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Exit Strategy

Cover of Young Thug's "Danny Glover" 

Samples  "Nazron Se Kehdo" by R.D. Burman from the film "Doosra Admin" 



DANIEL GLOVER (Young Thug Cover)

Rohan Hastak started making music the traditional way – on a guitar, as part of a live band called ‘Kuru’ while he was based in Canada. But his musical identity now as Big City Harmonics is anything but traditional - inspired by pioneers of contemporary electronica such as Four Tet and Nightmares on Wax, the musician released his beat driven debut EP, called Foreword to hugely positive reviews last year.

A bit like his own music which tends to rest in the zone that lies between uptempo dance and bedroom listening, Rohan Hastak’s mix is difficult to define, but unsurprisingly high on quality.

He begins his assembly on an unusual note, layering Allen Ginsberg’s reflective poem - ‘The Sunflower Sutra’ over the atmospheric plinks of Air’s ‘Alone In Kyoto’. Hastak’s little patchwork tapestry of sound includes some familiar top-notch electronica acts ranging from Boards of Canada and Little Dragon to Nosaj Thing, Brian Eno and homegrown talent, Dualist Inquiry. His interpretation of Flying Lotus’s ‘Camel’ layered over his own track – ‘The Thickness’ is particularly impressive.

Big City Harmonic's unhurries, yet complex mix is an absolute treat for lovers of contemporary sound, best appreciated with headphones on. Comes highly recommended.

For a tracklist and further info, head over here:
http://www.thewildcity.com/EN/music.xhtml/article/6861-wild-city-085-big-city-harmonics

Wild City #085 - Big City Harmonics

Sapta

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BROWN SUGAR & ALL THE THINGS

First single off 'Downstream' 

Full album releases 27th September 

Downstream

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Crystal Pink

Dualist Inquiry's 2nd full-length album is now available as a free download on https://dualismrecords.bandcamp.com/album/dreamcatcher

Dreamcatcher

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Trainwreck feat. The F16s

Mastered by Shawn Hatfield
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Bottom Feeder

Kumail - Bottom Feeder

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Aditi Ramesh - Efflux Of Time 

Artwork by Himanshi Parmar 

Mixed By :- @mrkeenan
Mastered By :- Thomas Juth 

“There's only one day at a time here, then it's tonight and then tomorrow will be today again.” 
― Bob Dylan, Chronicles, Vol. 1

Lyrics :

oodles of items to tick off my list
wish they didn't exist
train travel circling around my head
sometimes wish that I could stay in bed

won't you wake me up from this bad dream
sometimes life is harder than it seems
just cool down, you've got simmer down
say aah...
and wait..
for the efflux of time

in the morning
I get so afraid
I don't know why
I've just got the mean reds
no it's not the blues
but my folks are unhappy
and my rent is 5 days late
I've got so much on my plate

so wake me up from this bad dream
sometimes life seems harder than it is
just cool down, you've got simmer down
say aah...
and wait..
for the efflux of time

Aditi Ramesh - Efflux Of Time

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Artwork | Unnati Khanna

Mixing | Sukruth Rao (SR Audio)
Mastering | Sukruth Rao (SR Audio)

The origin of the track, lies with Mohit developing  the intention of resolving internal conflict. Conflict based within an artistic identity dealing with finding one's true calling. His thought was that although intense practice and training can lead to accomplishments, they lead in most cases in creating a larger picture on one's life's true aspirations. In his mind, this song represents the philosophy of an accomplished artist who's not driven by his/her achievements. The artist is always looking to evolve, because the ideal exists in the distance, never to be reached. Hence the journey the artist undertakes  provides a spiritual spiritual and that of being one with god. 


"This idea came to me as I met an old friend of mine and offered her some advice as she is going through the same mixed emotions of an identity crisis as an artist. The only one person I can correlate the current scenario to is a man who has shaped contemporary and post modern music, John Coltrane. Being such an accomplished musician in his field he was never content with himself. And in the process of wanting to achieve greatness/nirvana, he set milestones and trends which could only be matched by a few. In my opinion people with conflicting mentalities (conflict between ambition and idealism) are the one's who really mould and affect culture and the people around them. Success comes to these people and they are never satisfied, sometimes depressed, but this is not a result of greed or wanting social validation, it is because they see themselves as a bigger person and always wish for more."

Mohit Rao - Conflict (ft. Aditi Ramesh, Adrian Joshua & The Accountant)

Vacuum Black Hue

Not a lot of mixes can leave a lump in your throat – less so, within a minute of them. Enter Derain’s mix for Wild City, which picks at fresh wounds of our collective consciousness with the opening echoes of Aamir Aziz’s poem ‘Sab Yaad Rakha Jayega’. The quintessential verses gained their importance through the poignancy with which they encapsulate all the emotions and tragedies surrounding protests against the discriminatory Citizen Amendment Act and the unjust retaliation they received which shook the nation at the start of the year. Derain adds just enough spacious harmony to augment that poignancy and remind us with great impact that justice is still missing and the perpetrators of injustice are yet to answer for their actions. 

How then would you follow an opening like this with music? Fortunately, Derain’s own music carries just enough ambient chaos to respectfully carry Aziz’s anguish forward, disintegrating the verses into their abstract emotions and mood which he then connects all the way to New Zealand teen Takunda Muzondiwa’s speech ‘Dear Racism’. 

Ankit Chugh, the producer and the co-founder of New Delhi-based label and management TAABIIR, donned the moniker Derain to put an end to his ever-profound explorations as Cubewano, Talk In Math and Karv. Throughout his journey as an artist, Chugh has never lost the ability to cue the listener for introspection into darker corners of our beings. 

With his Wild City mix, Derain makes us sit with our recent memories of paralysing pain and empathy, while offering catharsis to bear it with by recontextualizing numbers by the likes of Nicholas Jaar, Kareem Lotfy, New Delhi-based artist FILM and lesser-known gems like Imka, and makes them fit the solemn mood of the mix.

For tracklist and more information: http://www.thewildcity.com/mixes/17679-wild-city-194-derain

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