Factory Floor
"How You Say"

Factory Floor Tour Dates
4/7: Vancouver, BC @ Fortune Sound Club
4/8: Seattle, WA @ Barboza
4/9: Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
4/13: Indio, CA @ Coachella
4/16: San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
4/17: Los Angeles, CA @ Echo
4/20: Indio, CA @ Coachella
4/22: Montreal, QC @ Le Belmont
4/23: Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
4/24: Washington, DC @ U Street Music Hall
4/26: Asheville, NC @ Moogfest
7/18-7/20: Chicago, IL @ Pitchfork Music Festival

Factory Floor - How You Say

Wahe Guru

Songs of Ganesha

Twilight (Ganesh Siddhi Mantra)

sharing this Ecstatic Dance set from the magical evening with the Dance community of Munich ✨

Heart Expression - Cacao & Ecstatic Dance Munich - 10.2.24

Marina India was born in the ancient, colorful, multi-lingual city of Varna on the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria, where the West borders on the East. While her training in the European musical tradition started at an early age, with piano first and later on bassoon at the music Academy in Sofia, she felt drawn to foreign lands and distant horizons. In 1991 she became one of the founding members of the OM Formation, a performing group with which she played experimental music and toured the world. The numerous venues in which she played include a world record “high” – the Kalapatar peak, just below Mount Everest.
Her growing interest in the richness of Indian classical music and eastern traditions led her to the oldest art and music school in New Delhi where she studied from 2003 to 2008. In that period she created the project “Along the Long Road” – a collection of songs strongly influenced by Indian culture and arranged in a way that speaks to contemporary audiences. Between recordings and performances, she did long retreats at ashrams in the north and south of India. While learning to play old Indian music instruments, she discovered the secret power of mantras and Nada Yoga – the yoga of sound; she was taught by advanced spiritual teachers. Continuing with her performing career, Marina India currently records albums with music for meditation and Yoga Nidra (the yoga of dream); she also conducts workshops on Sound Therapy and Sound Yoga.

Inner Space -  Music for Yoga Nidra

LOK! - THE2OFUS (Prod. LOKI)

Ringtone blues  with Mr Mark Grimshaw.

08 Shankar Mahadevan [Raag Darbari]

This track came through in ceremony. It's seed began in the mountains of Peru. I sat in mediation and saw a women playing music under a vast cosmic tree. The sense was that as long I lived with the music I would be connected, held, and safe.

Later in ceremony this song came through clear. To this day it calls me back to the woman within.

May I be humble, May I serve, May I fall in love with this body and this earth.

May I be humble, may serve, may I follow love.

May I - Album "Pray" by Sundari Studios

Sahil Jagtiani - Rama Rama

Satkirin Kaur Khalsa - Mere Sahiba

Anthology of compositions previously released as singles, and on the albums Arctic Aquarelles, Polar Suite, Lotus Dreams, and Inner Landscapes.

Alyeska

A rendition of John  McLaughlin's beautiful Lotus Feet, on the Sarod, by Abhishek Borkar.

Lotus Feet - on Sarod - by Abhishek Borkar

Paas rahtaa hai duur rahtaa hai
Koi dil main zaruur rahtaa hai

Near and far, somebody lives
somebody do lives in my heart.

Jab se dekhaa hai unkii ankhon ko
halkaa halkaa suruur rahtaa hai

From the time I have seen her eyes
I remain mildly intoxicated.

Aise rehte hain vo mere dil main
Jaise zulmat main nuur rahtaa hai

My beloved lives in my heart, like
light lives in darkness.

ab Adam kaa vo haal hai har waqt
mast rahtaa hai chuur rahtaa hai

Adam is of such a disposition that at every step
he remains intoxicated and ecstatic.

ye jo halkaa halkaa suruur hai
ye terii nazar kaa qusuur hai
ke sharaab piina sikha diyaa

This mild intoxication
is because of your eyes,
that taught me drinking.


Ye jo Halka Halka Surror (complete) By Nusrat Fateh Ali khan.

Abhishek Borkar, a young and versatile musician, was drawn to the sound of the sarod from a very early age. Born into a musically rich environment, in Pune, he initially underwent training in vocal and tabla, at age 4, before anchoring himself on the sarod, under the tutelage of his father and Guru Pt. Shekhar Borkar, under the Maihar Senia Gharana. 

Rigourous and intensive training followed. At the age of ten, he presented his first concert for which young Abhishek was lauded for his erudite performance by many connoisseurs of music. Many accolades and awards followed. He was awarded a National Talent scholarship instituted by the C.C.R.T (Government of India) and was subsequently specially invited to participate in many of their camps for outstanding young scholars. He won many music competitions in and around Maharashtra. Under the ‘Balodhyan’ initiative, he presented many memorable programmes for the All India Radio. He released his first solo CD titled ‘Pratibha’ in 2008, at the age of 16.

Following the footsteps of his father, today, Abhishek’s renditions are characterized by a unique blend of the sarod, sitar, sarangi and vocal styles of Hindustani Music. His natural instinct for aesthetic music coupled with his incredible control over sur and laya have enthralled audiences in various parts of India. Duet performances with his older brother Praashekh have also received critical acclaim. The melody in Abhishek’s music exhibits the influence of his idols, Ustad Allauddin Khan, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan and of course his father, Pt. Shekhar Borkar and the intricate layakari, the guidance of Pt. Shashi Bellare. Equally adept at playing the guitar coupled with his knowledge of western music and instrumentation led young Abhishek foray into the field of Classical fusion. Keeping the style of playing the sarod intact, he composes tunes with a classical twist, with which he aims to make Indian Classical Music more reachable to the generation today. 

A Commerce graduate, Abhishek aims to pursue his masters in Indian Music. In the coming decades, Abhishek aims to carry the beacon of Indian music and take the magnum opus of his father Pt. Shekhar Borkar – the creation of ‘Tarankaar Baaz’ and the ‘Sur-tarang’ to the world. In his words, ‘the limitations of the sarod can be surpassed because music comes from the heart, and the heart never ceases to sing’. 

Lotus Feet - on Sarod - by Abhishek Borkar

Abhishek Borkar

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