Pulling up at the best station from this nation, we have the Ladies Special coming in with Producer & chillwave, trip hop electronica artist from Delhi, Tarana Marwah aka Komorebi. She’s out with a new record that released in Sept 2023 called The Fall. It was a behemoth multimedia project that was 6 years in the making and includes a 6-song album, a 30-page comic book and music videos made with Epic Games’ Unreal Engine. We talk about how family is our kryptonite and invariably the greatest inspiration for her work; how collaboration, as much as it’s fulfilling can also be intimidating; and whether it’s a soliloquy or an intergalactic sci-fi story every record is autobiographical. Also, Tarana is on the lookout for a good choreographer for her next musical venture.

Song List:

The Fall (01:15 to 06:51)

Watch Out (17:14 to 21:15)

Better Not Bitter (26:30 to 31:57)

I Grew Up (48:22 to 54:11)

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CREDITS:

Host: Mae

Twitter: @maebemaebe

Instagram: @maemariyam

Producer: Shaun Fanthome, Sean D'mello, Ruchi Sawardekar

Content & Social Media Manager: Meghna Gulati

Sound Editing & Additional Engineering by: Lakshman Parsuram

Video Editing by: Jishnu Guha

Artwork Design by Alika Gupta

Episode Mixed & Mastered by: Kartik Kulkarni

Music Mixed by: Aria Nanji

Recorded at Island City Studios

Halt all engines! For the 2nd instalment of our #LadiesSpecial, our train has taken us to jazz pop singer songwriter and budding actor Aditi Saigal, aka Dot.. Tune in as we find out about the first song she ever wrote (filled with that glorious youthful angst we know and love), as well as how she began playing piano at age of 6 and composing at the age of 12. Mae and Aditi bond over their Welsh connection, and she reveals how her return to India led to her first tattoo, the making of a brand new album and acting in Zoya Akhtar’s The Archies. She also performs 3 brilliant unreleased tracks, one of which she wrote 3 days before she came to record with us.

Song List:

Faster (01:26 to 03:55)

What Edie Said (23:52 to 27:33)

Girl’s Night (34:47 to 38:20)

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Accompanying artists

Aoife O’ Brian

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CREDITS:

Host: Mae

Twitter: @maebemaebe

Instagram: @maemariyam

Producer: Shaun Fanthome, Sean D'mello, Ruchi Sawardekar

Content & Social Media Manager: Meghna Gulati

Sound Editing & Additional Engineering by: Lakshman Parsuram

Video Editing by: Jishnu Guha

Artwork Design by Alika Gupta

Episode Mixed & Mastered by: Kartik Kulkarni

Music Mixed by: Hersh Desai

Recorded at Island City Studios

Choo choo! Yaatri kripya dhyaan dein… Mumbai ki Maed in India Ladies special will be releasing a new episode every week in March, with women who inspire us in all the right ways. Agle station ki tayyaari rakhein.

Opening this season is **drumroll** hip hop artist, singer, and metal vocalist: Pratika. She spills the beans about her days growling into a mic when she was barely a teenager for her brother’s band Chronic Phobia, finding her safe place among metalheads, we even talk about Astrobiology and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life, as well as how her music channels a powerful feminine rage.

Song List (Audio):

Ever Wondered (02:06 to 05:46)

Growing Up (17:25 to 21:12)

Same Mistake (43:28 - 47:15)

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Accompanying artists

Roop Thomas on Bass

Reinhardt Dias on Acoustic guitar

Pritesh Prabhune (PrabhuNeigh) on Synths, Tracks, Percussion

Shishir Tao on Drums

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CREDITS:

Host: Mae

Twitter: @maebemaebe

Instagram: @maemariyam

Producer: Shaun Fanthome, Sean D'mello, Ruchi Sawardekar

Content & Social Media Manager: Meghna Gulati

Sound Editing & Additional Engineering by: Lakshman Parsuram

Video Editing by: Jishnu Guha

Artwork Design by Alika Gupta

Episode Mixed & Mastered by: Kartik Kulkarni

Music Mixed by: Harsh Karmakar

Music Mix Supervision: Ashyar Balsara & Jehangir Jehangir

Recorded at Island City Studios

Here’s a very special episode of Maed in India.

You may have heard of this very cool gig called the Red Bull Tour Bus.

It’s a behemoth music tour that travels across India, bringing you extraordinary Indian indie performances. It’s now been 10 years since it started and recently, our very own Mae Mariyam Thomas along with fellow music aficionados Nirmika Singh and Amit Gurbaxani were the judges got to judge the Red Bull Off The Roof Band Hunt, where young artists or bands have the chance to play the gig of a lifetime. Though they were spoiled for choice with the talent there had to be one winner - soul R&B crew Queendom!

Brecilla D'Souza and Damini Gautam are back (check out their 2021 Ladies Special episode here) and with their whole band in tow and new unreleased music to share.

Learn how to manifest a performance on Red Bull Off The Roof tour bus, the power of 3 part harmonies, why the stage is their safe space and of course, what it really means to be a queen and making that word less la di da.

Song List (Audio):

Pussy Talk (01:41 - 07:09)

Colony (16:11 - 18:26)

Search for Meaning (31:26 - 35:42)

Follow Queendom:

Instagram @queendomindia

Queendom is:

Brecilla D'Souza on vocals

Damini Gautam on vocals

Accompanying artists

Meera Desai on vocals

Pratika on vocals

Shivang Kapadia on drums

Pranav Kamat on electric guitar

Adi Ahir on bass guitar

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CREDITS:

Host: Mae

Twitter: @maebemaebe

Instagram: @maemariyam

Producer: Shaun Fanthome, Sean D'mello, Ruchi Sawardekar

Content & Social Media Manager: Meghna Gulati

Sound Editing & Additional Engineering by: Lakshman Parsuram

Video Editing by: Jishnu Guha

Episode Mixed & Mastered by: Kartik Kulkarni

Music Mixed by: Jehangir Jehangir

Recorded at Island City Studios

On the special occasion of Sri Lanka’s Independence Day on Feb 4th, Mae sits down with Sri Lankan reggae/dub/rock band, The Soul. They chat about the band's insistence on NOT being a cover band and making only original music (and being a broke musician in the process), the sad sad situation of Sri Lanka’s economy but also how it’s not sad and everything is perfectly fine (right?). When talking about their music it ranges from dystopian futures and reflections on political turmoil all the way to the woes of being a struggling independent artist. Oh and they teach Mae some Sinhalese too (whether it was successful or not you’ll have to listen to the episode to find out).

Song List (Audio):

Dancer Wake (01:13 - 06:35)

Light Bringer (25:52 - 32:27)

Lucky Child (38:38 - 48:34)

Grasshopper (57:16 - 1:04:41)

Follow The Soul:

Instagram @thesoulsrilanka

Facebook @thesoulsrilanka

The Soul is:

Dave Roberts on vocals

Khazim Miskin on lead guitar

Uvindu Perera on bass

Sarani Perera on rhythm guitar

Divanka Sewmin on drums

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CREDITS:

Host: Mae

Twitter: @maebemaebe

Instagram: @maemariyam

Producer: Shaun Fanthome, Nikkethana Kamal, Ruchi Sawardekar

Content & Social Media Manager: Meghna Gulati

Sound Editing & Additional Engineering by: Lakshman Parsuram

Video Editing by: Jishnu Guha

Episode Mixed & Mastered by: Kartik Kulkarni

Music Mixed by: Ashyar Balsara

Recorded at Island City Studios

This week on the show, we have bass player and producer NATE08 joining Mae in the studio. They discuss his debut full length album Furaha, from which he performs three songs with a little help from Jeremy D'souza on drums, Sid Shirodkar on keys, Harsh Gadhvi on the guitar, and Azamaan Hoyvoy on vocals. Nate also tells us about how his dad bought him his first bass, how a good drum-bass pairing comes together, and how he approaches sessions gigs and making his own music differently.

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Song List:

Trigger Fool ft. Azamaan Hoyvoy (00:51 - 04:41)

Furaha (16:18 - 19:38)

Cold Muse (30:40 - 33:17)

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Follow NATE08:

Instagram @nate08music

Twitter @nate08music

Facebook @nate08music

Band:

Jeremy D'souza on drums

Sid Shirodkar on keys

Harsh Gadhvi on the guitar

Azamaan Hoyvoy on vocals

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CREDITS:

Host: Mae

Twitter: @maebemaebe

Instagram: @maemariyam

Sound Editing & Additional engineering by: Lakshman Parsuram

Episode Mixed & Mastered by: Kartik Kulkarni

Producer: Shaun Fanthome and Husein Haveliwala

Music Mixed by: Hersh Desai

Recorded at Island City Studios

It's that time of the year again, where we settle into changing 2023 to 2024 in our diary. However, before we completely say goodbye to 2023, Mae brings you the Best of 2023 (and no we’re not talking about that bikini vacation in Andaman), with her favourite music performances from the ghosts of Maed in India’s past! From celebrating 300 episodes with a cult band from the early 2000s, to Assamese jazz-pop, Urdu blues, Punjabi folk and a Marathi abhanga with a guitar solo that’ll knock your socks off! Tune in now on the podcast platform of your choice for our #MaedinIndia #Bestof2023

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Song List:

Zero - Take Me Away (02:40 - 07:40)

Sampriti - Xathor (08:15 - 14:10)

Sameer Rahat - Tasalli (15:44 - 21:10)

Banat - Daachi Waaleya (21:46 - 25:17)

Swarupa Ananth - Happy Dance (26:02 - 29:02)

Abhanga Repost - Aise Kaise Zhale Bhondu (30:22 - 35:55)

Nimisha Shankar - Duniya (37:40 - 40:39)

Phosphenes - Are You Gonna Leave Me? (42:22 - 46:27)

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CREDITS:

Host: Mae Mariyam Thomas

Producer: Shaun Fanthome

Audio Editor Post: Kartik Kulkarni

We have New Delhi-bred, Singapore-based artist Anirudh Singh Chohan in the studio this week, as he chats with Mae about how his Dad introduced him to music from Mozart to ghazals to Simon & Garfunkel, starting an Instagram Live show during the pandemic, and about his extensive guitar collection. He also tells more about his debut EP Unequal Music, from which he plays us two songs and another unreleased track specially for Maed in India

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Song List:

‎Nickel & Steel (01:02 - 04:17)

High Hopes (15:06 - 18:27)

A Loving Hand (24:53 - 28:18)

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Follow Anirudh:

Instagram: @anirudhchohan

Twitter: @anirudh_chohan

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CREDITS:

Host: Mae

Twitter: @maebemaebe

Instagram: @maemariyam

Sound Editing & Additional engineering by: Lakshman Parsuram

Episode Mixed & Mastered by: Kartik Kulkarni

Producer: Shaun Fanthome and Husein Haveliwala

Music Mixed by: Ashyar Balsara

Recorded at Island City Studios