IT’S HAPPENING! Maed in India is back in the studio with some incredible artists, their most entertaining stories, and their latest music. So, of course, we had to turn up the heat for our first one back. And to do that, we have none other than rapper Chaitanya Sharma aka SlowCheeta chatting to Mae about the origins of his rap name, having to rip into Ranveer Singh’s character while filming Gully Boy, and giving his wife private concerts of unreleased songs. He also performs four of his favourite tracks, including his latest single Tu Theek Hai Na Bhai?. Song List: Bada Ghar Chhota Ladka (01:09 - 04:46) Aankhon Ka Tara (feat. Namit Das) (16:32 - 20:10) Shwapon (feat. Dipannita Acharya) (32:56 - 35:22) Tu Theek Hai Na Bhai? (feat. Saba Azad) (43:06 - 46:19) --- This episode is brought to you by our partners MUBI, a curated streaming service showing exceptional films from around the globe. And we’ve got you covered! Just head on over to mubi.com/maedinindia to access a whole year of great cinema for Rs. 1,999 only. --- Follow SlowCheeta: Instagram @_slowcheeta_ Facebook @SlowCheetaOfficial Come be our friend: Facebook @maedinindia Instagram @maedinindia Twitter @maedinindia CREDITS: Host: Mae Twitter: @maebemaebe Instagram: @maemariyam Audio Editor Post: Kartik Kulkarni Producer: Shaun Fanthome and Husein Haveliwala Recorded at Island City Studios

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SlowCheeta

The world of the interwebs is a wondrous place (most of the time). For Maed in India, it allows us an incredible opportunity to connect with indie artists from across the country. And that’s exactly what we did on this episode! Here to chat about her journey as an artist, winning a Most Promising Artist award (yes, we do find out what she's promising), and the story behind her single Dumplings for the Sad, is Dimapur singer-songwriter Temsu Clover.  --- Come be our friend: Facebook @maedinindia Instagram @maedinindia Twitter @maedinindia CREDITS: Host: Mae Twitter: @maebemaebe Instagram: @maemariyam Audio Editor Post: Kartik Kulkarni Producer: Shaun Fanthome and Husein Haveliwala

Temsu Clover

The world of the interwebs is a wondrous place (most of the time). For Maed in India, it allows us an incredible opportunity to connect with indie artists from across the country. And that’s exactly what we did on this episode! Here to chat about her journey as an artist, winning a Most Promising Artist award (yes, we do find out what she's promising), and the story behind her single Dumplings for the Sad, is Dimapur singer-songwriter <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/temsuclover/?hl=en">Temsu Clover</a>.  --- Come be our friend: Facebook<a href= "https://www.facebook.com/maedinindia"> @maedinindia</a> Instagram<a href= "https://www.instagram.com/maedinindia/"> @maedinindia</a> Twitter<a href= "https://twitter.com/maedinindia"> @maedinindia</a> CREDITS: Host: Mae Twitter: <a href= "https://twitter.com/maebemaebe">@maebemaebe</a> Instagram: <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/maemariyam/">@maemariyam</a> Audio Editor Post: <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/kartik.kulkarni/">Kartik Kulkarni</a> Producer: <a href="http://instagram.com/sfanthome">Shaun Fanthome</a> and <a href= "https://youtube.com/huseinh7">Husein Haveliwala</a>

We’re at the last stop of Maed in India’s Our Neighbours 2021, and it’s a bittersweet moment after a journey filled with music, banter and new friendships from across the Subcontinent. Our grand finale takes us to Karachi, Pakistan, as we present A For Aleph, a record label, artist collective & music residency, with their collaborative project ‘Qurb’, by Anas Alam Khan, Waqas Hussain, Aziz Kazi and Louis J. Pinto. Mae talks to Anas and Waqas about the music scene in Pakistan post 2008, Waqas’ musical lineage as a 7th generation sitarist, the meaning of ‘Qurb’, and how the song came together. --- Come be our friend: Facebook @maedinindia Instagram @maedinindia Twitter @maedinindia CREDITS: Host: Mae Twitter: @maebemaebe Instagram: @maemariyam Audio Editor Post: Kartik Kulkarni Producer: Shaun Fanthome and Husein Haveliwala

A For Aleph

We’re at the last stop of Maed in India’s Our Neighbours 2021, and it’s a bittersweet moment after a journey filled with music, banter and new friendships from across the Subcontinent. Our grand finale takes us to Karachi, Pakistan, as we present <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/aforaleph/?hl=en">A For Aleph</a>, a <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/aforalephrecords/?hl=en">record label</a>, artist collective & music residency, with their collaborative project ‘Qurb’, by <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/aakhyderi/?hl=en">Anas Alam Khan</a>, <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/waqashussainsitar/?hl=en">Waqas Hussain</a>, <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/azizkazi/?hl=en">Aziz Kazi</a> and <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/artist.reverb.collective/?hl=en">Louis J. Pinto</a>. Mae talks to Anas and Waqas about the music scene in Pakistan post 2008, Waqas’ musical lineage as a 7th generation sitarist, the meaning of ‘Qurb’, and how the song came together. --- Come be our friend: Facebook<a href= "https://www.facebook.com/maedinindia"> @maedinindia</a> Instagram<a href= "https://www.instagram.com/maedinindia/"> @maedinindia</a> Twitter<a href= "https://twitter.com/maedinindia"> @maedinindia</a> CREDITS: Host: Mae Twitter: <a href= "https://twitter.com/maebemaebe">@maebemaebe</a> Instagram: <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/maemariyam/">@maemariyam</a> Audio Editor Post: <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/kartik.kulkarni/">Kartik Kulkarni</a> Producer: <a href="http://instagram.com/sfanthome">Shaun Fanthome</a> and <a href= "https://youtube.com/huseinh7">Husein Haveliwala</a>

On this episode of Maed in India’s Our Neighbours 2021 series, we’re heading east, with a hop, skip and a jump over the border to Bangladesh. Here, we meet rock duo from Dhaka, Dads In The Park, made up of Ishmam Salim and Tajwar ul Islam. In their chat with Mae, they reveal the backstory behind the band’s name (if there were dads or parks involved), how the two of them joined forces, being engineers and the meaning of their tune ‘Afeenolove’ (ft. Maheyan Hasan). --- Come be our friend: Facebook @maedinindia Instagram @maedinindia Twitter @maedinindia CREDITS: Host: Mae Twitter: @maebemaebe Instagram: @maemariyam Audio Editor Post: Kartik Kulkarni Producer: Shaun Fanthome and Husein Haveliwala

Dads In The Park

On this episode of Maed in India’s Our Neighbours 2021 series, we’re heading east, with a hop, skip and a jump over the border to Bangladesh. Here, we meet rock duo from Dhaka, <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/dadsinthepark/?hl=en">Dads In The Park</a>, made up of <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/ishmam.salim/">Ishmam Salim</a> and <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/tajwarulislam/?hl=en">Tajwar ul Islam</a>. In their chat with Mae, they reveal the backstory behind the band’s name (if there were dads or parks involved), how the two of them joined forces, being engineers and the meaning of their tune ‘Afeenolove’ (ft. Maheyan Hasan). --- Come be our friend: Facebook<a href= "https://www.facebook.com/maedinindia"> @maedinindia</a> Instagram<a href= "https://www.instagram.com/maedinindia/"> @maedinindia</a> Twitter<a href= "https://twitter.com/maedinindia"> @maedinindia</a> CREDITS: Host: Mae Twitter: <a href= "https://twitter.com/maebemaebe">@maebemaebe</a> Instagram: <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/maemariyam/">@maemariyam</a> Audio Editor Post: <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/kartik.kulkarni/">Kartik Kulkarni</a> Producer: <a href="http://instagram.com/sfanthome">Shaun Fanthome</a> and <a href= "https://youtube.com/huseinh7">Husein Haveliwala</a>

We’re more than halfway through Maed in India’s Our Neighbours 2021, but the longest trip of the journey has just begun, because for this episode of the interview series, we’re flying over a couple continents to meet Tamil-Canadian mridangam player, singer & producer Yanchan! He takes Mae through forcing his parents to let him learn the mridangam as a kid, the beauty of beat tapes, and shows her around his hometown – musically, of course – through his latest release, The Scarborough Beat Tape, from which you’ll get to listen to ‘Bluffs’ and ‘Kennedy Station’ at the end of this episode! --- Come be our friend: Facebook @maedinindia Instagram @maedinindia Twitter @maedinindia CREDITS: Host: Mae Twitter: @maebemaebe Instagram: @maemariyam Audio Editor Post: Kartik Kulkarni Producer: Shaun Fanthome and Husein Haveliwala

Yanchan

We’re more than halfway through Maed in India’s Our Neighbours 2021, but the longest trip of the journey has just begun, because for this episode of the interview series, we’re flying over a couple continents to meet Tamil-Canadian mridangam player, singer & producer <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/yanchanproduced/?hl=en">Yanchan</a>! He takes Mae through forcing his parents to let him learn the mridangam as a kid, the beauty of beat tapes, and shows her around his hometown – musically, of course – through his latest release, The Scarborough Beat Tape, from which you’ll get to listen to ‘Bluffs’ and ‘Kennedy Station’ at the end of this episode! --- Come be our friend: Facebook<a href= "https://www.facebook.com/maedinindia"> @maedinindia</a> Instagram<a href= "https://www.instagram.com/maedinindia/"> @maedinindia</a> Twitter<a href= "https://twitter.com/maedinindia"> @maedinindia</a> CREDITS: Host: Mae Twitter: <a href= "https://twitter.com/maebemaebe">@maebemaebe</a> Instagram: <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/maemariyam/">@maemariyam</a> Audio Editor Post: <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/kartik.kulkarni/">Kartik Kulkarni</a> Producer: <a href="http://instagram.com/sfanthome">Shaun Fanthome</a> and <a href= "https://youtube.com/huseinh7">Husein Haveliwala</a>

The journey continues on Maed in India’s Our Neighbours 2021, as we head to our island neighbours down south! Say hello to R&B/funk/soul/jazz band from Colombo, Unscripted, made up of brothers Shamika and Saveen Makalanda, along with Steven Shera, Charith Fernando, Malitha Dee and Prashan Bastianz. On this episode, Mae chats to Saveen and Charith about their origins in the Sri Lanka metal scene, how the band got together, mosh pits at jazz gigs, and, of course, the burning question of our time - "Is it safe outside?" - which is the name of their latest single featuring rapper 1RSH4D, which you’ll hear at the end of this episode! --- Come be our friend: Facebook @maedinindia Instagram @maedinindia Twitter @maedinindia CREDITS: Host: Mae Twitter: @maebemaebe Instagram: @maemariyam Audio Editor Post: Kartik Kulkarni Producer: Shaun Fanthome and Husein Haveliwala

Unscripted

The journey continues on Maed in India’s Our Neighbours 2021, as we head to our island neighbours down south! Say hello to R&B/funk/soul/jazz band from Colombo, <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/unscripted_sl/?hl=en">Unscripted</a>, made up of brothers Shamika and Saveen Makalanda, along with Steven Shera, Charith Fernando, Malitha Dee and Prashan Bastianz. On this episode, Mae chats to Saveen and Charith about their origins in the Sri Lanka metal scene, how the band got together, mosh pits at jazz gigs, and, of course, the burning question of our time - "Is it safe outside?" - which is the name of their latest single featuring rapper 1RSH4D, which you’ll hear at the end of this episode! --- Come be our friend: Facebook<a href= "https://www.facebook.com/maedinindia"> @maedinindia</a> Instagram<a href= "https://www.instagram.com/maedinindia/"> @maedinindia</a> Twitter<a href= "https://twitter.com/maedinindia"> @maedinindia</a> CREDITS: Host: Mae Twitter: <a href= "https://twitter.com/maebemaebe">@maebemaebe</a> Instagram: <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/maemariyam/">@maemariyam</a> Audio Editor Post: <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/kartik.kulkarni/">Kartik Kulkarni</a> Producer: <a href="http://instagram.com/sfanthome">Shaun Fanthome</a> and <a href= "https://youtube.com/huseinh7">Husein Haveliwala</a>

The second stop on Maed in India’s Our Neighbours 2021 journey is our mountainous neighbour to the north. We meet Nepal-bred, New York-based singer-songwriter, guitarist & music producer Diwas Gurung on this episode with 'Laijau', a song originally written by his father in the 70s, which you get a chance to hear at the end of this episode. After bonding about boarding school, Mae and Diwas chat about amusing band names, connecting with other Nepali artists, and an interesting Indian-Nepali slang exchange! --- Come be our friend: Facebook @maedinindia Instagram @maedinindia Twitter @maedinindia CREDITS: Host: Mae Twitter: @maebemaebe Instagram: @maemariyam Audio Editor Post: Kartik Kulkarni Producer: Shaun Fanthome and Husein Haveliwala

Diwas Gurung

The second stop on Maed in India’s Our Neighbours 2021 journey is our mountainous neighbour to the north. We meet Nepal-bred, New York-based singer-songwriter, guitarist & music producer <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/diwasg/?hl=en">Diwas Gurung</a> on this episode with 'Laijau', a song originally written by his father in the 70s, which you get a chance to hear at the end of this episode. After bonding about boarding school, Mae and Diwas chat about amusing band names, connecting with other Nepali artists, and an interesting Indian-Nepali slang exchange! --- Come be our friend: Facebook<a href= "https://www.facebook.com/maedinindia"> @maedinindia</a> Instagram<a href= "https://www.instagram.com/maedinindia/"> @maedinindia</a> Twitter<a href= "https://twitter.com/maedinindia"> @maedinindia</a> CREDITS: Host: Mae Twitter: <a href= "https://twitter.com/maebemaebe">@maebemaebe</a> Instagram: <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/maemariyam/">@maemariyam</a> Audio Editor Post: <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/kartik.kulkarni/">Kartik Kulkarni</a> Producer: <a href="http://instagram.com/sfanthome">Shaun Fanthome</a> and <a href= "https://youtube.com/huseinh7">Husein Haveliwala</a>

Our 250th episode is a special one for sure! It marks the first of Maed in India’s Our Neighbours interview series. Here’s a neighbour from the northwest – singer-songwriter, festival director and ethnomusicologist from Lahore, Natasha Noorani! Mae’s banter-ful chat with Natasha touches on her never-ending résumé, the indie music scene in Pakistan, the Lahore Music Meet she co-founded with fellow Biryani Bro Zahra Paracha, her nashtas (you’ll understand), Mae’s trip to Lahore, and, of course, ‘Choro’, the lead single from her upcoming album Ronaq, which you’ll also get to hear at the end of this episode! --- Come be our friend: Facebook @maedinindia Instagram @maedinindia Twitter @maedinindia CREDITS: Host: Mae Twitter: @maebemaebe Instagram: @maemariyam Audio Editor Post: Kartik Kulkarni Producer: Shaun Fanthome and Husein Haveliwala

Natasha Noorani

Our 250th episode is a special one for sure! It marks the first of Maed in India’s Our Neighbours interview series. Here’s a neighbour from the northwest – singer-songwriter, festival director and ethnomusicologist from Lahore, <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/natashanoorani/?hl=en">Natasha Noorani</a>! Mae’s banter-ful chat with Natasha touches on her never-ending résumé, the indie music scene in Pakistan, the <a href="https://www.lahoremusicmeet.pk/">Lahore Music Meet</a> she co-founded with fellow Biryani Bro <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/zahraparacha_/?hl=en">Zahra Paracha</a>, her nashtas (you’ll understand), Mae’s trip to Lahore, and, of course, ‘Choro’, the lead single from her upcoming album Ronaq, which you’ll also get to hear at the end of this episode! --- Come be our friend: Facebook<a href= "https://www.facebook.com/maedinindia"> @maedinindia</a> Instagram<a href= "https://www.instagram.com/maedinindia/"> @maedinindia</a> Twitter<a href= "https://twitter.com/maedinindia"> @maedinindia</a> CREDITS: Host: Mae Twitter: <a href= "https://twitter.com/maebemaebe">@maebemaebe</a> Instagram: <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/maemariyam/">@maemariyam</a> Audio Editor Post: <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/kartik.kulkarni/">Kartik Kulkarni</a> Producer: <a href="http://instagram.com/sfanthome">Shaun Fanthome</a> and <a href= "https://youtube.com/huseinh7">Husein Haveliwala</a>

Maed in India - India's first indie music podcast that showcases the best Indian independent musicians from India and abroad. Each episode presents an interview with an artist/band along with an exclusive stripped down session or acoustic renditions of their original music. The weekly show prides itself on being the destination for new music, little known stories, and unreleased music never heard before. It features all kinds of artists from new-comers to veterans and under a variety of genres from hip hop, blues, soul, to folk, punk, rock, and everything in between.

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