Maed In India

Keeping Mae’s relationship with her roots strong, we have another band from her motherland on the show - happy campers electro-pop band, The Derelicts! We talk about how being in a metal band in college was a right of passage, whether being a chartered accountant or a musician makes you more marriageable, the Kerala indie music scene and what it takes to be a happy sad band.   Set List: Happy Sad (00:39 - 07:41) Jennifer (25:49 - 30:52) In the Air (38:24 - 44:05) Introspect (49:55 - 55:00)   Musicians: Ashwin Nath - Vocals / Guitar / Synth  Sreekanth Bhasi - Bass Sabarish Menon - Guitar  Biju Karthik - Drums   Follow The Derelicts! Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/thederelicts/   Come be our friend: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/maedinindia Instagram https://www.instagram.com/maedinindia/ Twitter https://twitter.com/maedinindia   CREDITS: Host: Mae Twitter: https://twitter.com/maebemaebe Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maemariyam/   Recording Engineers: NoFilterAsh Audio Editor Post: Vijay Doiph

Ever the early riser, always the late arriver. That’s Mae. Punctuality isn’t particularly her forte but making awesome mixtapes is! This month, we have music from all over the country - Chennai, Hyderabad, Delhi, Mumbai and Nagaland. Today’s songs may cause the following: drowning, dreaming, falling, lifting or trading.   Song List: Three Oscillators ft. Karshni Nair - Drowning (01:40 - 05:03) The F16s - Amber  (05:41 - 09:08) Polar Lights - Fall Out (09:43 - 16:15) Burudu - Trading Noise (16:48 - 21:16) Vernon Noronha Ft. Raghav Meattle - Dream Sandwich (22:06 - 25:11) Anisha - You Don’t Know (25:44 - 29:10) Yung.Raj - Lifted (29:35 - 32:37)   Come be our friend: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/maedinindia Instagram https://www.instagram.com/maedinindia/ Twitter https://twitter.com/maedinindia   CREDITS: Host: Mae Twitter: https://twitter.com/maebemaebe Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maemariyam/   Audio Editor Post: Vijay Doiphode  Video Directed/Edited: Jishnu 'Short Round' Guha 

4 years of Maed in India 4 producers of Maed in India This episode brings you stories behind this humble indie music podcast that has over 170 episodes and 600 songs out so far. Mae chats to Amit, Mali, Josh and Shaun who’ve all in some way or the other worked to create the show as well as poked/whipped Mae to get the job done.   Set List: Live Again - Mali (01:15 - 04:36) Maria - Josh (19:39 - 26:04) Absolute - Mali (27:25 - 30:10)   Guests: Amit Doshi Mali Josh Thomas Shaun Fanthome   Follow Mali Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Malimanojmusic/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maalavikamanoj/   Follow Joshua Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tig3rbabu/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tig3rbabu/   Come be our friend: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/maedinindia Instagram https://www.instagram.com/maedinindia/ Twitter https://twitter.com/maedinindia   CREDITS: Host: Mae Twitter: https://twitter.com/maebemaebe Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maemariyam/   Recording Engineers: NoFilterAsh Audi

A band whose members originate from South India but found each other in a college in Haryana, jazz/blues/soul/funk act Shorthand talk about the band’s ups & downs, their music, sugar with idlis, and whatsapp groups. Listen to them performing some older tunes and newbies too on this episode of Maed in India.   Set List: Impressions (00:35 - 06:30) Window Noise (17:23 - 22:30) No Surprise (41:11 - 45:55) You Are Not Alone (58:16 - 01:03:12)   Musicians: Sreya Muthukumar - Vocals Prithvi Iyer - Drums Govind Narayan - Bass Abhinav Srikant - Guitar   Follow  Shorthand Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/shorthandband/   Come be our friend: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/maedinindia Instagram https://www.instagram.com/maedinindia/ Twitter https://twitter.com/maedinindia   CREDITS: Host: Mae Twitter: https://twitter.com/maebemaebe Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maemariyam/   Recording Engineers: NoFilterAsh  Audio Editor Post: Vijay Doiphode Video Directed/Edited: Jishnu 'Short Round' Guha  Studio: Isla

On Maed in India this week, we have multilingual hip-hop crew Swadesi that brings you rap in Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati and Bengali. We chat about why MC Mawali’s name was inspired by his mother, rapping about the socio-political context rather than girls, drugs & hoes and their latest release, The Warli Revolt, about the tribals in the Arrey Milk Colony area of Bombay who are in the throes of getting displaced due to urban development and the metro work. All this and some mind-bending rhythm and poetry too.   Set List: Plastic (00:47 - 04:09) Akhri Mauka (15:25 - 18:20) Achhe Din (25:52 - 29:07) Free Verse (44:43 - 48:56)   Musicians: Abhishek Shindolkar (Raakshas)  Dharmesh Parmar (MC Todfod) Aklesh Sutar (MC Mawali) Yash M Mahida (Maharya) Joshua Fernandes   Follow  Swadesi Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/swadesination/ Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/swadesimovement/   Come be our friend: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/maedinindia Instagram https://www.instagram.com/maedinindia/ Twitter htt

This month’s Maed Mixtape brings you a bunch of songs that talk about love, siblings, butterflies, and Nagraj. And with every playlist we curate, our dear host Mae always wants to squeeze in JUST ONE MORE song because she cannot wait for you to hear what she loves. If she could, her mixtapes would have a 100 songs. But no.   Song List: Azamaan Hoyvoy - Everybody Looking for Love (01:05 - 03:20) Komorebi - Little One (04:20 - 08:45) Lo! Peninsula - Another Divine Joke (09:40 - 15:25) Nush Lewis - Threads (16:24 - 19:48) Fish In the Sink - Butterfly of Blues (20:17 - 26:58) Meera Desai - Homes (27:23 - 31:56) Hoirong - Nagraj Will Sort it All Out (32:53 - 37:25)   Come be our friend: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/maedinindia Instagram https://www.instagram.com/maedinindia/ Twitter https://twitter.com/maedinindia   CREDITS: Host: Mae Twitter: https://twitter.com/maebemaebe Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maemariyam/   Audio Editor Post: Vijay Doiphode: https://www.facebook.com/vijaydoiphode Video Direct

It started out as a solo project in medical college. Soon a band formed with a name synonymous with pondering at a cafe in Thane, Mumbai. On this episode, electro-prog-rock outfit Corner Cafe Chronicles talk about being woke, cosmetic dentistry, the ever looming self-destruction of mankind, girls and “the preliminary construct of the decaying consciousness”. Also, they perform some unreleased material from their upcoming album, Renaissance.   Set List: Gloria's Kitchen (00:43 - 05:49) Midas (19:30 - 23:49) Paradise Drive (33:04 - 37:44) Homebound (45:44 - 50:30) Musicians: Chinmay Patkar - Vocals / Guitar / Synth / Samples Soumitra Vichare - Bass / Vocals / Synth  Swanand Thakur - Guitar  Parth Malhotra - Drums   Follow Corner Cafe Chronicles   Come be our friend: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/maedinindia Instagram https://www.instagram.com/maedinindia/ Twitter https://twitter.com/maedinindia   CREDITS: Host: Mae Twitter: https://twitter.com/maebemaebe Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maemariyam/   Re

Keeping the flame of Malayali lovin alive on the show, this week we have two lads who hail from Kerala - one is the beard and the other is the harmony - who make up acoustic prog rock duo, Beard of Harmony. They’ve released their debut EP in Jan this year and we chat about cheesy album artwork, emo lyrics, girl talk, and their latest tour that’s taken them to Nepal, Sri Lanka and even a yacht in Kochi.   Set List: Beautiful Dream (00:24 - 05:38) Kuliru (15:49 - 21:53) Manasinde Vingal (29:08 - 35:10) Perception (40:44 - 44:43)   Musicians: Sreejith ‘The Beard’ Nair  Ruben Simon   Follow Beard of Harmony Facebook Instagram   Come be our friend: Facebook Instagram Twitter   CREDITS: Host: Mae Twitter  Instagram   Recording Engineers: NoFilterAsh  Audio Editor Post: Arvind Sundar  Video Directed/Edited: Jishnu 'Short Round' Guha  Studio: Island City Studios 

Back on the show for Round 2, The Koniac Net come back on the show (after featuring on Ep.2) with a new album coming soon and with their whole band in tow. This episode is filled with way to many PJs along with a couple of drinking games, contemplations on why polls are rigged, and the ultimate question - who the hell are the Koniac Konnoisseurs?   Set List: Crawling (00:23 - 04:20) And We Became Birds (14:33 - 16:42) Something New (22:56 - 26:20) Here We'll Be (29:46 - 34:32) The Finally Heard Us (34:57 - 40:11)   Musicians: David Abraham - Guitar / Lead Vocals                       Jason D'Souza - Guitar /  Vocals  Aaron Dmello - Guitar Adil Kurwa - Bass Karun "K-Pilly" Kannampilly - Drums         Mallika Barot - Keys / Backing Vocals   Follow The Koniac Net Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/koniacnet/ Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/thekoniacnet/   Come be our friend: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/maedinindia Instagram https://www.instagram.com/maedinindia/ Twitter https://twitter.com/maedinind

We’re going to make this a regular thing. Mae’s Mixtapes will bring you the tunes that have landed up in her inbox before they end up lying around and gathering digital dust. She's also going to share other songs she’s discovered on her social media timelines and other nooks and crannies of the interwebs. Oh and... YOU GOT MAIL!   Song List: Trance Effect - Stop Pretending (01:32 - 04:41) No Honey - Sit Back (05:29 - 09:16) MOSKO - YDEK (09:51 - 15:15) Feathers in Space - Inertia (ft. Azade Aria) (16:00 - 18:31) Mr. Maloouk & The Goombas - One Of These Days (19:49 - 23:15) Dirty Jays ft. Tejas - Love Machine (23:51 - 28:12) Bone Broke - I’ve Got Something (28:50 - 31:33)   Come be our friend: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/maedinindia Instagram https://www.instagram.com/maedinindia/ Twitter https://twitter.com/maedinindia   CREDITS: Host: Mae Twitter: https://twitter.com/maebemaebe Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maemariyam/   Audio Editor Post: Vijay Doiphode: https://www.facebook.com/vijaydoipho

This band are back with a brand new record out. I’m talking about ska/reggae/dub outfit The Fanculos and their out with The Fanculos Album. We’ll be chatting about recording at a farmhouse in Alibag, playing saxophone in the shower, and why demerara sugar has a historical connection to lead singer Ramon Ibrahim. All that and some skanking on this episode of Maed in India.   Set List: What You See Is What You Get (00:21 - 6:00) I Don't Wanna Leave The Playground (17:42 - 22:22) Can I Ask You A Rhetorical Question (31:09 - 36:12) Better Late Than Never (48:07 - 52:50)   Musicians: Ramon Ibrahim - Vocals, Keys, Trombone DJ JJ - Drums  Saurab Suman - Bass  Ryan Sadri - Tenor Sax  Apurv Isaac (Lala) - Guitars, Backing Vocals    Follow The Fanculos   Come be our friend: Facebook  Instagram  Twitter    CREDITS: Host: Mae Twitter Instagram   Recording Engineer: NoFilterAsh  Mixing Engineer: Ramon Ibrahim  Audio Editor Post: Vijay Doiphode  Video Directed/Edited: Jishnu 'Short Round' Guha  Studio: Island City Studios 

When any person lands up in the midst of host, Mae on Maed in India, they will be subjected to lots of love but equal amounts of torture and will be squeezed for information. She will bring you moments from your past that even you personally have buried in the recess of your memories. The scrutiny and depth of research she digs up on her guests is equivalent to FBI/CIA/RAW/Private detective level intelligence gathering. And today, her victim is folk pop singer-songwriter Rounak Maiti. And we discuss his last album Bengali Cowboy, his new album coming soon, and a blog post he wrote once.   Set List: My Diary (00:43 - 06:20) Room With A View (15:24 - 20:35) Heavenly Machines (31:34 - 34:51) Turn Inside (45:39 - 50:24) Speak Out Loud (50:34 - 55:10)   Musicians: Rounak Maiti - Vocals / Guitar / Keys                     Soutrik (Zico) Chakraborty - Guitar Siddhant Vetekar - Bass                                 Dhruv Sarker - Drums   Follow Rounak Maiti Facebook Instagram   Come be our friend: Facebook Instagram T

Mae: “So I called my friend Aditi and I asked her, ‘Hey I know that the mission of your crew, Ladies Compartment, is to work with and bring together female musicians and I was wondering if you’d like to do that on Maed in india” Aditi: “Sure. Let’s do it!” And thus was born The Ladies Special. We talk about why ladies toilets need more cubicles, not taking things lying down, releasing new music, and of course, boobs.   Set List: Mountain Song (00:44 - 03:32) Laundry (22:05 - 25:08) It Gets Easier (25:10 - 29:02) Conversation (29:05 - 37:11) Jam Song (37:17 - 42:09)   Musicians: Aditi Ramesh Ramya Pothuri Aarifah Rebello Nush Lewis Warsha Easwar Kamakshi Khanna Pooja Mazumdar Tanya Shah   Come be our friend: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/maedinindia Instagram https://www.instagram.com/maedinindia/ Twitter https://twitter.com/maedinindia   CREDITS: Host: Mae Twitter: https://twitter.com/maebemaebe Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maemariyam/   Recording Engineers: NoFilterAsh Audio Editor Post: Vijay

Headlining the show this week is acapella/beatboxing crew Voctronica. This band have gone through various changes and breakups and now after much coaxing…. They at last landed up on Maed in India. Besides playing you their brand new tunes, talking about band breakups, how to keep your voice in tip top shape and you’ll get to hear yours truly (yes that’s Mae) be a part of an impromptu acapella jam with Voctronica.   Set List: Displace - (00:35 - 02:30) Why Not - (16:33 - 19:30) Car Jam - (36:10 - 40:00) Circle Jam - (46:40 - 49:27) Seven (7en) - (58:16 - 01:01:28)   Musicians: Avinash Tewari   Arjun Nair  Warsha Easwar   Clyde Rodrigues  Nagesh Reddy   Aditi Ramesh    Follow  Voctronica Facebook   Twitter  Instagram    Come be our friend: Facebook  Instagram  Twitter    CREDITS: Host: Mae Twitter Instagram   Recording Engineers: NoFilterAsh  Audio Editor Post: Arvind Sundar  Video Directed/Edited: Jishnu 'Short Round' Guha  Studio: Island City Studios 

He’s sold out stadiums across the world after his big break with AR Rahman. His origins are Carnatic classical but he’s a pop/soul/R&B singer songwriter too. I’m talking about Sid Sriram. Out with his new album, Entropy, he comes to the studio and performs stripped down renditions of his songs with a bunch of musicians in Bombay. Also, we talk about many things, why he’s such a shy guy, he lovely mother Latha, his struggles with identity, and his super deep lyrics.   Set List: It isn’t True - (00:42 - 04:01) 6 Weeks - (20:11 - 23:11) Paper Plates - (38:36 - 43:45) 2am Prayer - (57:13 - 01:01:21)   Musicians: Sid Sriram   Tapas Naresh   Rohan Rajadhyaksha   Amandeep Singh     Follow Sid Sriram Facebook   Twitter   Instagram     Come be our friend: Facebook  Instagram  Twitter    CREDITS: Host: Mae Twitter Instagram   Recording Engineers: NoFilterAsh  Audio Editor Post: Vijay Doiphode Video Directed/Edited: Jishnu 'Short Round' Guha  Studio: Island City Studios 

It’s all about that new music on Maed in India. I’m Mae and today my headliner is rapper/emcee/hip hop artist Enkore and out with his 2nd album Bombay Soul. So different from the last time when he came with his debut album Libra Scale in Ep.31. We chat about how he wanted to be a poet and not a rapper, being misunderstood, hologram pokemons, and the middle class mirage.   Set List: Soul - (00:32 - 03:33) Home (Pinjre) - (11:43 - 16:30) Charsi Galli - (21:08 - 24:17) Agni Pariksha - (26:52 - 30:32) Port Wine (Grown) - (35:03 - 38:22) Freestyle Rap - (51:28 - 56:27)   Follow Enkore     Come be our friend: Facebook  Instagram  Twitter    CREDITS: Host: Mae Twitter Instagram   Recording Engineers: NoFilterAsh  Audio Editor Post: Vijay Doiphode Video Directed/Edited: Jishnu 'Short Round' Guha  Studio: Island City Studios 

The last time indie soul R&B singer-songwriter Kamakshi Khanna landed up on the show (Ep.85), it was just herself and a ukulele. Now she’s brought her whole band to the studio and performing brand new unreleased material just for you. Also, we chat about her days in a youth choir, a band with her school friends called Obliviate, other really awkward band names, and more.   Set List: Foolish One (00:33 - 04:26) Wait (14:21 - 17:33) How (26:40 - 30:05) Bless (41:47 - 44:59) Breathe (53:20 - 59:08)   Musicians: Kamakshi Khanna Apurv (Lala) Isaac  Adil Kurwa  Karun Kannampilly    Follow Kamakshi Khanna Facebook Twitter:  Instagram   Come be our friend: Facebook  Instagram Twitter    CREDITS: Host: Mae Twitter:  Instagram:    Recording Engineers: NoFilterAsh  Audio Editor Post: Arvind Sundar  Video Directed/Edited: Jishnu 'Short Round' Guha  Studio: Island City Studios 

Another band that returns to the Maed in India fold is Hindi rockers Daira (Ep.86). Out with a new album called Itni Jurrat? The last time we spoke to the band, the episode became a counselling session for their troubles. This time around we talk about Vipreet Buddhi (an improv album they recorded, mix it, master it while on a trip to Manali), Mazedaar Clinic, why musicians have no provident fund, and Raja Thandai in Lucknow.   Set List: Mazedaar (00:59 - 04:50) Mahaul (22:57 - 26:03) Lailaaj (36:50 - 41:16) Har Subah (54:18 - 58:16)   Musicians: Piyush Kapoor - Lead Vocals / Kazobo / Trumpet  Vikalp Sharma - Guitars/Vocals Shivam Pant - Guitars/Vocals Pratik Kulgod - Drums    Follow Daira     Come be our friend: Facebook  Instagram  Twitter    CREDITS: Host: Mae Twitter:  Instagram:    Recording Engineers: NoFilterAsh  Audio Editor Post: Vijay Doiphode Video Directed/Edited: Jishnu 'Short Round' Guha  Studio: Island City Studios 

Welcome to Maed in India 2019! My first band this year is electro-jazz/funk/trip hop/soul crew Ape Echoes! Started by producer/multi-instrumentalist duo Nirmit Shah & Sid Shirodkar, it’s grown into a full-fledged band that are hoping to release their second record this year. On the show we talk about momos, anger management issues, being a geek, and a turtle named Charlie.   Set List: Come Alive (00:34 - 05:10) Untitled (17:53 - 22:53) Monkey Do (30:47 - 33:55) Untitled (Nerve Jam) (46:48 - 51:57)   Musicians: Nirmit Shah  Sid Shirodkar  Sahil Shah :  Harshvardhan Gadhvi   Follow Ape Echoes   Come be our friend: Facebook  Instagram  Twitter   CREDITS: Host: Mae Twitter Instagram   Recording Engineers: DJ JJ Audio Editor Post: Vijay Doiphode  Video Directed/Edited: Jishnu 'Short Round' Guha  Studio: Island City Studios 

An end to another awesome year of music and of course, Mae was arm-twisted into putting together her favourite performances on the show. Her attempts at making a shortlist failed as it was too long and had to be whittled down further but eventually we got there. Here are her favourite songs performed live on Maed in India. Track List: Chabuk - Kaun Hip Hop (00:50 - 04:52) Smalltalk - Freedom ft. Enkore (05:24 - 12:05) Raghav Meattle - I’m Always Right (12:23 - 16:50) Funktuation - Oora Paru (17:14 - 22:41) Ladies Compartment - Logo Song (23:10 - 27:07) UNOHU - Afterglow (27:32 - 34:44) Kimochi Youkai - Round & Round (35:11 - 39:19) Dhruv Visvanath - Jungle (40:04 - 45:22) Paradigm Shift - Wajah (46:07 - 51:52) Prateek Kuhad - did you/fall apart (52:36 - 55:32) Come be our friend: Facebook  Instagram  Twitter   CREDITS: Host: Mae Twitter Instagram Audio Editor Post: Vijay Doiphode Video Directed/Edited: Jishnu 'Short Round' Guha  Studio: Island City Studios