The Score Magazine - Archive December 2016 issue! | Page 47

SOUVIK CHAKRABORT Y
a peppy twin of its own in the early and mid 2000s. Artists
found preferences in specific music freaks and used their
capacities as their weirdly sounding odd music. The spirit
of the millennium was high and awake. The new age was the
time to take risks, mainstream artists partnered with newer
artists and sound designers.
On the other hand, dubstep and trance got so popular it
amused the fancy of every other singles' artists. They were
now themselves getting into a singing style which is different
in both form and their style. So, this again nullified the
requirement of the new age alternate musicians to take
heed of partnering, and they also in turn, went for their
own musical journey. Thus, solo shows of the alternative
musicians were also getting popular by the day, and thus
everybody craved for EDM festivals now.
This particular trend of electronica getting in mainstream
is much appreciated, but that does not mean that one will
consider the specific genre as an extension of the populist
pop genre. In fact the sanctity of the new millennium music
is upheld by underground musical festivals, which purely
caters to an audience who hates everything conventional.
In India, the electronic sounds' revolution has brought
along significant contributions from artists like Anish Sood.
This child prodigy has been making the buzz right from the
age of 16, and has slowly gone into big shot collaborators
like Afrojack and Hardwell. Another such, master blaster
of a collaboration happened when Tom Swoon declared a
collaboration with the Delhi based artist Kerano.
Lost Stories turned out to be another sensation in this
alternative musical scene. These guys have an inkling for
bringing the unconventional Bollywood twang in their
electronic soundscape. Their innovations are daringly
different and have earned them a place at the illustrious
Tomorrowland festival in Belgium.
The most successful of the lot however has been the name
of Nucleya. Not only they had a sky rocketing success
story but also, they had the most insane chartbusters like
the innovative Bass Rani. They also worked alongside the
big shots like Skrilex and Diplo, Nucleya also performed
with Bandish Projekt which is another one of its euphoric
extensions.
The democratic nature of this kind of music has been the
highest selling point for the market. Almost anybody who has
a musical ear and love and passion for musi