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Homegrown loves bringing to you emerging artists and those who have established a niche in alternate genres hidden from the mainstream. Keeping things super fresh, we will be curating a weekly list of numbers we could not get enough of through the week and that we know will earworm themselves to your heart as well.
Scroll down for your weekly dose of latest releases.
FuzzCulture, ‘Strange Cities’
Electronic music producer Arsh Sharma, known as ‘FuzzCulture’, is back with his second EP, Strange Cities. The EP is more singular than his previous work both in terms of the direction he takes with his music and the theme. The music is inspired from his move to from Delhi to Mumbai to start his solo career. The tracks are more in the realm of dance-pop with a fusion of lo-fi, industrial, grime, and R&B influences.
GRAVITY ‘Walls Of Jericho’
Well known in the underground hip hop community for his conceptual albums, GRAVITY is back with a mixtape consisting of 5 tracks. The release comes after the release of the video of his single from the mixtape Darr Kyun Lage with Fatboi Raccoon which is a slower-paced heartbreaking ode. “Darr Kyu Lage is a brokenhearted ode to somebody who’s left your world and you fear them coming back and breaking your heart again,” says GRAVITY on his Youtube channel. A lifelong wrestling fan the title of the mixtape is an ode to Chris Jericho his favourite wrestler and is a metaphor for the boxing-in of artists by critics and audiences alike which creates a wall that the artist needs to break down to create authentic art.
Khalid Ahamed ‘Winter Song’
If there ever was a way to emote what winters feel like, the sense of stillness and coldness but at once a need for warmth that accompanies it, it would undoubtedly be written by Khalid Ahamed for Khalid’s composition does that beautifully. There is a sense of aching and emptiness that undercurrents the track but leaves you with a full heart and lots of warmth. I think I could best describe it as a cup of tea on a cold winter morning. “Nothingness and pangs of being correlate and blend in such a way to make existence both meaningful and meaningless at the same time,” says Khalid on his YouTube channel.
Kill The King ‘In The Name Of Culture’
Articulating the ills of society that exist in the name of culture is Pune-based Thrash Metal Band, Kill The King. The debut song explores the theme of pseudo-culture that has permeated society that stands in complete accordance with the authority and denies the formation of any other opinion. The band is the brainchild of guitarists Aditya Swaminathan and Rishin Dharap and has drummer Akarsh Singh along with Siliguri-based vocalist Pritam Goswami Adhikary in its lineup.
MC Stan ‘Tadipaar’
Altaf Tadavi aka MC Stan is a Mumbai-based cult rapper, a product of the Pune hip hop scene and a creative powerhouse to reckon with. He self-released his debut album Tadipaar post the release of his six-part audiovisual story of the same name. The album is bitingly honest and an accurate depiction of his life from the streets of Tadiwala Road to his journey to fame and grapples with tough topics like experiences with police, poverty and fame. “I know most people don’t have time to listen to stories about someone’s life, but for those who do this project and this song is for them,” says MC STAN dedicating Tadipaar to his fans who have spread his music far and wide.
You can listen to the album here.
Pranita Pandurangi & Kabeer Singh ‘Beiraada Nazar’
Mumbai-based singer-songwriter and music producer Pranita Nair Pandurangi and Delhi-based multi-instrumentalist and music producer Kabeer Singh’s traditional ghazal with a modern twist has brought the feels of Valentine’s Day a month early this year. Pranita’s melodious voice adds a sense of romance and intimacy to the ghazal while Kabeer’s instrumentation with beats and samples lends it a modern and contemporary outlook. The ghazal is sure to transpose you to a time when you felt love at first sight (if you’ve been lucky that way!).
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