A work in progress Indie artist, Aditya Kambhampatiis a Mumbai based singer, songwriter and producer. His songs talk about personal and random musings, relatable feelings, simpler thoughts and he tries to decode them using metaphors of life.

Despite working as Product Manager in the Finance Industry for years and being a "bad banker" as he'd like to call himself, Aditya has sailed in both boats of corporate and music pretty smoothly. In 2020, his Debut EP "The Green Room Project," received rave reviews by the most reputed music publicists.

His first single Tukda was also cherry picked on one of the top Indie Music playlists on Spotify. Most of his music releases have been placed on most heard independent playlists on multiple audio streaming platforms. His single Lacuna Riff entered one of the top Rock Music Playlists “Rock In India” on Spotify and stayed in it for over 8 months.

Since his debut single which released in 2019, his music has garnered decent fuel and listenership in a span of 3 years considering all of his music was released purely independently. His songs have raked over 50k streams on all audio platforms and have been heard in over 50 countries.

Aditya is currently working on his 2nd EP which is going to have a completely fresh sound-board compared to his earlier work. This upcoming EP has been under works for about 2 years and it’s an extremely personal piece of work.

“The Classroom Project talks about the childhood that has gone by from the point of view of a grown man. It tries to encapsulate the visions, memories and elements that were once so important to us and how we lived to our fullest while our minds being least corrupted and stakes being too low. All song lyrics are in "past tense" as if someone's looking back at the childhood and getting consumed in nostalgia” says Kambhampati.

Kambhampatiwillbereleasing each song on every Friday in November at a gap of 1 week starting today Friday 04th November, with all songs bundled into an EP once all songs have been released. This way he feels each song gets the time it deserves from a promotional aspect. 

Here is a lowdown on each track in his own words:

Fati Parchi:

This song covers the emotion and excitement of the late teens/early twenties age. The times when we have seen a little bit of world and life and feel we were the kings and could do what feels right and change the world. Reality is far from this. We are just as naïve and stupid as we were. At this stage in life, no matter what we do it's never too late because the stakes are too low most often. So take a backseat and chill-out as pass or fail don't really matter.

Sirhaane:

This song encapsulates the little safe secrets that we still hold on to in our hearts. The stuff we did as early teenagers. This is an ode to the firsts in our lives which we accomplished on our own while nobody watched. The first night sneak-out, first cycle ride, first ice cream in winters and so on.... A lot of stuff we did back in the day feels like no-big-deal in hindsight, but we still conserve those crazy secrets in our hearts, nobody knows why. Sirhaane is an ode to those crazy yet sweet times.  

Bane Khile:

Bane Khile is a poetic description of the chaos and innocence that we carried when we were 7-10 years old. It talks about how we feared school punishments more than death, how we were so unaffected and unaware of societal class and divides, how spending a few good hours on the playground meant more than anything. We used to get hurt and get wounded too often, but every wound was a memorable day in our lives. This song is an ode to the wound, the stains, the fears, the memories we made back in the day.

Gulmohar:

Gulmohar is basically poetry coming out of a grown man looking back at his childhood and realizing that it all just went by in a flash. This song talks about how we all have consumed decades in trying to lead a better and settled life but somewhere left our childhoods far behind. However, a child inside a man never dies. He keeps coming back and forth in moments and flashes. It is up to us how we savor those moments and try to bring a little bit of color in our lives and keep the child in us alive.

Collated by Verus Ferreira