The Calmbabas is a collaborative project uniting two of India's most iconic Minimal Techno artists: Calm Chor (Ashvin Mani Sharma, co-founder of Soupherb Records) and Boombaba (Tarun Shahani, Soupherb Records artist). Longtime friends and trailblazers of the Indian underground dance music scene, these two have been shaking up festival and club floors for over 25 years.

Born from a series of unforgettable pop-up gigs at House of Chapora, AntiSocial, and other legendary Goan venues, Calmbabas emerged as a moniker synonymous with cutting-edge sonic experiences. These shows featured electronic music heavyweights like Eat Static, Karsh Kale, Midival Punditz, Vinayaka, and of course, the Calmbabas themselves.

Their debut EP draws from a shared nostalgia for the golden era of Goa Trance, weaving together their unique synthesis styles into a deeply textured audio journey.

"Bad Case of the Moody Blues" is a slow-burning mix of pulsing saw waves, ethereal bells, and syncopated tom rhythms. Its roaring synths push dance floors into mesmerising, hypnotic motion.

"Late Night Lateefs" transports listeners to an alien tropical world, where neon creatures call from within dense, glowing purple jungles. Amidst the croaks of giant luminous frogs and the shimmer of radiant flying insectoids, this track is a psychedelic safari under nine moonlit skies.

"In da Phryg" tells the story of RE44, a sentient android tired of routine. In a rogue move, RE44 rewrites his code, launching himself into a journey of wild funk, emotional resonance, and transformative escapades.

Artwork: Špela Fridau
Mastering: Rob Small

Late Night Lateefs EP

In Da Phryg (Original Mix)

[SNIPPET]_Calmbabas_-_In_Da_Phryg_(_Original_Mix_)

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Vaeya (Vaibhav Bhavsar) is a music producer and DJ currently based in Bangalore, India specializing in progressive trance music. His live sets can venture down one of two journeys; a dark, intelligent techy sound more suited to night-time or, a lush quirky progressive sound ideal for daytime or afternoon sets. He has released tracks on labels such as Zenon, Records, Fatali Music, Glitchy.Tonic.Records, Rebeat, Twisted Frequency Recordings, Ovnimoon Records, Carmi Recordings, Occulta
Records, Maia Brasil Records, Jellyfish Frequency Recordings, Technophobia Records 

Vaibhav moved to Australia in 2003. The diversity of the people and music at parties and festivals he attended, alongside the extreme vastness and untouched beauty of the country, became a huge influence on his subsequent music production and DJ sets, being amongst a scene where artists like Sensient, Suncontrolspecies, Tetrameth, Shadow FX played on a regular
basis – this was a massive inspiration for him and Progressive music became his main weapon of choice out of which the Zenon sound appealed to him the most

In 2009, Vaeya released his first solo album on Bandcamp titled “Passion Before Priorities” and then later got on board with Germany’s Glitchy.Tonic.Records as an Artist and DJ to promote his explorations with dark, techy sounds and also to promote the other brilliant artists on the label,
2010 saw releases on Glitchy.Tonic.Records and Fatali Music including his second full length album “Bipolar”, an EP and tracks for various compilations. On returning to India in 2010, Vaeya joined forces with Indian based progressive trance label Occulta Records.

2014 is when things came full circle as he was signed as the official DJ for Zenon Records in India. Having played Live/DJ sets at various festivals and parties in Australia, India, Nepal, Switzerland, Netherlands, Spain, Greece, Portugal, United States and New Zealand.

Soupherb Records is an imprint of @ash-roy and @calmchor. Over the past 12 years, the label has proven to be an international platform for forward thinking and experimental music producers. 
Bringing together genres like Techno, Minimal, and their sub genres is what has led to Soupherb collaborations taking artists across the globe and hosting tours both within Asia and Europe. 


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