Wild City #218: Parekh & Singh

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What connects experimental composer John Cage, Michael Jackson, the pop-punk group Paramore, blues legend Buddy Guy and an electronic producer like Floating Points? They all figure into the plethora of influences and listening palette of Parekh & Singh, which they highlight with our latest Wild City mix. The Kolkata duo of Nischay Parekh and Jivraj Singh, who stand as modern royalties in India's indie music at this point, recently released their third album 'The Night is Clear' – bringing to the forefront the same whimsical sense of lyrical melodies that ushered their meteoric rise but with an enhanced palette of sonic colours. Parekh & Singh firmly uphold the defining relatable heart-touching songwriting in the centre and dial-up the experimentation in the backdrop without encroaching the centerstage. Strings akin to The Eagles' cut on the mix pervade most of the 9-track album while the arpeggiation on 'Seven Days' and the bursts of pitched percussion on 'The Nightingale' hint at the electronica influences. With such a varied selection of styles, the consistency of the mix is in its ability to surprise with drastic turns. It really is what one would expect to hear at an intimate gathering at the metaphorical common house of Parekh & Singh with the records getting cued according to the lively conversation about all the music that make a person. For more information and tracklist: https://www.thewildcity.com/mixes/19985-wild-city-218-parekh-singh