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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

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    • 3.8 • 124 Ratings

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

    Pratika

    Pratika

    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:

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    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

    • 48 min
    Queendom

    Queendom

    Here’s a very special episode of Maed in India. 

    You may have heard of this very cool gig called the Red Bull Tour Bus.

    It’s a behemoth music tour that travels across India, bringing you extraordinary Indian indie performances. It’s now been 10 years since it started and recently, our very own Mae Mariyam Thomas along with fellow music aficionados Nirmika Singh and Amit Gurbaxani were the judges got to judge the Red Bull Off The Roof Band Hunt, where young artists or bands have the chance to play the gig of a lifetime. Though they were spoiled for choice with the talent there had to be one winner - soul R&B crew Queendom! 

     

    Brecilla D'Souza and Damini Gautam are back (check out their 2021 Ladies Special episode here) and with their whole band in tow and new unreleased music to share.

     

    Learn how to manifest a performance on Red Bull Off The Roof tour bus, the power of 3 part harmonies, why the stage is their safe space and of course, what it really means to be a queen and making that word less la di da. 

     

    Song List (Audio):

    Pussy Talk (01:41 - 07:09)

    Colony (16:11 - 18:26)

    Search for Meaning (31:26 - 35:42)

     

    Follow Queendom:

    Instagram @queendomindia

     

    Queendom is: 

    Brecilla D'Souza on vocals

    Damini Gautam on vocals                   

     

    Accompanying artists

    Meera Desai on vocals

    Pratika on vocals

    Shivang Kapadia on drums                    

    Pranav Kamat on electric guitar

    Adi Ahir on bass guitar

     

    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

    Episode Mixed & Mastered by: Kartik Kulkarni

    Music Mixed by: Jehangir Jehangir

    Recorded at Island City Studios

    • 36 min
    The Soul

    The Soul

    On the special occasion of Sri Lanka’s Independence Day on Feb 4th, Mae sits down with Sri Lankan reggae/dub/rock band, The Soul. They chat about the band's insistence on NOT being a cover band and making only original music (and being a broke musician in the process), the sad sad situation of Sri Lanka’s economy but also how it’s not sad and everything is perfectly fine (right?). When talking about their music it ranges from dystopian futures and reflections on political turmoil all the way to the woes of being a struggling independent artist. Oh and they teach Mae some Sinhalese too (whether it was successful or not you’ll have to listen to the episode to find out).

     

    Song List (Audio):

    Dancer Wake (01:13 - 06:35)

    Light Bringer (25:52 - 32:27)

    Lucky Child (38:38 - 48:34)

    Grasshopper (57:16 - 1:04:41)

     

    Follow The Soul:

    Instagram @thesoulsrilanka

    Facebook @thesoulsrilanka

    The Soul is: 

    Dave Roberts on vocals

    Khazim Miskin on lead guitar

    Uvindu Perera on bass

    Sarani Perera on rhythm guitar

    Divanka Sewmin on drums

     

    Come be our friend:

    Facebook @maedinindia

    Instagram @maedinindia

    Twitter @maedinindia

     

    CREDITS:

    Host: Mae

    Twitter: @maebemaebe

    Instagram: @maemariyam

    Producer: Shaun Fanthome, Nikkethana Kamal, Ruchi Sawardekar 

    Content & Social Media Manager: Meghna Gulati

    Sound Editing & Additional Engineering by: Lakshman Parsuram

    Video Editing by: Jishnu Guha

    Episode Mixed & Mastered by: Kartik Kulkarni

    Music Mixed by: Ashyar Balsara

    Recorded at Island City Studios

    • 1 hr 6 min
    NATE08

    NATE08

    This week on the show, we have bass player and producer NATE08 joining Mae in the studio. They discuss his debut full length album Furaha, from which he performs three songs with a little help from Jeremy D'souza on drums, Sid Shirodkar on keys, Harsh Gadhvi on the guitar, and Azamaan Hoyvoy on vocals. Nate also tells us about how his dad bought him his first bass, how a good drum-bass pairing comes together, and how he approaches sessions gigs and making his own music differently.

     



     

    Song List:

    Trigger Fool ft. Azamaan Hoyvoy (00:51 - 04:41)

    Furaha (16:18 - 19:38)

    Cold Muse (30:40 - 33:17)

     



     

    Follow NATE08:

    Instagram @nate08music

    Twitter @nate08music

    Facebook @nate08music

     

    Band:

    Jeremy D'souza on drums

    Sid Shirodkar on keys

    Harsh Gadhvi on the guitar

    Azamaan Hoyvoy on vocals

     

    Come be our friend:

    Facebook @maedinindia

    Instagram @maedinindia

    Twitter @maedinindia

     

    CREDITS:

    Host: Mae

    Twitter: @maebemaebe

    Instagram: @maemariyam

    Sound Editing & Additional engineering by: Lakshman Parsuram

    Episode Mixed & Mastered by: Kartik Kulkarni

    Producer: Shaun Fanthome and Husein Haveliwala

    Music Mixed by: Hersh Desai

    Recorded at Island City Studios

    • 34 min
    Best of 2023

    Best of 2023

    It's that time of the year again, where we settle into changing 2023 to 2024 in our diary. However, before we completely say goodbye to 2023, Mae brings you the Best of 2023 (and no we’re not talking about that bikini vacation in Andaman), with her favourite music performances from the ghosts of Maed in India’s past! From celebrating 300 episodes with a cult band from the early 2000s, to Assamese jazz-pop, Urdu blues, Punjabi folk and a Marathi abhanga with a guitar solo that’ll knock your socks off! Tune in now on the podcast platform of your choice for our #MaedinIndia #Bestof2023

     



    Song List:

    Zero - Take Me Away (02:40 - 07:40)

    Sampriti - Xathor (08:15 - 14:10)

    Sameer Rahat - Tasalli (15:44 - 21:10)

    Banat - Daachi Waaleya (21:46 - 25:17)

    Swarupa Ananth - Happy Dance (26:02 - 29:02) 

    Abhanga Repost - Aise Kaise Zhale Bhondu (30:22 - 35:55)

    Nimisha Shankar - Duniya (37:40 - 40:39)

    Phosphenes - Are You Gonna Leave Me? (42:22 - 46:27)

     

    Come be our friend:

    Facebook @maedinindia

    Instagram @maedinindia

    Twitter @maedinindia

     

    CREDITS:

    Host: Mae Mariyam Thomas

    Producer: Shaun Fanthome

    Audio Editor Post: Kartik Kulkarni

    • 46 min
    Anirudh Singh Chohan

    Anirudh Singh Chohan

    We have New Delhi-bred, Singapore-based artist Anirudh Singh Chohan in the studio this week, as he chats with Mae about how his Dad introduced him to music from Mozart to ghazals to Simon & Garfunkel, starting an Instagram Live show during the pandemic, and about his extensive guitar collection. He also tells more about his debut EP Unequal Music, from which he plays us two songs and another unreleased track specially for Maed in India

     



     

    Song List:

    ‎Nickel & Steel (01:02 - 04:17)

    High Hopes (15:06 - 18:27)

    A Loving Hand (24:53 - 28:18)

     



     

    Follow Anirudh:

    Instagram: @anirudhchohan

    Twitter: @anirudh_chohan

     

    Come be our friend:

    Facebook @maedinindia

    Instagram @maedinindia

    Twitter @maedinindia

     

    CREDITS:

    Host: Mae

    Twitter: @maebemaebe

    Instagram: @maemariyam

    Sound Editing & Additional engineering by: Lakshman Parsuram

    Episode Mixed & Mastered by: Kartik Kulkarni

    Producer: Shaun Fanthome and Husein Haveliwala

    Music Mixed by: Ashyar Balsara

    Recorded at Island City Studios

    • 29 min

Customer Reviews

3.8 out of 5
124 Ratings

124 Ratings

Melophile3 ,

Tune this podcast channel, Sit back and relax!

Truly, it deserves more listeners. Maed, a cool woman who has a charmness and politeness whom she converses with. The show concept is eye-catching, definitely a sweet and spicy content for all music fanatics and aspiring musicians too. Good to know about their journey.

I must say, this Indian show on music is honestly an underrated show.

ItsVishnuSuresh ,

Really organised and quality

i dont know what to say but this podcast is more natural and amazing .

sandhyasurendran ,

A pure delight to listen to

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