Most gracious welcome beutiful,
Well well, two exciting weeks have passed since the last time we met. University started again for me, and Rohit has had some interesting times at work (binge drinking bastard). Not to mention Valentine's day was a couple days ago! I did something very fun and sorted out a little Valentine's surprise for a couple people back in Bangalore ;) (+1 point for anyone who guesses correctly). Rohit was sad he didn't get any surprises, but he is aware I love him, still wants something tho.
We've got a very exciting set of songs for you this time! We had decided on two out of the five last time itself because we were so pumped to show them and we couldn't fit them in last time. We tried a little harder with the whole listen as a playlist thing this time, so let us know if it worked! It sorta builds slowly and then ends with a nice energetic track.
Come, let us begin.
Playlist on Spotify • Playlist on YouTube
Song For You - Rhye
Album: Blood (2018)
Canadian singer Mike Milosh started his own R&B group project in 2012, which was Rhye. Their latest album Blood released in 2018 has a very intimate feel to it, with the vocals that sound almost muted with a sorta dreamy/groovy feel mixed together in the album. This track - Song for you - is one of Rohit's favorite from the album. It's a really soothing and calming track and has a bit of romantic touch to it as well.
Electric Sunrise - Plini
Album: Handmade Cities (2016)
Picking up the pace a little with this track by Plini from his incredible album Handmade Cities. It builds beautifully, and then all of a sudden just wakes you up, like a sunrise. He has a fresh, engaging and beautifully unique sound that is unlike most others in the prog scene. It consists of multiple ascending and descending patterns and this song in particular showcases his technicality as well as an ability to grip the listener's emotions.
Also, there is this Plini gig coming up in Mumbai (Bangalore, Delhi, and Hyderabad too) and I wanted to share a track I've been listening to a lot to prep for the gig. I'm super excited to listen to him live! If you're gonna be in town and can make it, do come and say hi @Rohit!
Reconnaissance Mission - Blackstratblues
Album: The Last Analog Generation (2017)
Blackstratblues is the solo project of Warren Mendonsa (nephew of Loy Mendonsa of Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy). His name itself is massive, but this track and the album it is a part of - Reconnaissance Mission from The Last Analog Generation - shows that he is hectic af. It's heavy and exciting and for those who like that excellent rock feel, if you haven't heard this already, you've been missing out. This song, in particular, is more like a jam session where you got Warren just soloing along to Jai Row Kavi going batshit crazy on the drum and boy-oh-boy does it make me headbang every single time. Check it out for some great vibes to get you pumped for that evening at the bar after work.
Kal - Prabh Deep
Album: Class-Sikh (2017)
With the Gully Boy movie making rounds and its Indian vernacular rap-based soundtrack, I wanted to feature a rapper I'm not sure many people have heard of. Prabh Deep really blew my mind with his flow and sound. Definitely not the usual Honey Singh vibe and goddamn can he rap. With Sez on the Beat sorta coming up like India's Dr. Dre, this song just oozes swag, has a very aggressive and confident feel and makes me reminisce the original N.W.A. album. - Rohit Mathew
Fake ID - Kah-Lo, Riton
Album: Foreign Ororo (2017)
I'm not sure how I stumbled upon this track! I wanted to see if I had texted my journey of this discovery so I checked WhatsApp but all I found was a message I sent Rohit saying 'Fake ID is lit' and then a couple minutes of me trying to convince him that I had added it to our playlists and he should refresh to find it. For me, it was love at first listen, but Rohit was a little skeptical at the start. This incredible techno beat grows on you wayy too quickly though, you just cannot stop your body from moving to the beat, and that proved to be true as it was Rohit who suggested this track for this edition. It has excellent 'night out dancing with the crew' vibes and gets you pumped for that next cocktail of choice. - Suchet Iyer
Anyways, we really hope you enjoyed this! Thanks a lot for reading it till the end, it means a lot to us! Do write back if you have suggestions/feedback/thoughts/music to share, or if you just want to say hi, here are our Instagram handles: @rohit_mathew & @iyer.suchet. We also do love soon feedback so filling out the form would be very helpful. kthankxbye.
A comfortable chair, we recommend, a nice buddy and a steaming cup of chai to pair with teamix. Yeesssssss! Hmmmm! You all and see you in two weeks, thank!
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P.P.S - Rohit used a Yoda Translator for these last two sentences xD I fully lost it, but reading it in his voice has made it grow on me :3 Check it out and send some funny Yoda-voiced sentences our way!
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Bye deers
Rohit & Suchet
