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Goa’s deep connect with classical music comes alive at ‘Malhar and the Sea’ festival

The clouds played peek-a-boo as raindrops splashed against the window. When the aircraft began its descent at the Manohar International Airport (Mopa) in North Goa, a carpet of green stretched endlessly on either side, with hardly a hint of concrete in sight. Outside the terminal, Portuguese-inspired architecture and the iconic ‘Under the Coconut Tree’, a…

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Inside ‘mhai’: How house music meets mridangam

Karunakar of Wind Horse Record Studio, mridangam artiste R. Srikanth and DJ-producer Hamza Rahimtula  | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Two celebrated musicians, Hamza Rahimtula and senior mridangamartiste R. Srikanth, join forces on their latest release, Mhai. The track fuses two distinct traditions: Hamza’s modern house music with Srikanth’s konnakkol (the vocal performance of percussion syllables) and…

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Pocket Scion is a synth you play with plants

A few years ago, artist Modern Biology became a viral sensation when he posted videos of himself controlling a modular synth with mushrooms on TikTok. Pocket Scion gives anyone similar capabilities, but without having to spend thousands of dollars on a Eurorack rig – and in a much more portable package. A core part of…

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