Maed in India

As we bring you more new music, we thought we’d throw in some coconuts too. You know what they say, when life gives you coconuts, don’t make coconut barfi… Mae’s not a fan to be honest. Anyhoo, this week, her mixtape takes you through Japan, young love, dreams, freedom and complete anarchy.    Song List: Duncun Rufus - Miss Bee (02:17 - 07:25)  Drish T - Convenience Store (08:43 - 11:23)  Arvi & S...

Your friendly-neighbourhood mixtape wali is here and she’s got more tunes for your listening pleasure. On this Maed Mixtape, we’re coming in for a tight hug and some lingering snuggles. Too much? It’s never too much. We have songs on this mixtape that take you all the way from desire to loneliness with some poetry and other wonders in between. We have some cuddles thrown in too... virtual, sanitis...

Breathing can come in different forms - short, deep, light, and heavy just to name a few. This episode is meant to be a stress-reliever, a calming breath to settle the nerves so we can keep on keeping on. A lot of the songs on this mixtape have been written during the lockdown and talk about how we feel about our nights, our days, our friends, and our lives. So take a deep breath and dive in.    S...

With the untoward and unpredictable times we find ourselves in, it’s time to go back to simpler things in life. The little joys that give us more grounding now than ever before. Our latest chapter of Maed in India, brings you quite a few love songs and so, Mae has named this Maed Mixtape, bhindi. Her love affair with bhindi is overwhelming, emotional, undying and most probably unrequited. And yet,...

With a world in crisis, what better way to comfort your anxious and weary soul than curling up in bed and snuggling with your pillow. It’s been the comfort of my life and this mixtape is dedicated to the possessions that make you feel good. The songs we offer up talk about hope, staying optimistic, and self-realisation. Yeah, we’re trying to stay positive as you can tell.    Song List: Avora Recor...

As the month of August chugs along and given the times we live in, filled with racism, political unrest, fear of immigrants, threats of war, economic crisis and a global pandemic, we felt that it is important to continue to remind each other that no matter where you come from we are all people and our love for music is not confined by geographic boundaries. So, continuing our celebration of music...

The month of August is special because it’s when India celebrates its independence. Considering the times we live in, which is tough and tense. I think it’s important that we all know and realise that despite the untoward circumstances that there is love and camaraderie between all of us, regardless of politics and borders. In this episode, I’m not bringing you indie music from India, but I've dec...

Kicking off our special month of August, we have hip hop artist from Toronto, Shan Vincent de Paul . Earlier this year, while touring in India, he came in for a chat along with Yanchan who accompanies on mridangam. Shan talks about his family’s immigrant story from Jaffna, Sri Lanka to Brampton, Ontario, his daughter’s beatboxing skills, being a Tamil in Canada, and the brown artist renaissance. A...

This is a special episode of Maed in India where we’re collaborating with Toto Funds The Arts - an incredible non-profit trust created in memory of Angirus ‘Toto’ Vellani by his friends and family after his tragic and untimely passing in 2004. Toto Funds The Arts nurtures and encourages young artists in India in music, literature and film through awards, workshops and other events. We here at Maed...

More than half way through 2020 and what an action-packed year it’s been -  drama, tragedy, more drama, more tragedy and of course, we are still here. And since we’ve been in pyjamas for most of it, we might as well party in them too. On this week’s mixtape, we’ve got songs that are about either a bogeyman or a stranger, to conquering the struggles in our lives.    Song List: Rudy Wallang ft. Blac...

US-born, India-raised, London-based composer, producer, and percussionist Sarathy Korwar is behind the drum kit on this week’s episode of Maed in India. Performing with him, we have three fine gents on the mic, saxophone, and keys. On the show, we chat about being an outsider, making a “modern brown record”, appropriation, and why MC Mawali loves rocks.   Set List: Mumbay (00:41 - 07:15) Coolie (1...

As we try to find our balance while the world flips on its head, today’s mixtape is named Upside Down for that very reason. What we hope for is that we can serve up some tunes that will help you find the ground. From RnB, to classic 90s rock, synth-pop, hip hop and more, we bring you songs that talk about the hustle, the mundane, emotional upheavals, how to deal with haters, and dreams about long...

Bringing you an episode about time and space, we’ve got instrumental progressive rock act Across Seconds on the show. They play music from their debut album ‘Four Light Years From Home’, along with a brand new tune as well. They chat about their sci-fi album, being a good enough Megadeth fan, wicked baselines, EsselWorld rock, and more.   Set List: A Perfect World (00:34 - 09:15) Mayday (24:21 - 3...

Maeven 
[may-vin] noun The good place where you can hear your favourite Maed In India episode on loop.   For our last Mae Mixtape, we have music fresh and hot from the oven, and also the last and final Mae word for your vocab - it’s Maeven! We bring you songs that make you look inward, remind you that you deserve better, and make you see the world as it should be. During this sticky situation we’r...

Maehem [may-hem] noun
: Creating absolute, uncontrollable chaos. The third Mixtape for the #MonthOfMae and we’ve still got more music for you. We have some “Maehem” for you to mix into the existing chaos you’ve found yourselves in. So, if you’re at home and bored as fuck, and you just wanna know when you’ll be released from your little capsule, here’s a mixtape to get you through. Because well, no...

Maeple
 [may-pill] noun:
 A sweet nectar that tastes delicious with pancakes or french toast. It’s also a hallucinogen. This is the “Month of Mae” and this week we have a new word for your vocabulary and some new music to get stuck in your head. As we try to make sense of our world turned upside down, the one thing we hold on to here at Maed in India, is music. This is our way of passing on the lo...

Maetrix [may-tricks] noun When you take the red pill and end up in a place where you reveal all your deepest darkest secrets.    So as you can tell this month is a special one, because it’s the month of Mae! And since we’re all about giving because “sharing is caring” we are bringing you 4 weeks of personal crafted mixtapes. This is numero uno from our episode series and we have songs that take yo...

It’s not been an easy couple of months and all of us at Maed in India don’t want you to miss out on the awesome music coming out of this country. Our lockdown mixtape is called ‘Pani Puri’ because it’s what we’re craving right now. The songs you’ll hear talk about unhealthy relationships, betrayal, jealousy and life falling apart - happy topics as you can tell. We recommend you cuddle your teddy b...

A band from Pune called Triple Shuffle have created a new sub-genre. We call it ‘emo blues’. Super emo, super blues. On this episode, they chat to Mae about how blues is a colour, moving from being an engineer to being a musician, heartfelt band bios, changing your lineup, butterflies and whether the band actually likes their frontman or not.    Set List: Set Me Free (01:06 - 07:23) Already Gone (...

The whole month of March has been taken over by women and our mixtape is no exception. We’ve got music by women from all over the country that talk of protest, nostalgia, grief, losing confidence, falling in love, and believing in yourself.  So plug in, and brace yourselves, as we answer Beyonce’s burning question, “who run the world?” Set List: Sayantika Ghosh - The Memories Remain (02:44 - 07:26...

It’s all about ladies on Maed in India this month, and adding to the feminine spirit, we have blues soul singer Kanchan Daniel on the show. With a voice that’ll give you chills, she sings with pathos and power. Kanchan was diagnosed with cancer at the age of 17 with a 0% chance of survival. She talks about what she went through, how she persevered and never allowed it to make her a victim. She tel...

Continuing to Run The World, we have soul-pop singer-songwriter Karshni taking over Maed in India. With a voice that squashes your heart and lyrics that bond to your soul, Karshni plays her tunes and talks to Mae about singing in school, her obsession with K-pop and Korean culture, getting to grips with her anxieties, why she’s not the biggest fan of plectrums and how she’s juggling college along...

Continuing on with our Maed Month of Madams, we have pop RnB duo Saltwater this week playing some of their tunes and talking about what makes them cry, coming from musical families, long commutes in the city, what makes a song haunting and train station snacks.    Set List: Sheets (00:37 - 04:02) Caves (16:06 - 19:56) Old Together (31:13 - 34:05) Stand Still (43:08 - 46:03)Support, love and buy Ma...

Welcome to a very special month of Maed 2020. For the next five weeks, it’s about ladies ladies and more ladies. First up, we have Hindustani classical singer and rapper Mahima Dayal Mathur aka Bawari Basanti on the show with Ritesh Malaney accompanying her on cajon and ghungroos accompanying her on her ankles. In this episode, Mahima chats about her grandmother’s tanpura, the importance of failur...

For our second mixtape of the year, we bring you ‘Revolutions’ - a playlist of songs from the Indian independent music scene that highlights the voices of protest and their messages. Whether it’s about the current government, or CAA & NRC, or caste, or the global climate crisis - the subject of the protest varies, but that doesn’t make the fight any less. The struggle is real and the struggle is r...