It’s March, and we know what that means on Maed in India. It’s time for the Ladies Special! It’s our annual series of episodes to showcase some of the most talented women from India’s indie music scene. This year, the theme is Lady Collabs. And the first musical pair we’re featuring is soul pop duo Gouri and Aksha, made up of Gouri Ranjit from Kerala and Aksha Kini from Punjab. They talk about how Aladdin played a part in their crossing of paths, the role of voice notes in their writing process, how not always agreeing on everything has helped them as artists, and songs with ambiguous meanings. You’ll also get to hear 2 of their songs!  

Song List:

Change (01:15 - 04:48)

Hold On Tight (25:12 - 28:05)

Follow Gouri and Aksha:

Instagram @gouriaksha

Facebook @gourinaksha

Twitter @GouriandAksha

Gouri Ranjit

 Aksha Kini

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CREDITS:

Host: Mae

Twitter: @maebemaebe

Instagram: @maemariyam

Audio Editor Post: Kartik Kulkarni

Producer: Shaun Fanthome and Husein Haveliwala

It’s March, and we know what that means on Maed in India. It’s time for the Ladies Special! It’s our annual series of episodes to showcase some of the most talented women from India’s indie music scene. This year, the theme is Lady Collabs. And the first musical pair we’re featuring is soul pop duo Gouri and Aksha, made up of Gouri Ranjit from Kerala and Aksha Kini from Punjab. They talk about how Aladdin played a part in their crossing of paths, the role of voice notes in their writing process, how not always agreeing on everything has helped them as artists, and songs with ambiguous meanings. You’ll also get to hear 2 of their songs! Song List: Change (01:15 - 04:48) Hold On Tight (25:12 - 28:05) Follow Gouri and Aksha: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/gouriaksha/">Instagram</a> @gouriaksha <a href="https://www.facebook.com/gourinaksha/">Facebook</a> @gourinaksha <a href="https://twitter.com/GouriandAksha">Twitter</a> @GouriandAksha <a href="https://www.instagram.com/gourii/?hl=en">Gouri Ranjit</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/akshakini/?hl=en"> Aksha Kini</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>

Whether it’s a shoegaze band from Chandigarh, thrash metal act from Visakhapatnam, rapper from Kashmir, vocal folk quartet from Kohima, Tamil indie pop act from Madurai, or a singer-songwriter from Mussoorie, Maed in India is where you’ll discover it.

Started in 2015, music nerd and ex-radio presenter Mae Mariyam Thomas showcases the best talent coming out of South Asia and its diaspora. 

The show is India’s first indie music podcast and prides itself on being the premier destination for new music, little known stories that give you a peek into the lives of independent musicians, as well as being an ongoing archive of unreleased music never heard before.

“Remember that in the darkest days when everything stopped, you turned to artists.” - Jishnu Bandyopadhyay

Whether it’s a shoegaze band from Chandigarh, thrash metal act from Visakhapatnam, rapper from Kashmir, vocal folk quartet from Kohima, Tamil indie pop act from Madurai, or a singer-songwriter from Mussoorie, Maed in India is where you’ll discover it.
Started in 2015, music nerd and ex-radio presenter Mae Mariyam Thomas showcases the best talent coming out of South Asia and its diaspora. 
The show is India’s first indie music podcast and prides itself on being the premier destination for new music, little known stories that give you a peek into the lives of independent musicians, as well as being an ongoing archive of unreleased music never heard before.
“Remember that in the darkest days when everything stopped, you turned to artists.” - Jishnu Bandyopadhyay

Maed in India

It’s March, and we know what that means on Maed in India. It’s time for the Ladies Special! It’s our annual series of episodes to showcase some of the most talented women from India’s indie music scene. This year, the theme is Lady Collabs....

Gouri and Aksha - Ladies Special 2022

Pulling up at the best station from this nation, we have the Ladies Special coming in with Producer & chillwave, trip hop electronica artist from Delhi, Tarana Marwah aka Komorebi. She’s out with a new record that released in Sept 2023 called The Fall. It was a behemoth multimedia project that was 6 years in the making and includes a 6-song album, a 30-page comic book and music videos made with Epic Games’ Unreal Engine. We talk about how family is our kryptonite and invariably the greatest inspiration for her work; how collaboration, as much as it’s fulfilling can also be intimidating; and whether it’s a soliloquy or an intergalactic sci-fi story every record is autobiographical. Also, Tarana is on the lookout for a good choreographer for her next musical venture. 



Song List:

The Fall (01:15 to 06:51)

Watch Out (17:14 to 21:15)

Better Not Bitter (26:30 to 31:57)

I Grew Up (48:22 to 54:11)



Follow Komorebi on Instagram 



Come be our friend:

Facebook @maedinindia

Instagram @maedinindia

Twitter @maedinindia



CREDITS:

Host: Mae

Twitter: @maebemaebe

Instagram: @maemariyam

Producer: Shaun Fanthome, Sean D'mello, Ruchi Sawardekar

Content & Social Media Manager: Meghna Gulati

Sound Editing & Additional Engineering by: Lakshman Parsuram

Video Editing by: Jishnu Guha

Artwork Design by Alika Gupta

Episode Mixed & Mastered by: Kartik Kulkarni

Music Mixed by: Aria Nanji

Recorded at Island City Studios

Pulling up at the best station from this nation, we have the Ladies Special coming in with Producer &amp; chillwave, trip hop electronica artist from Delhi, Tarana Marwah aka Komorebi. She’s out with a new record that released in Sept 2023 called The Fall. It was a behemoth multimedia project that was 6 years in the making and includes a 6-song album, a 30-page comic book and music videos made with Epic Games’ Unreal Engine. We talk about how family is our kryptonite and invariably the greatest inspiration for her work; how collaboration, as much as it’s fulfilling can also be intimidating; and whether it’s a soliloquy or an intergalactic sci-fi story every record is autobiographical. Also, Tarana is on the lookout for a good choreographer for her next musical venture. 
 
Song List:
The Fall (01:15 to 06:51)
Watch Out (17:14 to 21:15)
Better Not Bitter (26:30 to 31:57)
I Grew Up (48:22 to 54:11)
 
Follow Komorebi on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/komorebi.music/">Instagram </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>
Producer: <a href="http://instagram.com/sfanthome">Shaun Fanthome</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/seandmello/">Sean D'mello</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ruchi_saw">Ruchi Sawardekar</a> 
Content &amp; Social Media Manager: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/amadnessepidemic/">Meghna Gulati</a>
Sound Editing &amp; Additional Engineering by: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/february_31st/?hl=en">Lakshman Parsuram</a>
Video Editing by: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/short___round?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&amp;igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==">Jishnu Guha</a>
Artwork Design by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/capefoxalix/">Alika Gupta</a>
Episode Mixed &amp; Mastered by: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kartik.kulkarni/">Kartik Kulkarni</a>
Music Mixed by: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ariananji/">Aria Nanji</a>
Recorded at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/studioislandcity/">Island City Studios</a>

Komorebi

Halt all engines! For the 2nd instalment of our #LadiesSpecial, our train has taken us to jazz pop singer songwriter and budding actor Aditi Saigal, aka Dot.. Tune in as we find out about the first song she ever wrote (filled with that glorious youthful angst we know and love), as well as how she began playing piano at age of 6 and composing at the age of 12.  Mae and Aditi bond over their Welsh connection, and she reveals how her return to India led to her first tattoo, the making of a brand new album and acting in Zoya Akhtar’s The Archies. She also performs 3 brilliant unreleased tracks, one of which she wrote 3 days before she came to record with us. 



Song List:

Faster (01:26 to 03:55)

What Edie Said (23:52 to 27:33)

Girl’s Night (34:47 to 38:20)



Follow Dot. on Instagram 



Accompanying artists

Aoife O’ Brian



Come be our friend:

Facebook @maedinindia

Instagram @maedinindia

Twitter @maedinindia



CREDITS:

Host: Mae

Twitter: @maebemaebe

Instagram: @maemariyam

Producer: Shaun Fanthome, Sean D'mello, Ruchi Sawardekar

Content & Social Media Manager: Meghna Gulati

Sound Editing & Additional Engineering by: Lakshman Parsuram

Video Editing by: Jishnu Guha

Artwork Design by Alika Gupta

Episode Mixed & Mastered by: Kartik Kulkarni

Music Mixed by: Hersh Desai

Recorded at Island City Studios

Halt all engines! For the 2nd instalment of our #LadiesSpecial, our train has taken us to jazz pop singer songwriter and budding actor Aditi Saigal, aka Dot.. Tune in as we find out about the first song she ever wrote (filled with that glorious youthful angst we know and love), as well as how she began playing piano at age of 6 and composing at the age of 12.  Mae and Aditi bond over their Welsh connection, and she reveals how her return to India led to her first tattoo, the making of a brand new album and acting in Zoya Akhtar’s The Archies. She also performs 3 brilliant unreleased tracks, one of which she wrote 3 days before she came to record with us. 
 
Song List:
Faster (01:26 to 03:55)
What Edie Said (23:52 to 27:33)
Girl’s Night (34:47 to 38:20)
 
Follow Dot. on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dotandthesyllables/">Instagram </a>
 
Accompanying artists
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/aoife.244/">Aoife O’ Brian</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>
Producer: <a href="http://instagram.com/sfanthome">Shaun Fanthome</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/seandmello/">Sean D'mello</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ruchi_saw">Ruchi Sawardekar</a> 
Content &amp; Social Media Manager: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/amadnessepidemic/">Meghna Gulati</a>
Sound Editing &amp; Additional Engineering by: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/february_31st/?hl=en">Lakshman Parsuram</a>
Video Editing by: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/short___round?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&amp;igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==">Jishnu Guha</a>
Artwork Design by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/capefoxalix/">Alika Gupta</a>
Episode Mixed &amp; Mastered by: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kartik.kulkarni/">Kartik Kulkarni</a>
Music Mixed by: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/hersh.desai.9/">Hersh Desai</a>
Recorded at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/studioislandcity/">Island City Studios</a>

Dot.

Choo choo! Yaatri kripya dhyaan dein… Mumbai ki Maed in India Ladies special will be releasing a new episode every week in March, with women who inspire us in all the right ways. Agle station ki tayyaari rakhein.



Opening this season is **drumroll** hip hop artist, singer, and metal vocalist: Pratika. She spills the beans about her days growling into a mic when she was barely a teenager for her brother’s band Chronic Phobia, finding her safe place among metalheads, we even talk about Astrobiology and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life, as well as how her music channels a powerful feminine rage.



Song List (Audio):

Ever Wondered (02:06 to 05:46)

Growing Up (17:25 to 21:12) 

Same Mistake (43:28 - 47:15)

Follow Pratika:

Instagram

Twitter



Accompanying artists

Roop Thomas on Bass

Reinhardt Dias on Acoustic guitar

Pritesh Prabhune (PrabhuNeigh) on Synths, Tracks, Percussion

Shishir Tao on Drums



Come be our friend:

Facebook @maedinindia

Instagram @maedinindia

Twitter @maedinindia



CREDITS:

Host: Mae

Twitter: @maebemaebe

Instagram: @maemariyam

Producer: Shaun Fanthome, Sean D'mello, Ruchi Sawardekar

Content & Social Media Manager: Meghna Gulati

Sound Editing & Additional Engineering by: Lakshman Parsuram

Video Editing by: Jishnu Guha

Artwork Design by Alika Gupta

Episode Mixed & Mastered by: Kartik Kulkarni

Music Mixed by: Harsh Karmakar

Music Mix Supervision: Ashyar Balsara & Jehangir Jehangir

Recorded at Island City Studios

Choo choo! Yaatri kripya dhyaan dein… Mumbai ki Maed in India Ladies special will be releasing a new episode every week in March, with women who inspire us in all the right ways. Agle station ki tayyaari rakhein.
 
Opening this season is **drumroll** hip hop artist, singer, and metal vocalist: Pratika. She spills the beans about her days growling into a mic when she was barely a teenager for her brother’s band Chronic Phobia, finding her safe place among metalheads, we even talk about Astrobiology and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life, as well as how her music channels a powerful feminine rage.
 
Song List (Audio):
Ever Wondered (02:06 to 05:46)
Growing Up (17:25 to 21:12) 
Same Mistake (43:28 - 47:15)
Follow Pratika:
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/pratikaness/">Instagram</a> 
<a href="https://twitter.com/PratikaPrabhune">Twitter</a>
 
Accompanying artists
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/roopthomas/?hl=en">Roop Thomas</a> on Bass
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/reinhardt_dias/">Reinhardt Dias</a> on Acoustic guitar
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/prabhuneigh/?hl=en">Pritesh Prabhune</a> (PrabhuNeigh) on Synths, Tracks, Percussion
<a href="https://www.instagram.com/shishirtao/?hl=en">Shishir Tao</a> on Drums
 
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>
Producer: <a href="http://instagram.com/sfanthome">Shaun Fanthome</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/seandmello/">Sean D'mello</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ruchi_saw">Ruchi Sawardekar</a> 
Content &amp; Social Media Manager: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/amadnessepidemic/">Meghna Gulati</a>
Sound Editing &amp; Additional Engineering by: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/february_31st/?hl=en">Lakshman Parsuram</a>
Video Editing by: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/short___round?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&amp;igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==">Jishnu Guha</a>
Artwork Design by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/capefoxalix/">Alika Gupta</a>
Episode Mixed &amp; Mastered by: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kartik.kulkarni/">Kartik Kulkarni</a>
Music Mixed by: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/harshkarmakar/">Harsh Karmakar</a>
Music Mix Supervision: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ashyarbalsara/">Ashyar Balsara</a> &amp; <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thejjsticks/">Jehangir Jehangir</a>
Recorded at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/studioislandcity/">Island City Studios</a>

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