craze. Reggae music has come a long way since then. India has its own sound of Reggae with a huge part of the credit is due to the Reggae Rajahs We had an opportunity to talk to the Delhi based band to know on their journey, about the emerging reggae and dancehall scene in India and how reggae became part of their musical landscape. Here’s the exclusive interview documenting their progress to date on a mission to reggae-fy the sub-continent.

“Don’t expect results instantly”- Anish Sood to new Deejays.

As one of the busiest DJs in the country, Anish Sood is among those who have taken the Indian dance music industry by storm. The Goa-based DJ/producer has been immersed in the country’s dance music scene, as an artist and as a fan, since 2006, and has experienced the growth of the country’s dance music industry first hand.

Got the Bombay Blues?

Tanuja Desai Hidier is a writer/singer-songwriter, born and raised in the USA and now based in London. Her first novel, ‘Born Confused’, the first ever South Asian American coming-of-age story, set in the context of New York City’s bhangra/underground club scene was held in high esteem leaving a lasting impression on anyone who read it. Hidier took on the role of musician when she released ‘When we were Twins’ an album of original songs based on ‘Born Confused’. It was featured in Wired Magazine for being a first-ever booktrack;

Colors of Abiogenesis

If you have not heard of the Nagaland band Abiogenesis, we won’t blame you. Neither did we know about them. We spotted them by chance at an event in Mumbai where they had come to perform for ‘Colors of North East Festival’ in early August 2015. Their performance at the event left everyone spellbound. Their music was nothing short of something exotic, something we had never heard at all, though they claimed to have performed in Mumbai several times.

“As a soloist it has been a learning experience for me” Nucleya

He is a one-man army under the onstage alias ‘Nucleya’ and is regarded as a pioneer of the dubstep genre in India. Beginning his career in the late ’90s as a co-founder of Bandish Projekt along with friend and long-time collaborator Mayur Narvekar, Udyan Sagar which is his real name, decided to switch places with BP to ‘work with different styles of music’. Today Nucleya has dabbled in genres like Bollywood and glitch-hop and has performed at several international music festivals like Glastonbury, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Lille 3000 and the Electron Festival in Switzerland exposing his music to a very different sort of audience.

“Its important to have a blend of all genres which makes the mix different” – Bombay Bassment

This band’s performance is truly vibrant, lively and dynamic. Bobkat the rapper knows how to get his crowd to swing, be it at a club in your neighbourhood or at a music festival. Bombay Bassment rocks, blending genres of hip-hop, rap, reggae, funk, Dancehall and Drum ‘n Bass.

“Creativity of an artist matters more than the gender.” – DJ Kini Rao

With rhythm in her soul, funk in her attitude, Kini has been steadily creating waves in the house music scene in India. Starting off as resident DJ at Poison Hyderabad, Kini rose through the ranks to open for headline acts such as dOP, Darren Emerson, Dale Anderson and Anil Chawla (Global Underground), Djuma Soundsystem, James Harcourt (Twisted Frequency) and Jody Wisternoff (Way OutWest).