Shomi reflects on the music scene taking shape at a certain moment in Delhi, the voices, people, sounds, influences, concerns, and genres creating it, and the moment that it has arrived at now.
From the music format «78 rpm», the melancholic echoes of a dubbed out rave night in London, and parodic mockings of «perfect house wifes» by female Nigerian pop musicians.
- Playlist by Alex RigottiSo-called naff music is considered as lacking in style or taste. It’s not the kind of music you’d claim to be a fan of, but Alex Rigotti finds it to be a hidden side of national British identity.
- Short Essay by Lutivini MajanjaIn this essay, our author takes a closer look at Polish filmmaker Jan Moszumański’s film «Singeli Movement: Greed for Speed» and uses it as a starting point for a reflection on the genre’s grounding in the digital age and the dissonances embedded deep in its music.
- Short Essay by Gisela SwaragitaWhat happens when young musicians leave their hometowns or their places of study and head for another city? Jakarta-based journalist Gisela Swaragita remembers her own case and looks back to her study-years in the South-Central Javanese metropole, Yogyakarta.