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Electronic subcultures of the world: 10 years ago M.I.A. united them under a massive bass wave on her album “Arular”. The next generation is represented by Alo Wala from Copenhagen, riding on the success of their dancehall/club hit “Cityboy:” MC, co-producer and front dervish Shivani Ahlowalia, musicians Asmund Boye Kverneland, Alexander Valentino Clerici and VJ Mad Es.

A radical antithesis to mainstream Indian cinema

Synthpop, retro-futuristic-dreamy: Arfaz Kagalwala combines house beats from global pop’s collective memory with found sounds processed beyond recognition and a heavily processed voice.

Between tabla-science and Detroit techno: DJ Pawas belongs to the generation which established the local house culture in the Indian metropolises.

Gerriet Schultz encounters DJ Pawas.