Shyamli (@Shyamli)
SUBCULTURE
Welcome to
Welcome to
New Delhi
February 2020
Photos courtesy of SSSMAGAZINE
Photos courtesy of SSSMAGAZINE
As we open the doors of our first shop in India, we team up with SSSMAGAZINE to find out more about our new home. Here, we speak with some local creatives about music and subculture, plus the best local hangout spots New Delhi has to offer.
Define your style in three words?
Erratic, Moody, Low maintenance.
A musician that defines the teenage you?
Nine Inch Nails (lol).
Any new music recommendations?
I’m not entirely wowed by a lot of the new music coming out but I like The Game’s most recent album “Born 2 Rap” – I don’t think it’s earth shatteringly good but listenable.
What role does music play in your life?
It can define how I feel the whole day - on days that I’m especially sensitive I’d rather not listen to any music than listen to something that doesn’t sit right in my body - if the tattoo studio’s got the Top 40 playing through the day then I’ll for sure be miserable and drained.
Best independent venue for watching live music?
Oddbird Theatre.
Best place to go after-dark and why?
Home. To be with my cats.
Delhi’s best-kept secret?
Feroz Shah Kotla for soaking in the sun and Saqi bar for cheap drinks in a dimly lit ancient dive bar.
Best place to hang out in Delhi?
Oddbird, Auro, Summerhouse. Or Gung The Palace for Korean food and soju all day every day.
Best Delhi musician?
Lush Lata (@_lushlata_), because boss lady’s got some lush tunes.
Tsemola (@tsemola)
Define your style in three words?
Yami Kawaii stoner.
A musician that defines the teenage you?
Avril Lavigne.
Any new music recommendations?
Listening to a lot of The 1975 right now. The lyrics are something.
What role does music play in your life?
The things I can never express become my lyrics and singing them is my expression. Whatever felt inside is out while I'm performing.
Best independent venue for watching live music?
Intimate sessions like Sofar, Living Room, House Concert, there are more. Where people come only to listen to the artist.
Best place to go after-dark and why?
Bandmates’ places or jam rooms. Cause that's when all the music is made.
Delhi’s best-kept secret?
Still looking for one.
Best place to hang out in Delhi?
Just going to any intimate music sessions. You discover a lot of indie artists like this.
Best Delhi musician?
Mangoeshuman, they have some beautiful vibes in their sound. You can listen to our band (@theravenmusic) too. We make some dark and sad music.
Moses Kou (@moseskoul)
Define your style in three words?
Fluid, Moody, Gender Agnostic.
A musician that defines the teenage you?
Kurt Cobain, perhaps. Or Alexi Laiho. Depends on which part of my teenage years you decide to focus on.
Any new music recommendations?
Jiwoo - Sapphire Blue
What role does music play in your life?
Absolutely unsure about this one. I can be metaphorical about it like - It colours my life the same way punctuations embellish a sentence, but that’s as clear a picture I can paint for you or myself.
Best independent venue for watching live music?
The decent ones got shut down. I’m on the lookout for the next best one myself.
Best place to go after-dark and why?
Home. Delhi is the city of breakfast options. Awful for crepuscular beings.
Delhi’s best-kept secret?
You can find the best bits of Tokyo, London, Paris, Seoul, Turkey, LA so on and so forth, in Delhi. But not the other way around.
Best place to hang out in Delhi?
Lutyen’s Delhi, Mughal Monuments and Gardens. There are a couple of good places for electronic music, but acoustic music forms have found it progressively difficult to play live. The DIY culture of organizing house concerts and renting out venues has come back.
Best Delhi musician?
The Circus. Because they unsettle me.
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