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Maed in India - India's first indie music podcast that showcases the best Indian independent musicians from India and abroad. Each episode presents an interview with an artist/band along with an exclusive stripped down session or acoustic renditions of their original music. The weekly show prides itself on being the destination for new music, little known stories, and unreleased music never heard before. It features all kinds of artists from new-comers to veterans and under a variety of genr ...
The podcast where MUSIC INSPIRES! 9XM brings you a podcast with amazing in-depth conversations with the most creative minds in the music industry. Every week, you get a glimpse into a musician’s discipline and creative process as host Eva Bhatt talks to them while exploring into their personas, bringing forth unique life experiences that are sure to inspire. We start this journey off with some of the biggest names in the Bollywood music industry. Guests Include- Armaan & Amaal Malik, Tanishk ...
It’s the final chapter of our 2023 Ladies Special, and we’re featuring Bhojpuri folk artist Nimisha Shankar. She chats to Mae about how learning classical music as a child wasn’t something that interested her as much as singing folk music, interacting with Bhojpuri-speaking people from over 16 countries, and setting up Recalling Roots, a project th…
This week, on our Ladies Special, Mae is joined by Carnatic musician and vocalist Sushma Soma, based in Singapore and Chennai. Sushma opens up about quitting her Big Four accounting job to pursue music full time, her passion for sustainability and the environment, as well as preserving traditional artforms. She even opens up about the often problem…
Listen to the 23 year old singer-song writer- music producer, Vismay Patel, who has acclaimed his position in the independent space with the release of only 10 singles across global platforms, till date. His songs have organically crossed millions of views & streams. Host Eva Bhatt asks him about his roots in Assam, his ‘army’ family background and…
Our Ladies Special is chugging along very nicely, and this episode is no different! We feature Assamese Soul-pop folk singer-songwriter Sampriti, who talks about instances of colourism she’s had to face in her life, landing a job as a performer on a cruise ship, and writing in Assamese coming to her naturally. Of course, she performs three songs in…
We declare the 2023 edition of Maed in India’s Ladies Special open for your listening pleasure! It’s our annual celebration of women in independent music in India, and our theme this year goes back to our country’s musical roots. We’re featuring artists who showcase India’s rich heritage through their identity, regional language or music style. To …
It’s happening. No, this isn’t a dream. We can’t contain our excitement any longer. We have two HUGE reasons to celebrate. It’s Maed in India’s 300th episode!!! We’re celebrating this milestone with a band that’s been the soundtrack of the lives of college students through the late 90s and early 2000s. Mae has the iconic alt rock band Zero in the s…
Our series of team-made Maed Mixtapes returns this week with ‘Mirinda’. Yes, the bright orange soda. It also happens to be a word in Esperanto, which is the world's most widely spoken constructed language. The person who curated this effervescent mixtape is Nikkethana aka Nikki, a producer at Maed in India! She’ll tell you why she chose ‘Mirinda’, …
This week, on Maed in India, we’re featuring songwriter, composer and guitarist from Ahmedabad – Chirag Todi! Mae chats to him about building up the confidence to sing again after a 10 year hiatus, overcoming stage fright, approaching collaborators for his EP Panodrama, and milestones, past and future! He also performs 3 of his songs solo on vocals…
We’re back with another Maed Mixtape this week! This time, Sakshi, our HR, Admin and Production Assistant, has put together an eclectic mix of indie artists and songs with one thing in common – you’ll hear distinct touches of Indian classical or folk music in all of them. Presenting Raga, an ode to Sakshi’s love for classical fusions! Song List: Ra…
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Ep. 169 9XM Soundcaste Ft. Gurashish Singh
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Your favourite podcast wins an award! Thank you listeners for showing your love, we are proud to announce that this podcast bagged the prestigious India Audio Summit Awards 2023. Keep listening and sharing! In this episode, Host Eva Bhatt talks to the heartthrob of the ‘indie’ music scene, Gurashish Singh, whose covers, mash-ups, and originals have…
We’re a full house in the studio on this episode of Maed in India, with the 6 members of contemporary folk fusion band Abhanga Repost joining Mae this week! The group revives traditional Marathi abhangas or devotional poems of saints from Maharashtra, into contemporary renditions . Along with performing three special abhangas, they also tell Mae ab…
We’re back with another Maed Mixtape, and keeping our series of Team Maed mixtapes going with the first one of the year by Sonali Gupta, an Assistant Producer here at Maed in India. From our vast selection of music submissions, she’s picked the songs that made her bounce the most! And she hopes these tracks make you bounce too. Swaying or rocking f…
Back in the studio, Mae is joined by Urdu-Blues music composer, performer, and writer Sameer Rahat! He talks about his relationship with poetry and music, coming from a family of poets, how classical ghazals and traditional blues came together in his music, how Urdu as a language is dying a gradual death, and on his experience being a music compose…
In January 2021, we released a special Maed Mixtape called FOMO, in the belief that, on Maed in India, we “leave no song behind” (at least not the good stuff). Now we’re back with another edition of FOMO to feature the tunes that are giving Mae some major FOMO. Well, in that she thinks she missed featuring them in 2022! Song List: Daira - Mazaar (0…
One of the most sought-after & award-winning music composers in the Indian OTT space, ‘Dhaaga’(TVF-Aspirants) fame singer-composer-lyricist Nilotpal Bora is on this episode with Host Eva Bhatt. His latest musical work is for Bhuvan Bam’s web-series ‘Taaza Khabar’. Known for his soulful compositions & modern, organic soundscape in popular web-series…
HOW IS IT THE END OF 2022 ALREADY?!?! Okay, everyone calm down. CALM DOWN. There’s only one thing we can do to come to terms with this, and that is – take a listen to some of the most incredible performances from our Maed in India studio sessions this year. Please know that if Mae could, she would feature all performances from Maed in India 2022 in…
The next guest host of our series of Maed in India team-curated Maed Mixtapes is none other than our Head of Audio Production and resident audio wizard, Kartik Kulkarni! Well, technically Mae requested our team mascot, Kartik’s pet cat Timon, to put this mixtape together. Kartik is only here as translat-purrrrr! Let’s all experience what a catnip-i…
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Ep. 167 9XM Soundcaste Ft. Dhaval Kothari
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Host Eva Bhatt chats with singer Dhaval Kothari who has a multi-genre profile that contains recreations of Indian classical, indie, pop and regional folk to being a music business entrepreneur. He talks about his musical series called #Folktales where he drew inspiration from folk music, pan-India. His versions of ‘Kon Halave Limdi’, ‘Kaho Poonam N…
This week’s Maed Mixtape is brought to you by Maed in India’s very own producer, Husein! As the producer of the show, he listens to a whole bunch of music that indie artists from all across the country submit to Maed in India every day. So, choosing his favourites for this playlist was really difficult, but also really simple at the same time! What…
Singer, music producer-composer Nakash Aziz is back on the Podcast, this time to talk about his latest, back-to-back successful releases as well as his independent music. He talks about the song ‘Keti Ko’, composed by Amit Trivedi for the much-loved ‘Uunchai’ as well as the songs in the mega hit Rishab Shetty starrer ‘Kantara’. He talks about the c…
We’re back with another Maed Mixtape maed by one of our very own! This time on curating and hosting duty is Lakshman Parsuram, an audio engineer at Maed in India. He’s put together a diverse bunch of talented artists and their songs on his mixtape ‘Popcorn’, an ode to something he can never get enough of. So throw your own bag of kernels in the mic…
Joining Mae in the studio this week on Maed in India is alternative hip-hop artist BC Azad aka Arijit Sett. They speak about his early days in Kolkata’s indie music scene, what drew him to hip-hop, and what being a multilingual rapper means to him. He also performs 3 songs from his debut album ‘Naya Hindustan’! Song List: Naya Hindustan (00:10 - 03…
This is not a drill – Maed Mixtapes are back! Well, er… this isn’t a Maed mixtape, technically. After months of resistance towards mixtapes from Maed in India’s very own Partner/Legal Council/Financial Advisor/Administrator/ Head of Production and everything in between, Shaun Fanthome (who wanted to focus on our studio sessions), he has finally rel…
On this episode of Maed in India, Mae features Mumbai based singer-songwriter and music journalist David Britto aka Arrows. He talks to Mae about how his parents enrolled him for guitar classes (which he hated), what his moniker ‘Arrows’ could have been, why he doesn’t sing on Arrows songs, and more about his multiple upcoming projects, including o…
On Maed in India this week, we have Baroda-based singer-songwriter, producer and visual artist Shashwat Bulusu. Mae chats to him about how his relationship with music went from a tabla, to a guitar, to a punk metal band, to eventually becoming a producer. He tells us more about how his Shashwat and Bullu sides come together on his debut album Pinoc…
On the show this week are the Easy Wanderlings. They’re a soul, pop, indie-folk band whose 3 founding members featured on Ep. 67 of the show in 2016, albeit anonymously. They are joined by the rest of the current line-up, who tell Mae how each of them joined the band, the challenges of making music in an 8-member band, and what their upcoming EP 'C…
This week, on Maed in India, Mae chats with New Delhi-based bassist and music producer, Harshit Misra aka Hashbass. He performs 3 unreleased tracks exclusively for all you Maed in India listeners. And he features his friend Punjabi singer-rapper Jasdeep Singh aka Burrah. Mae and Harshit talk about taking up music tuitions at a young age, what he lo…
On this episode of Maed in India, we’re back in the studio with singer-songwriter and producer Ankit Dayal, who released his debut album Tropical Snowglobe (Side A) earlier this year. He performs three songs from the album, and chats to Mae about why he likes his album names on the long side. They also reminisce about his days in pop rock band, Spu…
Multi-talented musician, Gourov Dasgupta who has helmed multiple music projects as a composer, arranger/curator, talks about his creative discipline and projects. From songs in Bollywood movies like Kaabil to Bhuj: The Pride of India, Dhokha Round D Corner, Jawaani Jaaneman, Total Dhamaal, Mubarakaan to singles like Tum Na Aaye, Ek Tu Hi Kaafi Hai,…
As we wrap up our series ‘Where Did They Go?’ we head back to episode 136 of the show from September 2018. Mae was joined by R&B neo-soul act Smalltalk, and she asked them about the story behind their band name, and how the songs came together for their debut EP ‘Tacit’. They also thoroughly enjoyed guitarist Siddharth’s school teacher voice, vocal…
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This week on Maed in India’s rebroadcast series ‘Where Did They Go?’, Mae jumps back to October 2016, to episode 68, when 4 members of alt rock act, Spud in the Box were on the show. They performed stripped down versions of 3 songs from their then sophomore release, Lead Feet Paper Shoes, and chatted about alternative band names, working with KJ Si…
Singer-Composer Vipin Patwa talks to Host Eva Bhatt on this episode about his childhood, training in music & musical journey, till date. His recent compositions in Bollywood namely ‘Matlabi Yaariyaan’ (The Girl On The Train), ‘Ishq Mera’ (Bhuj: The Pride of India), ‘Vaddi Sharaban’ (De De Pyaar De) etc. The soulful ‘Auliya’ (Hum Chaar), voiced by A…
The next episode that Mae’s picked from our glorious archives – on our “Where Did They Go?” rebroadcast series – is episode 36 of Maed in India from February 2016. This was when she had Bombay blues-rock band The Tripp in the studio, and spoke to them about how the band of (mostly) St Andrew's boys came together, why certain ex band members left, t…
Back on the “Where Did They Go?” rebroadcast series, Mae brings you Kimochi Youkai, the five-member jazz/RnB/neo-soul act that was on the show in December 2018, on the 149th episode of Maed in India. They talk about how they met at True School of Music, how their lineup changed, the meaning of Kimochi Youkai, and more! Take a look at our episode ar…
Kunaal Vermaa, one of the busiest lyricists in the industry who has penned superhit songs for top music composers and singers, talks to Host Eva Bhatt about his creative discipline and his latest International collab ft. Allu Arjun. He talks about some of the most celebrated songs like ‘Hasi’(Hamari Adhuri Kahani) ‘Dil’ (Ek Villian Returns), ‘Pal’(…
Hi! While we’ve been on hiatus, Mae decided to go back to her older Maed in India episodes, particularly the ones where bands have either disbanded, or are on an indefinite hiatus. It got her thinking – “Where Did They Go?” And so, to ease back in from our hiatus, we’re showcasing Maed in India episodes from way back when that featured bands that a…
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Ep. 162 9XM SoundcasE ft. Nikhita Gandhi and Siddhant Bhosle
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Nikhita Gandhi and Siddhant Bhosle come together for a new single 'Tu Hi Bata' and in this episode, they talk about their shared love for western, Indian & other music genres & styles and creating independent music apart from their ‘mainstream’ music career. After chart-toppers like Qaafirana, Ullu Ka Pattha, Aao Kabhi Haveli Pe, Burj Khalifa, Jugn…
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Ep. 161 9XM SoundcasE ft. DJ Shadow Dubai
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Listen to one of the biggest names in the DJ scene, DJ Shadow Dubai, on this episode, about his eventful journey from engineering to mixing tracks! The creator of ‘Banna Re’ that got viral on social media, recently, DJ Shadow Dubai, talks about his experiences of working with Yo Yo Honey Singh, Guru Randhawa & Badshah to his upcoming collabs with i…
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Ep. 160 9XM SoundcasE ft. Harshit Chauhan
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Composer-arranger & singer Harshit Chauhan chats with Host Eva Bhatt about his passion for creating ‘original’ music and some interesting stories about his ‘hustle’ in the music world. He talks about his mentors, veterans Kalyanji Anandji and some other key people who helped him in his journey, till date, namely singer Divya Kumar, Aditya Narayan &…
A cryptic email in the Maed in India inbox has now manifested itself into a Maed in India studio session. All the way from Dimapur (and Kohima) in Nagaland is pop-rock band Trance Effect on the show this week! They talk to Mae about how the band was originally going to be named after a Disney movie, they explain some of the fun Easter eggs in the c…
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Ep. 159 9XM SoundcasE ft. Kanishk & Kavita Seth
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This episode features the young, multi-talented music composer-producer-singer Kanishk Seth & his mother, ‘Iktara’ fame’, Kavita Seth. They talk about their common passion to explore and experiment with different genres and styles in music – from Indian classical to Sufi & ghazals to contemporary. Their latest song ‘Rangisaari’ was an independent r…
On this episode of Maed in India, Mae is joined in the studio by Mumbai’s very own Aaliyah Qureishi, a pop, rock and soul singer-songwriter who goes by the name of Jhalli. They chat about how she goes all-out defying gender roles to embrace her jhalli-ness, how one of the first songs she ever wrote was inspired by a dead frog, and making her Dadi’s…
The artist that Mae has featured on Maed in India this week not only makes music in multiple genres, but he also plays multiple instruments. 25 to be precise. We have Chennai-based singer-songwriter, composer and music producer Alvin Presley on the show to talk about his sophomore EP Pain Geography, how his first ever guitar was a knock off, being …
Bengaluru based DJ/producer Kunaal Gurbaxani aka GURBAX is one of the top DJ/ producers in the Indian electronic music scene. After massive independent releases like ‘Boom Shankar’, ‘Aghori’ and ‘Aatank’, that have gathered over 50 million+ plays on YouTube alone, GURBAX is excited about his maiden album titled ‘Rebirth’, a futuristic 8-track compi…
Mumbai-based singer-songwriter ruhdabeh joins Mae in the studio to chat about everything from the story behind why her mother did not want her and her brother to have basic names, to how she’s a self-confessed control freak who taught herself piano, guitar and ukulele and then went on to write, record, produce and mix her own debut EP called ‘of di…
Listen to the young singer-composer-lyricist & guitarist Aaryan Banthia as he talks to Host Eva Bhatt about his eventful musical journey from Kolkata to Mumbai. His debut Hindi track ‘Yaadein’ was a rock ballad with a subtle touch of blues, after which he produced six more singles, both in Hindi & English. In this episode, he talks about his song ‘…
On this episode of Maed in India, Mae is joined by Shrenik Ganatra, who’s here all the way from Brooklyn, New York, to represent his alt-rock, shoegaze band Minaxi. They chat about how Minaxi takes influences from alt rock outfits like The Smashing Pumpkins and Pakistani rock bands like Jal (you gotta hear it to believe it). He also opens up about …
One of the most renowned and loved singers in India, with a glorious career of 20+ years, owning a string of superhits in the Hindi film industry (in other languages as well), in movies like Jhankaar Beats, Dil Chahta Hai, Fanaa, 3 Idiots, Saawariya, Jab We Met, Shaan talks to us about his undying passion for music and his evolving creative discipl…
Get ready for a power packed episode injected with that strong Mallu feminine energy, because on the show this week is singer-composer Anna Katharina Valayil aka Tribemama Marykali all the way from Kottayam, Kerala. She talks to Mae about her artist name, how she balances the Mary and Kali parts of herself, and the story of how her now mother-in-la…
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Ep. 155 9XM SoundcasE ft. Daniel B George
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From Andhadhun, Agent Vinod, Helicopter Eela, Johnny Gaddar, , Bell Bottom to Judgementall Hai Kya and the latest Ashutosh Gowariker’s production Toolsidas Junior, music composer Daniel B George has carved his own niche in the Indian music industry. An award-winning music composer-arranger, Daniel never received any formal training in music. Howeve…
