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How do you describe your music to someone who
has never heard it before?
I wouldn't, to be honest, Most often I say - you'll just have
to hear it! It's easier that way!
You landed in Mumbai and immediately took off,
playing for some seriously respected artists. What
helped the momentum?
I reckon a lot of stubborn determination. I think I really
badly just wanted to play as much as possible. I did a lot
of outreach, focused on creating a lot of content and for
a long time my approach was to say yes to almost every
opportunity that came my way.
What kind of music did you grow up to?
I grew up around tonnes of blues, country, jazz, and
disco. Jazz from the late 20s, American rock and roll
and anything that my parents were listening to - which
ranged from Don Mclean, to Oscar Peterson.
What and who do you draw inspiration from?
I think what inspires me is effortless execution of a good
idea. Currently I'm really inspired by Matthew Herbert,
Sougwen and Eric Bloom. From a creative standpoint
I find inspiration in everything. Coffee, the weather, a
really well produced album.
Take us through a typical day of creativity for
you.
An ideal one would look like this:
Early start, morning exercise routine, some personal
time reading or meditating followed by an epic breakfast
and some award winning coffee.Then either a start on
the piano or in the studio. Timely lunch break, and
pretty much explore
Sandunes is the full time electronic music project of Sanaya
Ardeshir-- a Mumbai based producer, composer and Synth player.
Her sound amalgamates taste in jazz, blues and echoes of tones
from a period in London's underground scene. She takes electronic
music and splices it with brushes of strange and beautiful
convolutions - all of which results in something that smacks of South
Asian undertones. She had toured extensively in a staggering number
of countries, collaborated with musicians as incredible as her and come up
with an album called Downstream’ on the 27th of September, 2016. The 9 tracks
on it dwells on her analogue approach to phonetic craftsmanship, all created
while she was spinning with the live duo Perfect timing. Downstream is utterly,
tantalisingly pleasant and can be stream on Soundcloud. We recommend that
you look it up, but only after reading what she told The Score Magazine about
turning ideas into art.
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