As the month of August chugs along and given the times we live in, filled with racism, political unrest, fear of immigrants, threats of war, economic crisis and a global pandemic, we felt that it is important to continue to remind each other that no matter where you come from we are all people and our love for music is not confined by geographic boundaries. So, continuing our celebration of music from across our borders, we bring you another mixtape of songs from our neighbours. Song List: Janoo...
Aug 24, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 224
The month of August is special because it’s when India celebrates its independence. Considering the times we live in, which is tough and tense. I think it’s important that we all know and realise that despite the untoward circumstances that there is love and camaraderie between all of us, regardless of politics and borders. In this episode, I’m not bringing you indie music from India, but I've decided to travel just across our borders to our neighbours abode to bring you songs from independent m...
Aug 15, 2020•41 min•Season 1Ep. 223
Kicking off our special month of August, we have hip hop artist from Toronto, Shan Vincent de Paul . Earlier this year, while touring in India, he came in for a chat along with Yanchan who accompanies on mridangam. Shan talks about his family’s immigrant story from Jaffna, Sri Lanka to Brampton, Ontario, his daughter’s beatboxing skills, being a Tamil in Canada, and the brown artist renaissance. Also, Shan and Yanchan perform their mridangam raps too. Set List: Mridangam Raps - Episode 1 (00:55 ...
Aug 07, 2020•56 min•Season 1Ep. 222
This is a special episode of Maed in India where we’re collaborating with Toto Funds The Arts - an incredible non-profit trust created in memory of Angirus ‘Toto’ Vellani by his friends and family after his tragic and untimely passing in 2004. Toto Funds The Arts nurtures and encourages young artists in India in music, literature and film through awards, workshops and other events. We here at Maed in India, work hard to support Indian musicians in this country. And despite the pandemic and lockd...
Aug 03, 2020•26 min
More than half way through 2020 and what an action-packed year it’s been - drama, tragedy, more drama, more tragedy and of course, we are still here. And since we’ve been in pyjamas for most of it, we might as well party in them too. On this week’s mixtape, we’ve got songs that are about either a bogeyman or a stranger, to conquering the struggles in our lives. Song List: Rudy Wallang ft. Blackstratblues - Deny The Bogeyman (02:35 - 06:59) Trance Effect - Took Me A While (08:03 - 11:38) Tejas - ...
Jul 20, 2020•36 min•Season 1Ep. 221
US-born, India-raised, London-based composer, producer, and percussionist Sarathy Korwar is behind the drum kit on this week’s episode of Maed in India. Performing with him, we have three fine gents on the mic, saxophone, and keys. On the show, we chat about being an outsider, making a “modern brown record”, appropriation, and why MC Mawali loves rocks. Set List: Mumbay (00:41 - 07:15) Coolie (18:23 - 25:40) Mawra (37:47 - 44:44) City of Words (56:52 - 01:05:11) Musicians: Sarathy Korwar - Drums...
Jul 05, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 220
As we try to find our balance while the world flips on its head, today’s mixtape is named Upside Down for that very reason. What we hope for is that we can serve up some tunes that will help you find the ground. From RnB, to classic 90s rock, synth-pop, hip hop and more, we bring you songs that talk about the hustle, the mundane, emotional upheavals, how to deal with haters, and dreams about long lost friends. Song List: Aditi Ramesh - Heal (00:46 - 07:31) Tushar Mathur ft. Shayan Roy - Stepping...
Jun 22, 2020•39 min•Season 1Ep. 219
Bringing you an episode about time and space, we’ve got instrumental progressive rock act Across Seconds on the show. They play music from their debut album ‘Four Light Years From Home’, along with a brand new tune as well. They chat about their sci-fi album, being a good enough Megadeth fan, wicked baselines, EsselWorld rock, and more. Set List: A Perfect World (00:34 - 09:15) Mayday (24:21 - 31:43) AS16 (45:41 - 52:00) Four Light Years from Home (01:03:22- 01:08:15)Musicians: Karan Suvarna - L...
Jun 07, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 218
Maeven [may-vin] noun The good place where you can hear your favourite Maed In India episode on loop. For our last Mae Mixtape, we have music fresh and hot from the oven, and also the last and final Mae word for your vocab - it’s Maeven! We bring you songs that make you look inward, remind you that you deserve better, and make you see the world as it should be. During this sticky situation we’re in, we see people around us get stronger, giving us all hope that we’re… maybe there! Set List: Tanma...
May 25, 2020•31 min•Season 1Ep. 217
Maehem [may-hem] noun : Creating absolute, uncontrollable chaos. The third Mixtape for the #MonthOfMae and we’ve still got more music for you. We have some “Maehem” for you to mix into the existing chaos you’ve found yourselves in. So, if you’re at home and bored as fuck, and you just wanna know when you’ll be released from your little capsule, here’s a mixtape to get you through. Because well, now it’s complicated. Song List: Ady Manral - Kaisey (01:57 - 06:03) Man.Goes Human - No See (07:41 - ...
May 17, 2020•36 min•Season 1Ep. 216
Maeple [may-pill] noun: A sweet nectar that tastes delicious with pancakes or french toast. It’s also a hallucinogen. This is the “Month of Mae” and this week we have a new word for your vocabulary and some new music to get stuck in your head. As we try to make sense of our world turned upside down, the one thing we hold on to here at Maed in India, is music. This is our way of passing on the love and snuggles. The songs on this playlist talk about hope for a better tomorrow, how nothing is perm...
May 10, 2020•37 min•Season 1Ep. 215
Maetrix [may-tricks] noun When you take the red pill and end up in a place where you reveal all your deepest darkest secrets. So as you can tell this month is a special one, because it’s the month of Mae! And since we’re all about giving because “sharing is caring” we are bringing you 4 weeks of personal crafted mixtapes. This is numero uno from our episode series and we have songs that take you through limbo, Goa, and Flat B1402 as you feel the after effect of a lonely heart from the ground to ...
May 03, 2020•39 min•Season 1Ep. 214
It’s not been an easy couple of months and all of us at Maed in India don’t want you to miss out on the awesome music coming out of this country. Our lockdown mixtape is called ‘Pani Puri’ because it’s what we’re craving right now. The songs you’ll hear talk about unhealthy relationships, betrayal, jealousy and life falling apart - happy topics as you can tell. We recommend you cuddle your teddy bear while you listen to this one. Set List: Black Letters - In My Senses (00:59 - 05:38) Kanishk Set...
Apr 26, 2020•34 min•Season 1Ep. 213
A band from Pune called Triple Shuffle have created a new sub-genre. We call it ‘emo blues’. Super emo, super blues. On this episode, they chat to Mae about how blues is a colour, moving from being an engineer to being a musician, heartfelt band bios, changing your lineup, butterflies and whether the band actually likes their frontman or not. Set List: Set Me Free (01:06 - 07:23) Already Gone (22:22 - 30:39) Keep On Rolling (44:09 - 50:12) The Mule Song (59:24 - 1:07:58)Support, love and buy Mae...
Apr 12, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 212
The whole month of March has been taken over by women and our mixtape is no exception. We’ve got music by women from all over the country that talk of protest, nostalgia, grief, losing confidence, falling in love, and believing in yourself. So plug in, and brace yourselves, as we answer Beyonce’s burning question, “who run the world?” Set List: Sayantika Ghosh - The Memories Remain (02:44 - 07:26) Slush Pool - Hiding From The Sun (08:12 - 11:46) Shashaa Tirupati & Chinmayi Sripaada - Yezhund...
Mar 29, 2020•39 min•Season 1Ep. 211
It’s all about ladies on Maed in India this month, and adding to the feminine spirit, we have blues soul singer Kanchan Daniel on the show. With a voice that’ll give you chills, she sings with pathos and power. Kanchan was diagnosed with cancer at the age of 17 with a 0% chance of survival. She talks about what she went through, how she persevered and never allowed it to make her a victim. She tells us about how music gave her a new lease on life, how we have to be a little less harsh on ourselv...
Mar 22, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 210
Continuing to Run The World, we have soul-pop singer-songwriter Karshni taking over Maed in India. With a voice that squashes your heart and lyrics that bond to your soul, Karshni plays her tunes and talks to Mae about singing in school, her obsession with K-pop and Korean culture, getting to grips with her anxieties, why she’s not the biggest fan of plectrums and how she’s juggling college along with recording her debut album. Set List: Nervous System (00:40 - 04:18) Straight Girls And Generic ...
Mar 15, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 209
Continuing on with our Maed Month of Madams, we have pop RnB duo Saltwater this week playing some of their tunes and talking about what makes them cry, coming from musical families, long commutes in the city, what makes a song haunting and train station snacks. Set List: Sheets (00:37 - 04:02) Caves (16:06 - 19:56) Old Together (31:13 - 34:05) Stand Still (43:08 - 46:03)Support, love and buy Maed Merch at http://shop.maedinindia.in Musicians: Medha Sahi - Vocals Vyoma Shah - Keyboard Follow Salt...
Mar 08, 2020•46 min•Season 1Ep. 208
Welcome to a very special month of Maed 2020. For the next five weeks, it’s about ladies ladies and more ladies. First up, we have Hindustani classical singer and rapper Mahima Dayal Mathur aka Bawari Basanti on the show with Ritesh Malaney accompanying her on cajon and ghungroos accompanying her on her ankles. In this episode, Mahima chats about her grandmother’s tanpura, the importance of failure, where the name Bawari Basanti came from, and about profound moments under water. Set List: Aarzoo...
Mar 01, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 207
For our second mixtape of the year, we bring you ‘Revolutions’ - a playlist of songs from the Indian independent music scene that highlights the voices of protest and their messages. Whether it’s about the current government, or CAA & NRC, or caste, or the global climate crisis - the subject of the protest varies, but that doesn’t make the fight any less. The struggle is real and the struggle is relevant. Song List: Madara (feat. Seven & Seven ) - Tukde Tukde Gang? (01:06 - 04:11) The Ca...
Feb 23, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 206
This week, we’ve got someone Mae likes to call the Jamiroquai of India. We’re talking about RnB, funk, soul singer, Azamaan Hoyvoy. In this episode, he performs his debut EP that released last year called E L F L (Everybody Looking For Love). He talks about his father’s band, why writing lyrics is so hard and procrastination. Also, who is Lana von Hoyvoy? Set List: Free Like (00:58 - 06:02) Somebody Hold Her Hand (16:00 - 19:42) The Sun Is Set To Rise (30:41 - 40:03) E L F L (Everybody Looking F...
Feb 16, 2020•58 min•Season 1Ep. 205
Hip-hop rap duo from New Delhi, Seedhe Maut , are dropping some killer (get it, "straight death?") raps on the show this week. Signed to Azadi Records, the two gents talk to Mae about dropping out of engineering college to become rappers, having parents who are school principals, recording your mother for your album, and a dog called Carlos Montana. Set List: Kranti (00:39 - 02:53) Dehshat (11:32 - 14:26) Keh Chuka [Acapella] (27:03 - 28:11) Pankh (28:35 - 32:17) 101 (48:48 - 52:02) Support, lov...
Feb 09, 2020•53 min•Season 1Ep. 204
“Ngo si hariang nyoku gahar kun Hugulo so chingma Ngam nyi malang kade kade do Alle bo ejee ngo geyma” This is the first verse of the song ‘Hugulo’ by folk singer-songwriter Taba Chake from Arunachal Pradesh, sung in his native language, Nyishi. Whether you understand the language or not, it’s his music that moves you. On this episode of Maed in India, Taba talks about the correct way to pronounce his name, how he didn’t get fed in boarding school, why he dropped out of music school, and that ho...
Feb 02, 2020•57 min•Season 1Ep. 203
Resolution #202: Listen to more Maed in India episodes. Welcome to our first mixtape of the year! It’s January, of course, and nothing marks this month better than making, breaking or trying to keep resolutions. This month’s Maed Mixtape is a real mix. From Chandigarh to Chennai, we have songs written out of boredom in bedrooms, songs about unrequited love, dating, marriage, a wandering mind and more. Song List: Tails On Fire - Move (01:10 - 03:42) Sand Smile - Sink Until I Die (04:39 - 08:58) V...
Jan 26, 2020•33 min•Season 1Ep. 202
We have alternative rock band from Bangalore, Parvaaz , making their second appearance on Maed in India . They perform some of the songs from their latest album, Kun, which sound refreshingly different from what’s on the album. Listen to them spill the beans about Kun and their existential crisis. Lead vocalist Khalid Ahamed and guitarist Mir Kashif Iqbal, who are both from Kashmir, get candid about the situation in their homeland and how they feel about it. Set List: Soye Ja (00:55 - 06:38) Mus...
Jan 19, 2020•53 min•Season 1Ep. 201
WE ARE CELEBRATING EPISODE 200 on Maed in India . And who else to invite to the party than indie pop singer-songwriter Nikhil D’Souza ! Listen to him perform an exquisite and emotional set on the show with guitarist Zohran Miranda . As we walk down memory lane from Ep.1 to Ep.200, Nikhil talks about nearly losing his hand at an oil rig, Indian indie music in the ‘90s, bullying his way into opening for Damien Rice, baking bread and a guy called Nick Frey. Set List: Man Out Of Time (00:59 - 04:03)...
Jan 12, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 200
Someone thought it was a good idea to turn the interviewer into the interviewee. On this special episode, we have Jishnu ‘ Short Round ’ Guha, indie folk singer-songwriter and videographer for Maed in India recordings along with Amit “ Groovebox ” Gurbaxani, a highly-respected music journalist in India with over two decades of experience. We discussed Mae’s mridangam skills, her teasing techniques, having a South Indian & North East quota on the show and future plans for Maed in India . Set ...
Jan 05, 2020•1 hr 5 min
Every year, picking our favourite performances on Maed in India is difficult but it’s a great exercise as we get to walk down memory lane and realise we had some of the best musicians on the show performing some bloody good music. This list wasn’t easy to put together. There have been many a battle fought, tears shed, words said, and feelings hurt. However, through all of it, there were a bunch of songs who rose victorious. Listen and find out who were Maed in India ’s Best of 2019! Song List: E...
Dec 29, 2019•1 hr 23 min•Season 1Ep. 199
Here’s a band that are giving you a bit of everything - jazz pop, neo soul and even some prog rock. Hailing from Ahmedabad, we have Heat Sink out with a new EP this year called Euphony. We talk about the indie scene in Ahmedabad (or the lack of), owning your own recording studio, boarding school life, emo lyrics, and chota drummers.Set List: Time Lapse (00:45 - 03:55) Little House (23:37 - 28:56) Judgement (38:04 - 44:35) Dark Light (56:15 - 1:02:01) Musicians: Meera Desai - Vocals Protyay Chakr...
Dec 22, 2019•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 198
On this episode, we have permaculture expert and singer-songwriter Aditi Veena aka Ditty . She grew up stuffing bugs in her nose, learning Kathak, art, tennis, swimming and French. While she plays us some of her haunting and moving songs, she chats to us about how her father passing away inspired some of her most powerful songs, her life in Sri Lanka, why bananas are really important, her mother’s pakodas and more. Set List: On An Island (00:56 - 05:25) Garden (15:25 - 20:05) So Real Surreal (32...
Dec 15, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 197
