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)

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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

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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.

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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: Ashyar Bulsara

Recorded at Island City Studios

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.

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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: Ashyar Bulsara

Recorded at Island City Studios

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.

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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: Adhithya Sivakumar

Recorded at Island City Studios

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 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.

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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

It’s happening. 

No, this isn’t a dream. 

We can’t contain our excitement any longer. 

We have two HUGE reasons to celebrate. 

1. It’s Maed in India’s 300th episode!!! 
2. 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 get to hear them perform a song that they’ve never recorded before right here on Maed in India.

Song List:

Mariachi (01:44 - 06:32)

Wish (34:09 - 38:50)

Take Me Away (1:10:18 - 1:15:19)

Zero is:

Rajeev Talwar on Vocals

Warren Mendonsa on Guitars

Girish 'Bobby' Talwar on Bass

Sidd Coutto on Drums

Follow Zero:

Instagram @whatmezero

Facebook @whatmezero

Twitter @whatmezero

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CREDITS:

Hosts: Mae Mariyam Thomas & Arjun S Ravi

Instagram: @maemariyam & @arjun_s_ravi

Twitter: @maebemaebe & @arjun_s_ravi

Sound Editing & Additional engineering by: Lakshman Parsuram

Episode Mixed & Mastered by: Kartik Kulkarni

Producers: Shaun Fanthome and Husein Haveliwala

Artwork: Alika Gupta

Recording Engineers: Ashyar Balsara & Aria Nanji

Music Mixed by: Jehangir Jehangir & Warren Mendonsa

Recorded at Island City Studios

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)

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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

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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)

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CREDITS:

Host: Sakshi Nair

Instagram: @sakshi_221b

Twitter: @SakshiNair221b

Audio Editor Post: Kartik Kulkarni

Producer: Shaun Fanthome and Husein Haveliwala