Commissioned work with 'Ausland' Berlin, 19th May 2018.
This tune was part of a  beautiful commission from 'Ausland' Berlin. A musical dialogue with the remarkable Jeanne Lees album 'conspiracy' from 1975. I will use live and fixed sampling and percussion of the album creating futuristic and nostalgic arrangements of the original material.

I approached the majority of Jeanne Lees work by focusing on 'clean samples' of her voice as a starting point. I then composed and arranged certain effects and drone sounds that would envelop her voice as if she was speaking from above us; As if she was sending us a prayer, a message.

Then adding synth sounds from the early 1980's I set in motion a feeling of moving forward, taking a journey, a ride into another realm. A realm where Jeanne Lee may have approached her music if she had been born in another time.

Original tune: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqU76ZPEnVs

Originally from album 'Conspiracy'

Sundance

Sundance - Renu in conversation with Jeanne Lee

Forreal Deniro - In The Air(Ft Protege)

prod. by SCUM49

Engineered by Kashish Vasandani aka savemysoul

Lyrics- https://genius.com/Doperman-you-dont-know-lyrics

Gas Gang For Life

You Don't Know

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Artwork | Gravers

Mixing | Rayburn
Mastering | Rayburn

Rayburn aka Ritom Dutta is a multi-genre producer from Kolkata, India who is exploring new styles, aiming to create his own unique new genre. His latest release is a single titled 'In Her', a fantastic TripHop track featuring a combination of ambient and lo-fi sounds.

Rayburn - In Her

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Artwork | Mohit Kapil

Mixing | Ishaan Gandhi
Mastering | Ishaan Gandhi

Ishaan Gandhi and Will Clark aka 'Okedo' are a duo based in New Delhi-Goa-Mumbai, whose latest release is a single, 'Wacheewan'. It is an Electronica track which expands upon the questions on a fundamental level. In their own words, "Maybe who we really are is just the sum total of the products we consume? Do we have any control over who we'll become? Any control over what we desire?". The bold new sound of an untamed beast made of pure soul, Okedo is a rising artist aiming to create a fresh sound.

Okedo - Wacheewan

Bluebop

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Artwork | Opashana Ghosh

Mixing | Miti Adhikari 
Mastering | Miti Adhikari

1000 AQI is the first track on Kolkata based artist, Topshe's debut EP - Never a Romantic. With a dash of self-professed peculiarity, the Indie-Pop track is a breath of fresh air, oozing loads of harmonies, modern beats, a classic arrangement, a groovy bassline & a delightful penchant for melody. Holding grand sonic ambitions and honing a unique musical identity, keep an ear out for lots more fascinating music coming from Topshe.

Lyrics -
The air was thick like a wall
Morning walks would hurt my head
Staying in didn't help at all
ou only got better if you fled
Instead, eyes red,
I fed
A dark desire to be dead
Do not fear, we're all here

Oh, something isn’t right
We’ll never shake the dust off, and they say the future’s
bright
But the present is all we’ve got, we’re trimming down
the years
And all we want is a good time while we’re here

Oh, tomorrow is fair game
I’m a fatalist who can’t resist, and don’t know who to
blame
Everyday I see its dusty hand drawing near
And all I want is a good time while I’m here

So hey, let’s go out tonight
Gotta keep on breathing, we don’t need the right
Some want redemption, some to disappear
And all I want is a good time, I’m here

Topshe - 1000 AQI

This was 3AM

Apple Music New Album of the Month (India) - October 2019

Apple Editor's Note:

Amidst the incendiary and politically charged rap inundating India’s millennial underground, the laid-back, old-school flow of bilingual Kolkata-based hip-hop crew Park Circus is a welcome change of pace. National Animal sets up treacly, quirky beats (think Deltron 3030 or Dream Warriors) for carefully enunciated—and often darkly comic—verses that present modern snapshots of urban life in India. On the chorally punchy "Blame The President" and disconcertingly gospel-sounding "Small Town/Big City" alike, it's the street smarts and glib wordplay that make this album a winner.

LiveWire Review:

When listening to an album involuntarily makes your feet move, body groove and alarms senior citizens in the metro coach you’re in, you know you have a banger on your hands – well, plugged into your ears.

Yep, the eponymous debut album of Kolkata-based funkadelic hip-hop act Park Circus is definitely one for the ages.

https://livewire.thewire.in/out-and-about/music/park-circus-debut-album-review-kolkata-music-scene/

Main Hoon Azad

The freshest, most funkadelic hip-hop from Kolkata, India. Azad on the mic, Joy Roy on the bass, and National Animal on the beat.