Maed In India

We’re back with our second round of Maed Mixtapes made by yours truly, the Maed in India team! This week, Maed in India producer Husein returns with an aptly named mixtape with a playlist of songs that will transport you to a dreamy place far, far away. So fasten your seatbelts, sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride. Thank you for choosing Maed in India Airways! Song List: Gooth - Her Song (02:27 - 06:02) Aarya, Backclash and SHMAR - My Pride (06:55 - 10:33) Kalpana - Roses (12:11 - 16:20) ROYAL - dosh (17:59 - 21:36) Arjun C - Guilty Pleasures (23:58 - 27:08) Come be our friend: Facebook @maedinindia Instagram @maedinindia Twitter @maedinindia CREDITS: Host: Husein Haveliwala Twitter: @huseinh7 Instagram: @huseinh7 Audio Editor Post: Kartik Kulkarni Producer: Shaun Fanthome and Husein Haveliwala  

It’s time for yet another mixtape in this round of Team Maed mixtapes, as our very own graphic designer and illustrating wizard Alika Gupta puts together her own playlist of Indian indie music she enjoys. As a visual person, she named her Maed Mixtape after a mythological creature she wanted to draw for the mixtape cover. Nothing wrong with playing to your strengths! Nonetheless, it gave us a mixtape of great music with beautiful cover art to go with it. Song List: Ameyaxoxo - Foxgloves Amethyst (01:59 - 07:25) Jo Shy - Sad in December (09:01 - 12:13) Devil The Rhymer - Devil’s Flu (13:29 - 16:34) Shipperman- Football Season is Over (17:55 - 21:39) Jhanvi Soni - Underwater (22:46 - 27:14) Bulli Bainbridge - Monochrome ft. nushious (29:16 - 33:38) Come be our friend: Facebook @maedinindia Instagram @maedinindia Twitter @maedinindia CREDITS: Host: Alika Gupta Instagram: @capefoxalix Twitter: @capefoxalix Audio Editor Post: Kartik Kulkarni Producer: Shaun Fanthome and Husein Haveliwala

We may have left the Ladies Special behind us in March, but the conversation around woman in music must not end. So, on this episode of Maed in India, we’re featuring the prolific percussionist and producer, Swarupa Ananth. She tells us what it was like growing up around her first musical inspirations – her mother and grandmother, picking up the tabla at the age of 7, and how Zakir Hussain’s father Ustad Alla Rakha became her guru. She also performs 3 songs from her debut solo EP, Recomeçar, an ode to women! Song List: Happy Dance (01:12 - 04:12) Recomeçar (21:46 - 25:52) Clap Along (42:51 - 45:37) Follow Swarupa: Instagram @swarupaananth Facebook @tablanaari Twitter @swarupaananth Come be our friend: Facebook @maedinindia Instagram @maedinindia Twitter @maedinindia CREDITS: Host: Mae Twitter: @maebemaebe Instagram: @maemariyam Audio Editor Post: Kartik Kulkarni Producer: Shaun Fanthome and Husein Haveliwala Music Mixed by: Hersh Desai Recorded at Island City Studios

It’s the final chapter of our 2023 Ladies Special, and we’re featuring Bhojpuri folk artist Nimisha Shankar. She chats to Mae about how learning classical music as a child wasn’t something that interested her as much as singing folk music, interacting with Bhojpuri-speaking people from over 16 countries, and setting up Recalling Roots, a project that brings together musical & cultural identities from around the world. Song List: Peet Chunariya (01:33 - 03:51) Barse Lagal (17:19 - 19:39) Duniya (33:46 - 36:50)   Follow Nimisha: Instagram @nimishashankar Facebook @nimishashankarmusic   Musicians: Rajesh Doraiswamy on harmonica Sarthak Ray on guitar Partners: Shure The Ladies Special studio sessions were recorded using Shure mics and headphones. So if you think we sound particularly awesome, you now know why. When it matters most to you, rely on Shure to deliver an amazing sound performance, whatever stage you’re on. More at https://rb.gy/kc0jz6. Come be our friend: Facebook @maedinindia Instagram @maedin

This week, on our Ladies Special, Mae is joined by Carnatic musician and vocalist Sushma Soma, based in Singapore and Chennai. Sushma opens up about quitting her Big Four accounting job to pursue music full time, her passion for sustainability and the environment, as well as preserving traditional artforms. She even opens up about the often problematic power dynamic between guru and shishya in the Indian classical space. Also, check out her performances from her album, Home, and a new track composed from her own Tamil poetry. Song List: Man in Nature (01:44 - 06:55) Grief (23:37 - 28:34) Idhuvum Kadandhu Pogum (54:02 - 58:26)   Follow Sushma: Instagram @sushmasaurus Facebook @sushmamusic Partners: Shure The Ladies Special studio sessions were recorded using Shure mics and headphones. So if you think we sound particularly awesome, you now know why. When it matters most to you, rely on Shure to deliver an amazing sound performance, whatever stage you’re on. More at https://rb.gy/kc0jz6. Come be our friend: F

Our Ladies Special is chugging along very nicely, and this episode is no different! We feature Assamese Soul-pop folk singer-songwriter Sampriti, who talks about instances of colourism she’s had to face in her life, landing a job as a performer on a cruise ship, and writing in Assamese coming to her naturally. Of course, she performs three songs in her signature style that marries Assamese lyrics to Afrobeat and jazz-pop! Song List: Xathor (01:32 - 07:29) Endhaar (27:16 - 32:29)Kenigol (42:43 - 48:00)   Follow Sampriti: Instagram @sampritisimii   Musicians: Souvik Bhattacharya on bass Subid Khan on guitar Siddharth Rajmohan on drums Partners: Shure The Ladies Special studio sessions were recorded using Shure mics and headphones. So if you think we sound particularly awesome, you now know why. When it matters most to you, rely on Shure to deliver an amazing sound performance, whatever stage you’re on. More at https://rb.gy/kc0jz6. Come be our friend: Facebook @maedinindia Instagram @maedinindia Twitter @mae

We declare the 2023 edition of Maed in India’s Ladies Special open for your listening pleasure! It’s our annual celebration of women in independent music in India, and our theme this year goes back to our country’s musical roots. We’re featuring artists who showcase India’s rich heritage through their identity, regional language or music style. To get this show on the road we have singer-songwriter and music educator, Banat. She talks about growing up in a traditional Punjabi household playing harmonium and kirtans at the gurdwara, from becoming a lawyer to a musician, and we find out that she’s working on a Punjabi folk album. She also treats us to her renditions of three Punjabi folk songs! Song List: Daachi Waaleya (02:00 - 05:31) Madhaniya (16:58 - 21:12) Ankhiyan Nu Rehn De (34:23 - 36:55)   Follow Banat: Instagram @beekaybeewrites Facebook @banat.bagga Twitter @banatbagga Partners: Shure The Ladies Special studio sessions were recorded using Shure mics and headphones. So if you think we sound particul

It’s happening.  No, this isn’t a dream.  We can’t contain our excitement any longer.  We have two HUGE reasons to celebrate.  It’s Maed in India’s 300th episode!!!  We’re celebrating this milestone with a band that’s been the soundtrack of the lives of college students through the late 90s and early 2000s.  Mae has the iconic alt rock band Zero in the studio to celebrate 300 episodes of the show! And she’s even brought an old friend along with her too - Music Journalist, Co-founder of erstwhile NH7.in, Head of Red Bull Media House India, and #1 Zero superfan – Arjun S Ravi. They chat to Sidd, Warren, Bobby and Rajeev about their first i-Rock, about how these Dadar boys know each other, what their songs are really about (kinda) and how Zero once almost broke up. You also get to hear about how they got paid for a gig in sandwiches, a Europe tour that never happened because they weren’t “Indian enough”, using underwear as a pop filter, Buffy The Vampire slayer, leather chaps, and a whole lot more. You’ll also

Our series of team-made Maed Mixtapes returns this week with ‘Mirinda’. Yes, the bright orange soda. It also happens to be a word in Esperanto, which is the world's most widely spoken constructed language. The person who curated this effervescent mixtape is Nikkethana aka Nikki, a producer at Maed in India! She’ll tell you why she chose ‘Mirinda’, and more about the songs on her mixtape. So pop this can of music open, and take a listen! Song List: Alan Ebe - So Late So Soon (02:23 - 06:00) Long Distances - Lovesong for an Apocalypse (07:58 - 13:15) Secrets For Sale - Saato Janam (14:41 - 16:58) Daksh Kubba - Gateway to Freedom ft. Saint Soldier (18:28 - 21:39) Tathaagat Project - Safar (24:47 - 29:51) Come be our friend: Facebook @maedinindia Instagram @maedinindia Twitter @maedinindia CREDITS: Host: Nikkethana Kamal Instagram: @nikkiyish Sound Editing & Additional engineering by: Lakshman Parsuram Episode Mixed & Mastered by: Kartik Kulkarni Producer: Shaun Fanthome and Husein Haveliwala

This week, on Maed in India, we’re featuring songwriter, composer and guitarist from Ahmedabad – Chirag Todi! Mae chats to him about building up the confidence to sing again after a 10 year hiatus, overcoming stage fright, approaching collaborators for his EP Panodrama, and milestones, past and future! He also performs 3 of his songs solo on vocals and guitar, specially for Maed in India! WSong List: Desire (00:50 - 03:06) Be Easy (13:48 - 16:30) Choices (31:04 - 33:39) Follow Chirag: Instagram @chiragtodi Facebook @chiragtodi98 Twitter @chiragtodi Come be our friend: Facebook @maedinindia Instagram @maedinindia Twitter @maedinindia CREDITS: Host: Mae Twitter: @maebemaebe Instagram: @maemariyam Sound Editing & Additional engineering by: Lakshman Parsuram Episode Mixed & Mastered by: Kartik Kulkarni Producer: Shaun Fanthome and Husein Haveliwala Music Mixed by: Hersh Desai Recorded at Island City Studios

We’re back with another Maed Mixtape this week! This time, Sakshi, our HR, Admin and Production Assistant, has put together an eclectic mix of indie artists and songs with one thing in common – you’ll hear distinct touches of Indian classical or folk music in all of them. Presenting Raga, an ode to Sakshi’s love for classical fusions! Song List: Rakuuth - Rasam N Rhymes ft. Rap Kid India (02:18 - 05:29) Vahaka - Anhad (with The Sound Guy Sam) (07:02 - 10:57) Param - Moonrain (11:54 - 16:40) Chandar Karunakaran - Pariyai Ezhu ft. Yazin Nizar (17:53 - 21:50) Naad - Adi (22:33 - 28:19) Rishi K - Vizha (30:02 - 32:52) Come be our friend: Facebook @maedinindia Instagram @maedinindia Twitter @maedinindia CREDITS: Host: Sakshi Nair Instagram: @sakshi_221b Twitter: @SakshiNair221b Audio Editor Post: Kartik Kulkarni Producer: Shaun Fanthome and Husein Haveliwala

We’re a full house in the studio on this episode of Maed in India, with the 6 members of contemporary folk fusion band Abhanga Repost joining Mae this week! The group revives traditional Marathi abhangas or devotional poems of saints from Maharashtra, into contemporary renditions . Along with performing three special abhangas, they also tell Mae about how they came together, their process of finding abhangas and reimaging them, and their experience of performing on the Pandharpur Wari pilgrimage. Song List: Mani Nahi Bhaav (01:17 - 08:11) Papachi Vasana (24:54 - 30:40) Aise Kaise Zhale Bhondu (43:01 - 48:34) Abhanga Repost is: Pratish Mhaske on lead vocals and rhythm guitar Ajay Vavhal on lead guitar Swapnil Tarphe on bass guitar Tushar Totre on harmonium Viraj Acharya on tabla and percussions Dushyant Deorukhkhar on drums   Follow Abhanga Repost: Instagram @abhanga_repost Facebook @Abhangarepost Twitter @abhangarepost Come be our friend: Facebook @maedinindia Instagram @maedinindia Twitter @maedinindia C

We’re back with another Maed Mixtape, and keeping our series of Team Maed mixtapes going with the first one of the year by Sonali Gupta, an Assistant Producer here at Maed in India. From our vast selection of music submissions, she’s picked the songs that made her bounce the most! And she hopes these tracks make you bounce too. Swaying or rocking from side to side are also appropriate responses too. Song List: Komorebi x Curtain Blue - Birds And Bees (02:30 - 05:47) Punch.M - Back to You (ft. Joel Padikkal) (06:51 - 09:38) HVSH - Down (ft. Deverano) (11:16 - 13:27) Kino - Replay (ft. wyrd & Ratri) (14:25 - 18:17) Anika - Behind The Sky (19:40 - 23:14) Shujan De - Time ft. Koko (25:05 - 28:08) Come be our friend: Facebook @maedinindia Instagram @maedinindia Twitter @maedinindia CREDITS: Host: Sonali Gupta Instagram: @sonaligups Twitter: @sonaligups Audio Editor Post: Kartik Kulkarni Producer: Shaun Fanthome and Husein Haveliwala

Back in the studio, Mae is joined by Urdu-Blues music composer, performer, and writer Sameer Rahat! He talks about his relationship with poetry and music, coming from a family of poets, how classical ghazals and traditional blues came together in his music, how Urdu as a language is dying a gradual death, and on his experience being a music composer for film and TV. He also performs a stripped down version of a song from his 2020 debut solo-album Aamad, and two unreleased songs! Song List: Puraana (00:57 - 04:46) Tasalli (16:36 - 22:00) Saare Chor (33:50 - 37:42) Follow Sameer Rahat: Instagram @sameerrahat Facebook @sameerrahat Twitter @sameerrahat Follow Jayesh Malani (on saxophone & guitar): Instagram @jayeshmalani Come be our friend: Facebook @maedinindia Instagram @maedinindia Twitter @maedinindia CREDITS: Host: Mae Twitter: @maebemaebe Instagram: @maemariyam Audio Editor Post: Kartik Kulkarni Producer: Shaun Fanthome and Husein Haveliwala Music Mixed by: Aria Nanji Recorded at Island City Studio

In January 2021, we released a special Maed Mixtape called FOMO, in the belief that, on Maed in India, we “leave no song behind” (at least not the good stuff). Now we’re back with another edition of FOMO to feature the tunes that are giving Mae some major FOMO. Well, in that she thinks she missed featuring them in 2022! Song List: Daira - Mazaar (01:30 - 07:17) Meba Ofilia, Khasi Bloodz, G'nie, Borkung Hrangkhawl, Young Dirrt & Stunnah Beatz - All Stars (09:07 - 15:02) Kamakshi Khanna & OAFF - Duur (16:01 - 19:03) Ady Manral - What I Need (20:17 - 23:43) Sanjeeta Bhattacharya - UDDCHALEIN (ft. Aman Sagar & Full Power) (24:51 - 28:14) Rohit Vasudevan Diaries - Woh (29:25 - 34:16) Come be our friend: Facebook @maedinindia Instagram @maedinindia Twitter @maedinindia CREDITS: Host: Mae Twitter: @maebemaebe Instagram: @maemariyam Audio Editor Post: Kartik Kulkarni Producer: Shaun Fanthome and Husein Haveliwala

HOW IS IT THE END OF 2022 ALREADY?!?! Okay, everyone calm down. CALM DOWN. There’s only one thing we can do to come to terms with this, and that is –  take a listen to some of the most incredible performances from our Maed in India studio sessions this year. Please know that if Mae could, she would feature all performances from Maed in India 2022 in her Best of, but alas, she picked 10 of her favourites. Take it away, Mae! Song List: RANJ & Clifr - Attached (02:28 - 04:49) Swarathma - Raah-e-Fakira (07:49 - 13:08) Alvin Presley - I'll Miss This Day (15:36 - 20:44) JBABE - Punch Me in My Third Eye (22:46 - 24:24) Trance Effect - Took Me A While (26:33 - 30:08) Tribemama Marykali - Serpent on Dance Floor (31:17 - 35:03) Ankit Dayal - What You Need To Hear/Suffer (37:11 - 40:03) Aakash Mehta - Sister Superior (41:55 - 44:42) Easy Wanderlings - Mayflower (47:58 - 52:09) Hashbass with Burrah - Someone to Believe in Me (53:01 - 56:16) Come be our friend: Facebook @maedinindia Instagram @maedinindia Twitter @m

The next guest host of our series of Maed in India team-curated Maed Mixtapes is none other than our Head of Audio Production and resident audio wizard, Kartik Kulkarni! Well, technically Mae requested our team mascot, Kartik’s pet cat Timon, to put this mixtape together. Kartik is only here as translat-purrrrr! Let’s all experience what a catnip-induced mixtape sounds like! Song List: Blu Attic - Mandrem (02:25 - 06:55) Aaditya Rakheja - Mehfooz (07:40 - 11:50) Aira - Hurricane (12:53 - 15:30) Burudu - Afar - Zehaal-e-Miskeen (ft. Sukanya) (17:20 - 22:34) Chennai Street Band - Paramapadham (24:08 - 27:48) Come be our friend: Facebook @maedinindia Instagram @maedinindia Twitter @maedinindia CREDITS: Host: Kartik Kulkarni Instagram: @kartik.kulkarni Twitter: @KartikGKulkarni Audio Editor Post: Kartik Kulkarni & Lakshman Parsuram Producer: Shaun Fanthome and Husein Haveliwala

This week’s Maed Mixtape is brought to you by Maed in India’s very own producer, Husein! As the producer of the show, he listens to a whole bunch of music that indie artists from all across the country submit to Maed in India every day. So, choosing his favourites for this playlist was really difficult, but also really simple at the same time! What did come super easy to him, however, was the name of his Maed Mixtape. Hit play and he’ll tell you why! Song List: Tejas - As I'm Getting Older (02:44 - 06:16) Shlok Chiplunkar - Laxmi Bomb (ft. Mrunal Shankar) (07:09 - 10:16) Tune Up Channel - A Letter (11:16 - 16:04) Amrit Ramnath & Amira Gill - Jago (17:38 - 20:36) Amogh Balaji - Square One ft. Nami (21:32 - 24:35) Priyansh Srivastava & Garvit Soni - Sanware ft. Saurabh Jain (26:44 - 31:41) Come be our friend: Facebook @maedinindia Instagram @maedinindia Twitter @maedinindia CREDITS: Host: Husein Haveliwala Instagram & Twitter: @huseinh7 Audio Editor Post: Kartik Kulkarni & Lakshman Parsuram P

We’re back with another Maed Mixtape maed by one of our very own! This time on curating and hosting duty is Lakshman Parsuram, an audio engineer at Maed in India. He’s put together a diverse bunch of talented artists and their songs on his mixtape ‘Popcorn’, an ode to something he can never get enough of. So throw your own bag of kernels in the microwave and get set for this mixtape! Song List: gini X Tansen. - Jugnoo (01:39 - 04:36) The Earflower Experiment - They Can Never See (06:09 - 09:21) Shikhar - Moonbrain (10:28 - 13:50) Anami - Vultures (15:14 - 18:07) Rahul Advani - Ready To Breathe (19:26 - 23:26) Murder In Space - Rush (25:18 - 27:44) Come be our friend: Facebook @maedinindia Instagram @maedinindia Twitter @maedinindia CREDITS: Host: Lakshman Parsuram Instagram: @february_31st Twitter: @february_31st Audio Editor Post: Kartik Kulkarni & Lakshman Parsuram Producer: Shaun Fanthome and Husein Haveliwala

Joining Mae in the studio this week on Maed in India is alternative hip-hop artist BC Azad aka Arijit Sett. They speak about his early days in Kolkata’s indie music scene, what drew him to hip-hop, and what being a multilingual rapper means to him. He also performs 3 songs from his debut album ‘Naya Hindustan’! Song List: Naya Hindustan (00:10 - 03:20) Aayega Kal (14:41 - 18:09) Boomnation (25:50 - 29:08) Follow BC Azad: Instagram @bc.azad Facebook @lyricalchameleon Come be our friend: Facebook @maedinindia Instagram @maedinindia Twitter @maedinindia CREDITS: Host: Mae Twitter: @maebemaebe Instagram: @maemariyam Audio Editor Post: Kartik Kulkarni Producer: Shaun Fanthome and Husein Haveliwala Music Mixed by: Hersh Desai Recorded at Island City Studios