"......................... Who is Reji?"

New visiting cards in the house! :) Courtesy : @TrueSchoolMusic Don’t miss #MusicWorks on 25th - 27th June in Mumbai

I’ve known Sarvesh Shrivastava for 5 years now. I met him when he was a young boy crashing into my One Sunday parties at H2O (Mumbai) back in 2008 along with his motley crew of friends from Kandivali. I never knew back then that this quiet little boy was so keen in music production & performance. Quickly he got involved with 2 other ace musicians from the city (Piyush Bhatnagar aka. Sound Avtar & Tarang Singhal - percussionist) to form the mighty 3 year old bass music act Mental Martians (P.S.:- I call them “Mental Maharashtrians”…. #stupidoldpersonaljokethatsstilfunny). However, out of all this madness & fame, Sarvesh was able to carve out his own unique identity & sound under the SICKFLIP moniker. When I watched & heard Pinky Finger (SICKFLIP remix) for the first time (shot by the talented Aneesh Prasad) I was blown away into bits. That kicked off a lot of interesting/kitschy music releases by him on major international labels. Off late, he has been signed up by Krunk management agency into its fresh roster of artists.  Seems like there is no stopping for this young man who is one of the many few interesting producers who belong to the new wave of Indian music. Here is what he had to say when I asked him the 5 questions….

1) What is your name?

Sarvesh Shrivastava

2) Best known for….

The most charming personality in the world :)

3) What can we expect from you this Wednesday?

A journey through some groovy beats and wonky basslines with glitch-hop, trap and drum & bass.

4) Which has been the most influential mixtape and/or album in your life?

There were quite a few, but from the top of my mind right now I was immensely influenced by these :- Amon Tobin - Isam (Full Album), Noisia’s Invisible Mixtape (Deep dark DnB mix which was wayy futuristic when I first heard it), the entire discography by Koan Sound, Alix Perez’s Chroma Chords (Full Album), Fela Kuti & Nicolas Jaar

5) Who would you like to listen to as a featured artist in any of the upcoming Mixtaped! sessions?

Ox7gen, Ez riser, Sandunes, SoundAvtar, Uri

Click here to listen to microlist006 compiled by SICKFLIP. microlists are 8 track playlists/samplers compiled in advance by the featured personality performing at Mixtaped! each week. Here is the track list….

1. JFB - Swing Bum
2. Ta-Ku - Build
3. Lunice - Freaky
4. Teddy Killerz - I Don’t Know
5. Reso - The Rugged
6. Major Lazer Feat. FluxPavillion - Jah No Partial
7. The Others - Bad Taste
8. Jon Hopkins - A Drifting Up

For more info on SICKFLIP! visit:-

Twitter:- https://twitter.com/sickflipper

Facebook Fan Page :- https://www.facebook.com/sickflipofficial

Soundcloud:- https://soundcloud.com/sickflip

Catch SICKFLIP do his thing on Wednesday, June 12th 2013 at Mixtaped! - 9pm onwards at The Den (Bandra, MUMBAI) - Click here to RSVP to the FB event page.

For all up to date information on Mixtaped! follow #mixtapedmumbai on Twitter.

Long & tiring photo shoot it was today with the @TrueSchoolMusic crew. #clicketyclick

You know its a hit picnic/party when the beach dogs get smashed up with you too. Nice one team!

BREAKING NEWS :- Helicopter crash in Gorai.

A beer called Vinyl?? :O Spotted at @TheBarkingDeer

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The stage is set for the annual DJ workshop & battle at @palm_expo with @grizzlyadams13 @theinventory & @traktor Starts at 3pm. So rush in….

For all details, visit:- http://www.trueschool.in/

It has been an absolute pleasure & honour spending time with Native Instruments’ Traktor product specialist & DJ extraordinaire, Grizzly Adams (Rene Noe) since the past 2 weeks now. He is a simple guy & it is great to pick his brains on any topic under the sun. I’ve been chatting with him in the past on Skype for consultation purposes, along with Uri, on all Native Instruments product related courses (DJ404 - Traktor I, DJ505 - Traktor II & DJ707 - Maschine) which are coming up at The True School of Music. Keeping the business aspect of his India trip aside, we have intended this night to be all about fun & pure love for music. He is an ace turntablist/manipulator with a deep knowledge that has been developed & forged over a very wide range of music genres through the years. I am super excited about this night & you must check out his chops on the Kontrol Z2. Here is what he had to say when I asked him the 5 questions….

1) What is your name?

Grizzly Adams

2) Best known for….

…. you will find out!!!

3) What can we expect from you this Wednesday?

If you love the difference, don’t say we didn’t warn you….

4) Which has been the most influential mixtape and/or album in your life?

Funkmaster Flex - 60 Minutes of Funk - This is a mixtape it’s really mixed not like the shit that is called mixtape nowadays and they even pressed it on Vinyl.

Guru’s Jazzmatazz - This was the first time I heard Guru, I borrowed it from a friend and when he wanted the CD back I couldn’t find it, so I had to buy a new one, after a couple of days I found it under my bed and so I’m happy that I still own this nice combination of Hip Hop and Jazz.

5) Who would you like to listen to as a featured artist in any of the upcoming Mixtaped! sessions?

Dj Uri, Dakta Dub, iGadget

Click here to listen to microlist005 compiled by Grizzly Adams microlists are 8 track playlists/samplers compiled in advance by the featured personality performing at Mixtaped! each week.

1. Quadron - Average Fruit
2. Bantu - Omowalé (Feat. Sly & Robbie)
3. Janelle Monae - Queen (Feat. Erykah Badu) Extended Version
4. Don Abi - Disco Ballerina (Jim Dunloop & Grizzly Adams Mix)
5. Zeds Dead - Coffee Break
6. Brick & Mortar - Move to the Ocean (Baauer Remix)
7. Tommy Guerrero - Getting It Together (Feat. Lyrics Born)
8. Modenine - Rhyme Tight

For more information on Grizzly Adams visit:-

Twitter:- https://twitter.com/grizzlyadams13

Website:- https://www.beatevolution.de

FB Fan Page:- http://facebook.com/grizzlyAdamsberlin

Blog:- http://beatevolutionindia.tumblr.com

Mixcloud:- http://www.mixcloud.com/grizzlyadams

Soundcloud:- https://soundcloud.com/grizzlyadams

Youtube:- https://www.youtube.com/user/BeatEvolutionTV

Also check:- http://beatgeeks.tumblr.com + http://brokenhartzclub.tumblr.com

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Dj Uri, Daniela Dierker (German Vice Consul), Justin DiCioccio (Director of Manhattan School of Music), Grizzly Adams, Reji

(from left to right)

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press conference for India’s first comprehensive academy of contemporary music in Mumbai.

Daniela Dierker (Vice Consul) & Grizzly Adams. 

At the True School of Music press conference this morning at Tote on the Turf. A storm is brewing.. #watchthisspace

Some years ago I had been to Zenzi Bandra on a Sunday afternoon to set up for a fashion gig later that evening. I was early but right in time to catch up on their regular Microgroove event. Microgroove (the vinyl club) brought together collectors, connoisseurs and appreciators of the sound of the vinyl record, across the city. To be a member of the club, the only criteria was that one should be passionate about the medium. This is where I got introduced to Arjun S Ravi for the first time by Zenzi’s resident DJ, Amul. As the environment was so charged up with vinyl love, we immediately started yapping away about our favourite artists & vinyl collections. Since that day, I’ve bumped into Arjun many a times & he has always been accessible & helpful. I was very keen to feature him this month at Mixtaped! and after some emails & calls between us, during his recent Coachella trip, I was able to get a booking of him on this Wednesday, May 15th :)  Here is what he had to say when I asked him the 5 questions….

1) What is your name?

Arjun S Ravi

2) Best known for….

Being the editor of NH7.in I suppose.

3) What can we expect from you this Wednesday?

Drop after drop after drop.

But mostly some new music I’ve been listening to that I think people can groove to. I’ve made the mistake in the past of outpacing my sets, and I want the people who’ve chose to miss the Tough on Tobacco album launch in lieu of my set to take their time getting into it. There may be some screechy punk rock though.

4) Which has been the most influential mixtape and/or album in your life?

This changes on an almost weekly basis. Do check out my last.fm profile for music that’s changing my life this week

Some key albums though:

Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People, Death Cab For Cutie - Transatlanticism, Foo Fighters - There Is Nothing Left To Lose, The Postal Service - Give Up, Oasis - Definitely Maybe, Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine, The Strokes - Is This It?, The National - Alligator, LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver, Zero - Hook

5) Who would you like to listen to as a featured artist in any of the upcoming Mixtaped! sessions?

Abhimanyu Meer, our sub-editor at NH7.in, would be great. He’s got a finger on the pulse of emerging music you can shake to.

Grishma Rao, who’s a writer and a designer, and an NH7.in alumnus herself.

Karan Gonsalves, who runs a t-shirt company called Keylow, will make you dance.

Click here to listen to microlist004 compiled by Arjun S Ravi. microlists are 8 track playlists/samplers compiled in advance by the featured personality performing at Mixtaped! each week.

TRACK LIST:-

1) Stars - The Theory of Relativity

2) Phoenix - Run Run Run

3) Passion Pit - Cuddle Fuddle

4) Datarock - Fa-Fa-Fa

5) Clubfeet - Everything You Wanted

6) Tame Impala - Elephant

7) Justice - Newlands

8) New Order - Ceremony

For more information on Arjun S Ravi visit:-

Twitter:- http://twitter.com/paperslut

Blog:- http://www.sunday-guardian.com/profile/arjun-s-ravi

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Grizzly Adams and DJ Uri inna di rikshaw.

Got some mixtapes tonight ;) Courtesy Grizzly Adams #mixtapedmumbai

Brother John cooking some crispy fish last Saturday night. Bless you John!

The lamb cassoulet at @olivebistropune is the best thing that I’ve eaten in a long time. Can eat this all day & night :P Mad props to the chef!

I met Ayan De for the first time at at Cafe Goa some years ago performing with Siddharth Basrur. Their singer-songwriter act was called Bones For Bertie. Since that day, I’ve got to know him better as a workaholic music producer working at his Midicore studio, along with many local indie bands & artists like The Lightyears Explode, Sandunes, Goddess Gagged & Blek to name a few. Late last year, he made me listen to some of his tracks under the Paralights moniker & I was blown by its down tempo trip-hop & breaks sound. He was also one of the early guys who I had consulted with regarding the Mixtaped! ‘micro’ parties. He loved the concept & when I asked if he would like to perform on a night like this, he sealed the deal right away. To keep up with the promise, this Wednesday we are featuring his Paralights project. I really dunno what he is gonna be doing, however this is what he told me when I asked him the standard 5 questions….

1) What is your name?

Ayan De

2) Best known for….

Production work on most Indie acts in Bombay such as Siddharth Basrur, Goddess Gagged, Vice Versa, Blek, The Light Years Explode, Your Chin, Sky Rabbit to name a few.

3) What can we expect from you this Wednesday?

Honestly I’m not sure. I’m still working out a couple of quirks, but it is most likely going to be a live electronica set.

4) Which has been the most influential mixtape and/or album in your life?

Not really sure, but I remember having a mixtape which I had purchased when I was much younger and used it till it got worn out. However for the life of me I cannot remember its name. It was the first tape that had music that I really was into and has definitely shaped where I am now.

5) Who would you like to listen to as a featured artist in any of the upcoming Mixtaped! sessions?

I would love to see as many music related non musicians and DJs play out their favorite music lists or sets, like music journalists or artist managers or engineers…. it would be interesting to see what influences the people who work behind the scene.

Click here to listen to microlist003 compiled by Paralights (Ayan De). microlists are 8 track playlists/samplers compiled in advance by the featured personality performing at Mixtaped! each week.

TRACK LIST:-

1) Ed Sheeran - The A Team (Koan Sound Remix)