Anyasa speaks about his first EP - 'Gaya' under his new artistic identity', his association with Anjunadeep Records & his own Anjuna connection, his thoughts on house music, & much more...

The Goa bred artist has found an authentic sound that, true to his name, channels feminine energy in a grounded, effortless and nurturing way. The simplicity factor that is at the core of his creative process has really worked in favour of the music, letting the vocals shine all through the record.

One Sunday evening, a couple of days after Diwali, I was walking through the Sanjay Gandhi National park in Mumbai - my little escape from the big city. It was close to sunset and nature’s orchestra was just warming up to take over the sonic scape of the night. On this day, I had been in a rather brooding mood, which is particularly rare in my case…one of the few times when life had got the better of me. I was subconsciously searching for a sign that life is beautiful - as if I really needed one - a silver lining.

Then as if out of a movie scene, a kid on a bicycle with her phone in her back pocket drove past me, and from her phone speaker, ‘Pran’ by Ritviz was playing at a rather modest volume. She had an innocent and joyful abandon about her as she clumsily rode her bicycle while bobbing her head to the beat. At that moment, it appeared to me like she, I, the park, and indeed all of Mumbai was dancing to the same tune. We were one with the music and in harmony with nature.

About fifteen mins later, I saw a bunch of kids sitting in a circle on the rocks, enjoying the sunset with just one phone speaker and another Ritviz track that very evidently was leading them into an almost inebriated state of bliss. But this wasn't the effect of Old Monk or Kingfisher...it was just the music. Because it understands you. And when you understand that, then life is never the same.

So who is Ritviz, the man behind the music? A young man just hopelessly in love with life..? Read on and find out!

Bric á Brac’s music puts together sonic snippets and significant moments from his life in a highly intriguing way. Just like its namesake, seemingly random elements are ornamentally intertwined to reveal the bigger picture like a jigsaw puzzle, or a bouquet of assorted & personal sentiments.

His debut record ‘Specimen 001’ owes much of its existence to many cherished moments, significant places, special people, and an eloquent poetic nostalgia that binds it all together beautifully with the mucilage of the artist’s own unique expression. Immaculately integrating his own individuality into a larger collective coherence, Bric á Brac has unmistakably put a part of his soul into the record, which makes it resonate with a profound and sincere sheen.

Spatialize’s sublime musical expression is a result of early exposure to his grandmother’s piano, discovering the digital keyboard & the power of sampling, being a bassist in bands, and last but not least “being left to his own devices” (literally). All of these constituted vital parts of his journey and germinated into a vast body of work that displays his signature open, organic, psychedelic sound.

The two albums featured here are ‘Squaring the Circle’ which consolidates some of his earlier works and ‘Searching for the Source’ - a nod to the eternal search for meaning that mankind has embarked upon. The UK-based artist also shares several gold nuggets of wisdom from his three-decade-long experience as a musician, and gently confirms the fact electronic music can really flow from the heart.

Kojo’s triple album ‘Yes I Can’ is a chronicling of the Israeli artist’s personal and professional developmental journey over the past several years. He dives deep into the abyss to return with a multifaceted triple threat of a record that is a healthy convolution between the sounds of psytrance, downtempo and last but certainly not least, the artists own interpretation of what these words stand for.

Being an active propagator of authentic electronic music through his brainchild ‘Fusion Culture’, just like the rest of his peers, Kojo is all set to catapult electronic music culture to new heights with this gritty, honest, unabashedly bold and cutting edge offering ‘Yes I Can’.

The Israeli music scene seems to be the gift that keeps on giving to the rest of the world. Absalon is a prime example of such an artist who bends the conventional norms of electronic music, gently sailing into new sonic shores.

His latest EP ‘The Mind’ released on The Rust Music Label is an absolutely meditative yet intense trip that does full justice to the complex human construct that the record is named after. The producer brandishes floating melodies over crystalline soundscapes that unfurl in irrefutable organic detail. For those of us who dig well-engineered, emotive and experimental music, this EP will effortlessly lift your spirits off the ground and keep you there for a while too.

Breger is a well-known force in the electronic music scene in India. The Goa-based German artist has been propagating his unique brand of techno/house/psychedelic music across seas for over 15 years, and it’s not possible to spend even a week in Goa without landing up at one of his parties. His subliminal style varies from minimal to savage techno, and reflects his dark and groovy approach with a psychedelic twist. He has always pushed the boundaries of dance music, bending genres seamlessly to create his unique sound.

In this ‘Innerview’, Breger talks about his musical background and influences, how he conceived his signature sound, and also some fun facts and interesting tidbits about his last 3 EPs which includes ‘For The Culture’ - an EP that he made in his jungle studio in Goa during the first lockdown, and is evidently in support of the underground music culture that he has been such a vital part of. His vast body of work and contribution to the underground electronic music scene speaks for itself, and I’m stoked to see what he has in store for us in the future!

Smigonaut’s latest EP ‘New Escape’ brings a pleasing melodic melange and a nonchalant swing into bass music - a rather unique sound that the Boston-based electronic artist is well-known for.

Striking a highly refined balance between the experimental ingredients and a solid 2&4 stomp, this three-track trip combines exciting sonic elements in a manner that will send you shimmying across the floor and at the same time, never leave you lacking for low-end. Intelligent, sensitive, groovy and energetic, ‘New Escape’ is one of the hottest EPs to drop in the left-field neuro bass sonic sector this year.

Berlin-based Avilente’s ‘Along The Shores Of An Infinite Memory’ takes us through a poetic and pensive passage of ideas of universal karmic memory, akashic libraries and quantum physics alike. Believing in the premise that “As conscious beings, we receive and give back into this ocean of memory and this cycle repeats endlessly”, this ambient downtempo journey is a sonic visualization of standing and drifting back and forth along the shorelines of the infinite cosmic memory.

Flore’s ‘Rituals Remixes 1 & 2’ were born out of the success of last year’s ‘Rituals’ album. These tracks are imbued with a focused and powerful reverie that bear testimony to her long and compelling career.

The dynamic French producer talks about her journey as a female musician/DJ, personal challenges, becoming the first woman in France to become an Ableton-certified trainer & going back to her musical roots. She also shares her influences and some rudimentary advice, while herself being an inspiration to all.

Multi-genre music producer and bonafide all-rounder Gardnsound continues his ambient journey with ‘Atmospheres’, a radiant and breezy 6-track long waft. The album was created completely with hardware instruments, and fully hands-on without automation of any parameters to get a humanized feel.

The artist, who is also known for his association with glitch-wizard and Ableton guru Mr. Bill, runs a multifaceted company ‘Easy Peasy Pro’ which provides personalized and customized technical & repair solutions and happens to be a prolific proponent of the DIY philosophy which he intrinsically wove into the creation of this record.

Swiss sound-sorcerer Ecention dedicates his debut album ‘Ancient Knowledge’ to our ancestors and cultures, whose deep wisdom and universal knowledge set up the foundations of modern human civilization as we know it. Using layers of organic instruments and textures combined with electronic sounds, he narrates a tale as old as time that takes us from the origins of humanity to our existing state of edification and material development. The album is out on ‘Merkaba Music’, a label well known for organic electronic music.

Eartha Harris’s brand new EP 'Soft Apolalypse’ proposes a realistic interpretation of a word reserved for often dramatized global calamities. Eartha has actively incorporated social and environmental elements into her art for over two decades under her well-known alias ‘Living Light’ among other projects, and this self-titled branch out occurred as a natural development to satisfy her desire to give a separate life and identity to sonic expressions at faster tempi while maintaining a conscious message which is as relevant as ever.

The music seeks to paint such a picture that, as explicitly evidenced by recent times, the processes of growth and destruction happen continuously, in the now, rather than at some cinematic climax, and it will take our collective awareness in each moment to have hope for a better future. These groovy and grounded tracks bring these points to light, and the artist’s own description probably explains it best: “Cosmic dub house for the global dance floor”

Few artists can claim to be truly unique and original, and Indian electronic musician Mayur Narvekar is definitely among them. The maverick producer, who is known as the ‘don of Indian bass music’ and the ‘kingpin of Indian neuro’, is still going strong with his two-decade-plus long career. He has worked under different aliases like ‘Bandish Projekt’ and ‘Mosillator’ and has been a key figure involved in radically changing the landscape of electronic music in India.

With his work in the brand new Amazon Prime Video show ‘Sherni' and a plethora of projects in various creative situations under his belt over the past years, it is evident that he regularly pushes the envelope of musicality, invents new sub-genres and has time and again shown his individuality, versatility and artistic vision.

His latest EP ‘Spectrum’ that released recently on the esteemed 4NC¥ label under his purely electronic avatar ‘Mosillator’, naturally happens to be some of the most intense and conceptually intricate bass music out there today.

Gio Makyo’s newest album “Shade” in the avatar of ‘Jinniyah’ explores the melancholy of loss and the concepts of zen & space through a unique mix of chillstep and downtempo trance. Inspired by the literary & cinematic works of romantic poet and politician Lord Byron & surrealist filmmaker David Lynch, and the fearlessness of author Arundhati Roy, the hauntingly beautiful and ethereal music of Jinniyah can transport you to a moody and mysterious world.

Daniel Troberg is an LA-based producer, DJ and Dublab radio host, with over 2 decades of experience in the world of electronic music. His recent release ‘Cracker Jacks’ which is out on experimental electronic label and multidisciplinary arts collective ‘Detroit Underground’ is a bold and edgy techno-esque jaunt that manages to hint at and even draw out a subtle sense of humour from the realm of machines. His extensive background of computers and hands-on knowledge of noise-making machines like the Eurorack Modular, Octarack and Hydrasynth, the latter two of which he has been directly involved with, has put him in an effortlessly commandeering position when it comes to making circuits sing, shriek, bounce and bobble at his will.

Daniel has also just put out an ambient album “Cold Entry” which shows his depth and versatility as an artist. He says this about the record: "These songs explore aquatic themes through slowly moving, lightly distorted, vast, noisy and sometimes melodic soundscapes. Water, depth, and pressure have been the main inspirations for this album." Being an avid scuba diver, he has masterfully translated the underwater diving experience into a truly immersive soundtrack that is quite contrary to, and yet reciprocal & synergetic to ‘Cracker Jacks’.

Indian beatmaker and bonafide wunderkid Yung Raj explores existentialism and the monotonous side-effects of the pandemic with his usual animated flair in his new EP ‘Unalive’, which just released on esteemed Bristol label Gutterfunk Records.

An artist who continually lives and thrives outside the proverbial box right from the start, the beatboxer turned producer makes an enthralling contribution to the well-renowned record label started by D&B/breakbeat veteran DJ Die, who along with the likes of Machinedrum, Om Unit, Devonwho, Knxwledge and Kiefer, inspired Raj to blaze his own trail towards being one of the finest producers and electronic musicians in the country. With recent releases on heavyweight labels like 4NC¥ as well as minting his first NFT, Yung Raj is proving to be a force to reckon with on the world stage.

Valencia-based producer Dystorizon is an exhilarating new breed of Indian electronic musicians who aims to break out of existing notions and make you “un-expect the expected” when it comes to creativity and musical expression.

His debut EP ‘Escape Velocity’ provides the necessary momentum to cut loose from conventions and hurtle towards exciting and unknown frontiers. As one of the ‘Bonafide 7 Collective’ core members, he is well on his way to causing ripples and waves that will set the tone for the future sounds of electronic music not just in his home country but around the world.

Ekorce’s latest EP ‘Imago’ is a true testament to his love for nature in all its simplicity, complexity and sheer awesomeness. The listener is taken through themes of transformation, metamorphosis and rebirth via vehicles of surreal symbolism and splendid sonics, also alluding to the last year and a half as perhaps a period of chrysalis for humanity.

The artist, who recently completed his PhD in Neurobiology, likes to use raw, crunchy, organic elements, unusual rhymic patterns and textures to enunciate his amazement at the patent beauty of creation, particularly the chaotic yet delicate wing movements of butterflies. The EP is a window through which one can perceive and marvel at such often overlooked occurrences.

French music producer and beatmaker LIL FISH is somewhat a different kind of fish in the vast sea of electronic musicians. With 3 albums and several remixes under his belt, the artist is attuned to creating organic trip-hop inspired tunes with a surrealistic touch that comes from his love for nature.

For me, the music of his latest album ‘Organic conjures up visions of exploring a forest, a feeling of adventure, and being lost and found at the same time. Give this a listen and discover for yourself the untold stories that your soul seeks to tell.