8.5
Captivating
In The Shape of Things to Come, Balani digs his artistic foot deep into the experimental signatures of jazz and offers an alluring synthesis of warm and precision.
8.5
Captivating
8.5
Free-flowing
A mixtape by rapper Hanumankind and producer Kalmi, Surface Level is an artist's attempt to rise above the lockdown rubble and look within and at the world outside.
7.5
Energetic
Avora Records’ experimentation with different sounds in Comedians on Drugs point to their ability to push musical boundaries and craft compelling melodies.
8.5
Blissfully Disorienting
Medddler's debut EP Jump Alaska is a tight, no-frills 20-minute experience, written with multiple phases and emotional switch-ups.
8
Soothing
Founded by producer and multi-instrumentalist Raag Sethi, Compass Box Studio creates a place for independent musicians to hone their chops, film their performances and grow their listener base.
7.5
Unraveling
Creating moody new genre-hopping tunes as Khus Fir, artist Rishabh Iyer has things to communicate sonically and graphically with On Talons.
4.5
Vacuous
GoodMostlyBad’s debut Baby, a 5-track EP, marries glitchy sampling and talky hip-hop with sparse minimalism and ambient production.
7.5
Cinematic
Advaitham adapts the visual storytelling of an absurdist film into grounded and powerful instrumentals throughout the 23-minute experience in The Anatomy of a Dream.
8
Stimulating
Inspired by neoclassical sounds and story-based lyricism, Banat Kaur Bagga's new EP Flish is heavily based on guitar riffs and piano melodies.
8
Sunny
Bangalore-based DJ and producer Peach Blok aka Rishii Rohra dishes out his take on instrumental hip-hop beats and more in his latest beat tape, aptly titled Solitude (Quarantine Beat Tape).
