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VIDEO: BURN IT UP // Gods Robots [OUT NOW]

VIDEO: BURN IT UP // Gods Robots [OUT NOW]

By | May 18, 2013 at 5:52 pm | Comments

Since signing to SONY's FOLKTRONIC label Janaka Atugoda and Shridevi Keshavan aka GODS ROBOTS have defined a brand new sound in their latest track! Seamlessly blending English lyrics with a pop music edge, classical Indian instrumentation and bass heavy underground rhythms....

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Simon Thacker’s Svara-Kanti: RAKSHASA [OUT NOW]

Simon Thacker’s Svara-Kanti: RAKSHASA [OUT NOW]

By | May 18, 2013 at 5:03 pm | Comments

About a year and a half ago, we covered a stunning album called NADA ANANDA that featured the Nava Rasa Ensemble. This collection of powerful and innovative new music explored the synthesis of Indian and Western sounds and the interaction between the respective musicians. The...

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EARTH (Madin Remix) // Swaati [FREE DOWNLOAD]

EARTH (Madin Remix) // Swaati [FREE DOWNLOAD]

By | May 14, 2013 at 7:32 pm | Comments

Yes! Finally ... instead of English or Hindi or even Punjabi vocals set against drum 'n' bass, its the turn of GUJARATI! ... I'm thrilled the language has been given a chance! Who better to present the language than London's songstress and vocalist Swaati. I only came across her...

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RAM BHAJAN // Open Souls [FREE DOWNLOAD]

RAM BHAJAN // Open Souls [FREE DOWNLOAD]

By | May 14, 2013 at 7:00 pm | Comments

Incredible! If only those who produce those new Bollywood style bhajans had an ounce of creativity like these guys. Open Souls, a trio from London (whom we've blogged about before, here) have their first single out and its free! RAM BHAJAN is a devotional track set against...

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The Voice UK 2013 | Abi Sampa performs ‘Stop Crying Your Heart Out’

The Voice UK 2013 | Abi Sampa performs ‘Stop Crying Your Heart Out’

By | May 4, 2013 at 8:31 pm | Comments

ABI SAMPA's vocal's first hit out ears on a track called KALIYUGA by ENGINE EARZ EXPERIMENT ... she provided the Indian Classical ... more accurately, Carnatic vocals on the track. And just literally 30mins ago, Abi was on BBC's 'The Voice UK 2013' where she sang 'Stop Crying...

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Shift // Supersoul Connection Feat. Ayush Attri Sharma

Shift // Supersoul Connection Feat. Ayush Attri Sharma

By | May 4, 2013 at 7:36 pm | Comments

Our friends, SUPERSOUL CONNECTION based in Slovenia are a band with substance, whose aim is to spread a multicultural message of understanding, love, tolerance and peace, presented from a spiritual point of view. They have a brand spanking new track out called SHIFT which...

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DARK ROBOT // Audio Pervert [FREE DOWNLOAD]

DARK ROBOT // Audio Pervert [FREE DOWNLOAD]

By | May 4, 2013 at 6:37 pm | Comments

One half of the Delhi based electronica outfit Teddy Boy Kill, Audio Pervert aka Samrat B has a cracking new 20 track LP lined up for release this month called DARK ROBOT. We’re really excited about the album because this guy is doesn’t conform to trends but aims to speak...

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A fearless Indian woman’s journey | The Empress by Tanika Gupta

A fearless Indian woman’s journey | The Empress by Tanika Gupta

By | April 1, 2013 at 7:50 pm | Comments

Uncover the remarkable hidden stories of ayah Rani and servant Abdul Karim as Tanika Gupta’s new play, The Empress, brings Victorian London to life in a way never seen before. On in the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon from 11 April – 4 May, the play features a cast that...

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Gig Guide: Alchemy | Southbank Centre [10 April 2013 - 29 April 2013]

Gig Guide: Alchemy | Southbank Centre [10 April 2013 - 29 April 2013]

By | April 1, 2013 at 2:06 pm | Comments

Its that time of the year again and being in the month of April can only mean one thing at Southbank Centre, and thats the annual festival, ALCHEMY. Dedicated to the music, dance, literature, design and debate from India, the UK and South Asia, there will be a dazzling array of...

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Freefall (Live in the studio) // Polaroid 85

Freefall (Live in the studio) // Polaroid 85

By | April 1, 2013 at 12:34 pm | Comments

Our friends, Polaroid 85 never cease to amaze us. This stunning live studio version of their track 'Freefall' is perfect for one of those long drives in the summer, reminds me of Nitin Sawhney's 'Bring It Home' featuring Imogen Heap. Grab their debut EP, 'Fuzzy...

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Missing A Beat // GODS ROBOTS on BALCONY TV: DELHI

Missing A Beat // GODS ROBOTS on BALCONY TV: DELHI

By | March 26, 2013 at 3:23 pm | Comments

Super excited about this next band, consisting of two of our friends, Janaka Selekta and ShriiK who make up GODS ROBOTS. They have just signed with SONY's FOLKTRONIC label out in India and I'm psyched about their next album. Going by what they have produced together and...

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Doppelganger // Dualist Inquiry [FREE DOWNLOAD]

Doppelganger // Dualist Inquiry [FREE DOWNLOAD]

By | March 20, 2013 at 10:18 pm | Comments

DOPPELGANGER is the debut LP by India’s Sahej Bakshi who goes by the moniker Dualist Inquiry. Probably one of most affable sounding album I’ve heard so far this year. With a delicate balance of guitar based rock, EDM and with a handful sprinkling of glitch hop for good...

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‘CONNECTED’ Live Show // Akshai Sarin

‘CONNECTED’ Live Show // Akshai Sarin

By | March 18, 2013 at 8:44 pm | Comments

Would you believe it, we last posted about this next gentleman back in 2010 when this site was as fresh as a daisy! And I had just come across India's answer to Paul Van Dyke and Massive Attack, this still remains true. Akshai Sarin, the prolific Mumbai based...

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Apollo // Banco De Gaia [Out in April]

Apollo // Banco De Gaia [Out in April]

By | March 9, 2013 at 12:19 pm | Comments

Banco de Gaia is an electronic music band from England, formed in 1989 by Toby Marks. The music of Banco de Gaia is best categorized as ambient dub, but Marks works to cross genres, often using Arabic and Middle Eastern samples against a bassheavy reggae, rock,...

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Subsonic Devotion // Dub Kirtan All Stars [FREE DOWNLOAD]

Subsonic Devotion // Dub Kirtan All Stars [FREE DOWNLOAD]

By | March 7, 2013 at 10:41 pm | Comments

Dub Kirtan All Stars was formed by David Starfire and FreQ Nasty to fuse bass-heavy underground dance music with Yoga Kirtan, the call and response chants of Indian devotional traditions. They are a live band/DJ collective that tears down the boundaries between bleeding edge...

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