Whether it’s a shoegaze band from Chandigarh, thrash metal act from Visakhapatnam, rapper from Kashmir, vocal folk quartet from Kohima, Tamil indie pop act from Madurai, or a singer-songwriter from Mussoorie, Maed in India is where you’ll discover it.</p> Started in 2015, music nerd and ex-radio presenter Mae Mariyam Thomas showcases the best talent coming out of South Asia and its diaspora. </p> The show is India’s first indie music podcast and prides itself on being the premier destination for new music, little known stories that give you a peek into the lives of independent musicians, as well as being an ongoing archive of unreleased music never heard before.</p> “Remember that in the darkest days when everything stopped, you turned to artists.” - Jishnu Bandyopadhyay</p>
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)
Follow Komorebi on Instagram
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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)
Follow Dot. on Instagram
Accompanying artists
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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
Come be our friend:
Facebook @maedinindia
Instagram @maedinindia
Twitter @maedinindia
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
Come be our friend:
Facebook @maedinindia
Instagram @maedinindia
Twitter @maedinindia
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
Come be our friend:
Facebook @maedinindia
Instagram @maedinindia
Twitter @maedinindia
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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Instagram @maedinindia
Twitter @maedinindia
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
We’ve got a new mixtape for you from our newest member of the Maed in India team, audio engineer & sound editor, Sarthak Ray. Savera is his recipe for mornings sponsored by Delhi nostalgia (yes, he’s a Delhi boy). Each song takes you through moments when you just want to stay in bed a little longer or need a big bang to kickstart your morning workouts. From comfort-pop, to funk rock and electronica, Savera is woven together with Sarthak’s potent pairing of major Dilli yearning with a dash of doomsday-humour.
P.S. We also think that Sarthak should start a new career in ASMR voiceovers.
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Song List:
Anika Bharwani - Banana Bread (02:02 - 03:57)
The Revisit Project - Straight Through (04:56 - 09:11)
Arrows - Carnaby ft. Saurabh Roy and Bombay Brass (10:23 - 12:56)
Salt Rock - For You (13:50 - 17.38)
Nok Nok - Worth Your While (18:34 - 22:32)
Jamna Paar - Samara (24:36 - 29:08)
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CREDITS:
Host: Mae
Twitter: @maebemaebe
Instagram: @maemariyam
Audio Assembly & Edit by: Sarthak Ray
Episode Sound Designed, Mixed & Mastered by: Kartik Kulkarni
Producer: Shaun Fanthome and Nikkethana Kamal
Mae gets chatting with Anoushka Maskey, a singer-songwriter originally from Gangtok, this week on Maed in India. Anoushka gets candid about feeling like she doesn’t belong anywhere, learning to play a right-handed guitar as a lefty from her elder brother, struggling at her corporate jobs before quitting to pursue music, and what it was like making her debut EP in her bedroom during the first lockdown.
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Song List:
Trampoline (00:57 - 03:59)
Things I Saw in a Dream (20:03 - 22:44)
The Search for Wild Geese (35:11 - 38:33)
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Follow Anoushka:
Instagram @anoushkamaskey
Facebook @anoushkamaskey
Twitter @anoushkamaskey
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Instagram @maedinindia
Twitter @maedinindia
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
Amanda is a wife. A mother. A blogger. A Christian.
A charming, beautiful, bubbly, young woman who lives life to the fullest.
But Amanda is dying, with a secret she doesn’t want anyone to know.
She starts a blog detailing her cancer journey, and becomes an inspiration, touching and
captivating her local community as well as followers all over the world.
Until one day investigative producer Nancy gets an anonymous tip telling her to look at Amanda’s
blog, setting Nancy on an unimaginable road to uncover Amanda’s secret.
Award winning journalist Charlie Webster explores this unbelievable and bizarre, but
all-too-real tale, of a woman from San Jose, California whose secret ripped a family apart and
left a community in shock.
Scamanda is the true story of a woman whose own words held the key to her secret.
New episodes every Monday.
Follow Scamanda on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen.
Amanda’s blog posts are read by actor Kendall Horn.