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Could this be the most cinematic music video EVER?

We've come across stunning-looking videos, we've come across uber-creative videos. But cinematic? That's a different question altogether. Purity Ring is known for their weird and strange stuff (They recently covered Better Off Alone by Alice DJ, something no one was expecting). But we have to…

By Rohan Sabharwal

Music Video: Vivek Parshotam, the Tabla-playing jeweller from South Africa whose recent single has just blown us away

"That Tabla though...!" Is what's on our minds right now. Talented Indian musicians from around the world continue to surprise us with the amazing ways they infuse India into everything around them. Meet Vivek Parshotam, director at VK Jewellery, Bryanston. A man, who when not…

By Rohan Sabharwal

Lockdown Diaries: Salim Sulaiman release Gandhi Jayanti single with Grammy Award Winner and US Billboard #1 artist, Ricky Kej

Salim and Sulaiman Merchant have been busy as heck, what with all their diverse collaborations during the lockdown. We've heard the brothers are working on a new track every two weeks! Their label Merchant Records, had recently released a music video, 'Mann Mein Aman', on…

By Rohan Sabharwal

Single: Levitation (Laminus Flip)|Mr. Keenan FEAT. Taamara 

All hail Keenan Thomas' delicious new single Levitation (Laminus Flip) Feat. Taamara. And it's the perfect midnight drive track, especially if you're thinking of one of those Mumbai-to-Pune-Expressway drives. Keenan's done a lot, and at a very young age. From travelling the world, to managing…

By Flipsyde Staff

Documentary | Brutal Grooves | Indian Metal band Gutslit features in a film about four bands touring a dozen countries in Europe

Indian Metal bands are going places and we’re thrilled about it. Just a little over a week ago we talked about the band Bloodywood rocking the stage at Wacken. This time around, one of our all-time favourites Gutslit, shows the world that there’s more to…

By Rohan Sabharwal

Nitin Sawhney collaborates with violinist and composer Anna Phoebe

We’ve been following Anna Pheobe’s work for a while now, and there’s never been an instance where the London-based violinist hasn’t taken our collective breath away. Phoebe is young (Younger than some of us here at Flipsyde) and accomplished in every sense of the word,…

By Flipsyde Staff

Music Video: WON TRIBE's new track Labels is meaner than your ex!

Boy, do we love an industrial feel to everything! We grew up on rapcore and this music video, though rap/hip hop, has all the elements for an old school headbanger, just like Rage Against The Machine back in the day. The video begins with shots…

By Meenaz Amreliwala

Beishqi Galiyaan | Prateek Gandhi feat. Shefali Alvares & Benny Dayal

Prateek Gandhi is all over the place! In fact on every second wonderful song we receive from our indie artists. We've yet to see a contemporary producer who's worked on such a vast variety of projects. One can only conclude that the music-producer-arranger-composer-mixing-mastering-engineer-guitarist-singer is either…

By Flipsyde Staff

Parikrama's lockdown version of Vapourize is the way we've all been feeling lately

Message from the band: Parikrama to re-launch the video of But It Rained (2001), in celebration of our beloved, Sonam Sherpa. The FULL version of Sonam’s iconic Guitar solo will be featured for the very first time on video, that’s set to release on his birthday -…

By Rohan Sabharwal

Maestro Bickram Ghosh's New Socially-Distanced Music Video Rang Is An Absolute Treat For All!

It's no secret that Meastro Bickram Ghosh is one of the greatest contemporary Indian classical artists and a pioneers in experimental fusion. Having scored thirty-six feature films, including Little Zizou and Bengali cinema's latest offering, Asur, he's been keeping very busy during the pandemic. His…

By Rohan Sabharwal