Add Indie to your 2014 playlist. The year will bring more gigs, more music festivals and many new artists working within newer genres. Solo artists will be big. And DIY marketing will be even bigger.
Solo artists who will make waves winit tikoo He mixes Urdu lyrics with a grunge sound. Tikoo has featured on Coke Studio and played at NH7 Weekender, Bangalore and Pune 2013.
Sandunes
It is the full-time electronic music project of Sanaya Ardeshir, producer, composer and synth player. She has quickly made a mark for herself, gigging all over the country. Her sound evolves after every show.
Tajdar Junaid
He released his debut album, What Colour is your Raindrop, in ’13 and a couple of songs off it are already being featured in a Hollywood film, Sold. The music, mostly instrumental, is very fresh. It has the quality that falls in the vein of Gustavo Santaolalla (The Motorcycle Diaries) and Yann Tiersen (Amélie) with its honest, cathartic, emotional, score-ish leanings.
Nischay Parekh
His Ocean is making waves. One reason for his success is the accessibility of his music: simple pop with a catchy melody. This is not to say that it lacks experimentation or songwriting, just that Parekh writes music with a wide listener base, courting a wider base of venues.
From HT Brunch, December 29
From HT Brunch, December 29
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