Top Indian Songs of the week 6th November 2022

This is the week's best of Indian music across languages and states, covering more than 350 song releases from movie albums and the independent space

1. Maaripoye - Jakes Bejoy

Music Composed and Arranged by JAKES BEJOY

Singer: KARTHI

Lyrics: KRISHNA CHAITANYA 

Language: Telugu

Genre: Synth-pop/ Dance-pop

 

I, some time ago mentioned that I am happy that Jakes Bejoy is making in-roads into other music industries like Tollywood and he is getting better with every album. This one is a Tamil and Telugu bilingual movie and I had already featured one song in Tamil a few weeks ago. This one is a very upbeat number produced by Jakes Bejoy and Praveen Ninan with Jakes composing and arranging as well. There will be memories of Ilaiyaraja's movie album 'Anjali' with the kids chorus and disco/pop similarities. The kids singing are Kichan, Nandu and Idazhika. The male adult voice belongs to Karthi and the song had many elements which work right like the funky groovy bits, and the programming and production are of supreme quality. Sumesh Parameshwar is just spot on with his guitars, and to add more to the song we have a rap segment as well with Travis A King singing the rap verses in the interlude. The 90's synth-pop is an enjoyable experience and it is Daniel Joseph Antony(assisted by Maneeth Manoj) who prepares and arranges the session. Sumesh's bass guitars provide that oomph at every instance and then obviously Jakes' keyboard and rhythm programming. The track is mixed by Balu Thankachan, with assistance from Hariharan and Paul Daniel. John Gethin masters the track along with Daniel, Midhun Manoj and KK Senthil Prasad as recording engineers. 

 

 

 

2. Tafriyan

Music: Sameer Uddin

Lyrics: Shellee

Singers: Neha Bhasin, Devenderpal Singh

Language: Hindi

Genre: Lullaby, Soft Melody

I never knew or tracked Neha Bhasin when she was part of this all-women band called 'Viva', but in her recent avatar as a solo performer in the indie space, I have enjoyed her music. This is a score by her spouse, composer Sameer Uddin for the Netflix movie 'Jogi', with lyrics by Shellee. Natasha Pinto is the champion of the song driving it forward with her gentle and tender Keys. The harmonies in A Capella style are beautifully executed and arranged with Abhishek Nailwal on backing vocals. Jitender Thakur plays the Violins and Viola, giving it a European or Sicilian flavour. Devendrapal Singh is fantastic as the male lead vocalist giving out the wonderful emotions of this love track and you are sometimes torn between choosing the lead vocals, or the harmonies or the amazing instrumentals. Meir Shitrit plays the Bouzooki and the track has Chris Athens on mastering and Tanishk Lalla as the recording engineer. The song is a masterclass on arrangements of vocals and live instruments. Rashi Bagai is the Executive Producer.  

 

 

 

3. Oh Darling

Performed by Priyanka Nath

Written by Jonathan Edward, Priyanka Nath

Language: English

Genre: Alt-Rock

 Priyanka Nath was very impressive the last time she had a single, and I have been waiting for her next. It is a delight that the latest one is even better in my opinion compared to her previous single "Run". She has composed, written and performed the number that has excellent lead and, backing vocals. The interlude has a nice section on the electric guitar, and when combined with the drums we have a very enjoyable alt-rock number. Just before the bridge section, there is another longer intervention on the electric guitars, giving a lot of weight to the quality of the number. The bridge section takes things into a calmer zone, but the drums perfectly up the ante as we approach the end. Jonathan Edward produces this number. 

 

 

4. Antaragini 

Vocals: Aman Raj

Music: The Lost Symbols

Language: Hindi

Genre: Rock

 

Their brand of music is just consistently inspiring, as I don't think I have ever featured any other Indian band so many times on my weekly charts. Their album 'Gharq' has had at-least 4 different singles that have made it to the top 10 songs in India during various weeks. Songs like "Khwaab", "Riha", "Surkh" and "Nindiya Re", are reflective of great Indian Rock music and "Antaragni" is one more that breathes fire. Aman Raj is the lead vocalist, with Gunjan Soral on lead guitars and backing vocals. There is also Jubin Choudhary on guitars and Rahul Sharma on bass with Arun Singh Naruka on the drums. The song is supposed to refer to our inner fire and desire and when you hear this number you can feel that sense of desire and passion even without a single word uttered. Kudos to the composition and instrumentals for making that possible. Just let the opening guitar notes flow into your head and you will be drawn immediately. From there on it is Aman's vocals that raise the energy levels. Not for a single moment, the guitars play second fiddle, and the same goes for the drums which just keep the energy pumped on. Just past the mid-way-mark, we have a guitar and strings-based duel and union leading up to the bridge section. The feeling is transcendental in the bridge section with the vocals and electric guitars. Gunjan and Arun make merry in the minute-long outro section. 

 

 

5. Khan Market gang 

Production by Moses Koul

Composed, Written : Kraken

Genre: Jazz-Rock, Hip-hop

Language: English

By the title, we know that this is a New Delhi band, and I have never known about them before this single. This band was formed back in 2015, and in this return avatar they have released an entire EP with some very good numbers that don't generally conform to a style. This particular single is as good as an instrumental piece and I loved the guitars and rhythms particularly. Koul plays the guitars and reminds me of Durwin Dsouza's sensational "Ever Young". Suyash Gabriel is brilliant on drums, Vipul Verma is cool and stylish with his vocals. The bassist os Divij Kapoor and Reuben Das does the Keyboard programming. The song is everything you can wish for when you want to just let go of your emotions and break free. The track is mixed by Krishna Rao and Donal Whelan masters it. The artwork is by Hideo Diakoku

 

 

6. Paper Boats

Composition: Chirag Todi, Gouri Ranjit, Aksha Kini

Lyrics: Gouri Ranjit, Aksha Kini

Producer: Raag Sethi

Language: English

Genre: Indie Pop, R&B

I have been waiting eagerly for Raag Sethi and Chirag Todi and the usual suspects who work at Compass Box Studios. Here they are but they have raised the bar with two phenomenal singers who go together as 'Gouri & Aksha'. I have featured Gouri Ranjit Aksha Kini in a few reviews of mine and they are nothing short of fabulous. This moving R&B number has the heavy upright bass right at the beginning and it is Chirag Todi on guitars and Raag playing the bass guitars along with his arrangements and production. Harmish Joshi plays the Woodwinds ever so mildly, and there is so much happening in the background with Protyay Chakraborty teasing you with the strings section. Chirag reminds you of some Santana sizzles as he plays the guitars taking us into the world of Latin Jazz. There is also that extended freedom of creativity displayed by the instrumentalists, heartening to see. Gouri and Aksha perform on different pitches and still display such splendid harmony and union. when they sing together. The delightful drums are by SHivang Kapadia who knows exactly how to make his presence felt without drawing too much attention. Drona Acharya mixes and masters while Tushar Kejriwal does the artwork. 

 

 

7. Tu Hi Nahi 

Composition/Lyrics/Vocals by Piyush Bhisekar

Language: Hindi

Genre: Ballad

The union of the pleasant guitar strings being plucked along with the haunting female humming is magical right at the start. Piyush Bhisekar plays the acoustic guitar and he has gone solo in composing, writing and performing this number. Piyush's vocals are soft, but the emotions that come out show vulnerability with that tender shake that he exhibits. Srinibas Misra plays the bass guitar and you can all along hear the backing vocals performed by Shubha Mukherjee. Those amazing lines "Saath chalna tha, par tu hi nahi" show pain and longing vocally and lyrically. As the song moves along Shubha not just hums and she starts singing the lines and enters the fabulous string section. Piyush and Shardul Bapat compose the strings section with arrangements by Shardul. The performers on the strings are Shardul, Arnav Lalsare and Kartik Tarte. Just when you thought this is a fabulous number, it gets even better with the heart-warming Santoor played by Ninad Daithankar. I listened to this song and fell in love with life itself and music as its greatest bounty. Robin plays the electric guitar and Piyush plays the percussions. The track is mastered by Ronak Runwal, and Malay Vadalkar mixes and does the recording. 

 

8. Ghar Jaane De

Vocals, Additional Composition and Lyrics: Neha Karode 

Music Production and Electric Guitar: Rupjit Das

Language: Traditional

Genre: Classical Fusion, Jazz

Give her a traditional song, and she will make another astounding treasure out of it. Musicians who call themselves so, and only keep rehashing old numbers thinking that remixes mean just adding keyboard and synth work, or Lo-fi additions to an old song should probably talk to Neha Karode and take some lessons from her. She is probably one of the most regularly featured artists on my weekly charts and here she is writing, making additional compositions and singing a traditional number that is close to our hearts. ID Rao the master takes the front and centre position early on with his Clarinet and Pan Flute solo. Madhab Deka plays the Keys and Nantu Mukherjee is the bassist, as we can hear them add layers but Augustine Chettiar's drums make an impression. A big round of applause to Rupjit Das who has produced this number and made it shine and he also plays the electric guitar. I felt it sounded a lot like "Alaipayuthey" set in Raag Kanada, but it belongs to a close scale called Darbari Kanada. Enjoy the wonderful interlude by ID Rao on the clarinet, along with Shreedhara Chari's Tabla. The fantastic element that only Neha constantly and successfully achieves is the Western Jazz style of vocals that are used to deliver a Classical Indian Bandish. Rupjit is the recording engineer, and he also mixes and masters the track. ID Rao is on fire almost relentlessly playing the Clarinet to our delight right through the 4 minutes. 

 

 

 

9. Gal Sunoh Punjabi Dosto

Singer: Gurdas Maan

Lyrics: Gurdas Maan

Composer: Gurdas Maan

Music Programming and Arrangement: Ishaan Chhabra

Language: Punjabi

Genre: Folk-Fusion, Western Classical

I have heard a lot about Ishaan Chhabra and his fantastic abilities as a composer, and he brings his programming and arrangement skills to the fore here. Gurdas Maan who is legendary as a singer in Punjab sings, writes and composes this resplendent number. This is an example of how people will always find good music if they look for it, and when a plethora of gun-flaunting run-of-the-mill numbers are written in Punjabi music every week. The phenomenal grandeur of a symphony orchestra is thanks to the Budapest Scoring Orchestra in full flow with Ishaan doing all the instrumental programming and orchestral arrangements along with mixing. The conductor for the Orchestra is Zoltan Pad and the Indian co-ordinator is the talented musician Balasubramanian G who works with the Budapest Orchestra for all Indian numbers these days. Abishek V assists Bala G and we have Bálint Sapszon as the session producer and Bence Bobak as the recording engineer. The harmonies in the background create a sense of mystery and then comes the feeling of joy when you hear Kiran Kumar Sharma's flute solo. Ahsan Ali plays the Sarangi and when you hear these two instruments one after the other we have these extremely diverse emotions of hope and sadness. Gurdaas rips your heart open with that voice and delivery making you weep with knees bent and looking upto the skies. 

 

 

 

 

5. Khan Market gang 

Production by Moses Koul

Composed, Written : Kraken

Genre: Jazz-Rock, Hip-hop

Language: English

By the title, we know that this is a New Delhi band, and I have never known about them before this single. This band was formed back in 2015, and in this return avatar they have released an entire EP with some very good numbers that don't generally conform to a style. This particular single is as good as an instrumental piece and I loved the guitars and rhythms particularly. Koul plays the guitars and reminds me of Durwin Dsouza's sensational "Ever Young". Suyash Gabriel is brilliant on drums, Vipul Verma is cool and stylish with his vocals. The bassist os Divij Kapoor and Reuben Das does the Keyboard programming. The song is everything you can wish for when you want to just let go of your emotions and break free. The track is mixed by Krishna Rao and Donal Whelan masters it. The artwork is by Hideo Diakoku

 

 

6. Paper Boats

Composition: Chirag Todi, Gouri Ranjit, Aksha Kini

Lyrics: Gouri Ranjit, Aksha Kini

Producer: Raag Sethi

Language: English

Genre: Indie Pop, R&B

I have been waiting eagerly for Raag Sethi and Chirag Todi and the usual suspects who work at Compass Box Studios. Here they are but they have raised the bar with two phenomenal singers who go together as 'Gouri & Aksha'. I have featured Gouri Ranjit Aksha Kini in a few reviews of mine and they are nothing short of fabulous. This moving R&B number has the heavy upright bass right at the beginning and it is Chirag Todi on guitars and Raag playing the bass guitars along with his arrangements and production. Harmish Joshi plays the Woodwinds ever so mildly, and there is so much happening in the background with Protyay Chakraborty teasing you with the strings section. Chirag reminds you of some Santana sizzles as he plays the guitars taking us into the world of Latin Jazz. There is also that extended freedom of creativity displayed by the instrumentalists, heartening to see. Gouri and Aksha perform on different pitches and still display such splendid harmony and union. when they sing together. The delightful drums are by SHivang Kapadia who knows exactly how to make his presence felt without drawing too much attention. Drona Acharya mixes and masters while Tushar Kejriwal does the artwork. 

 

 

 

7. Tu Hi Nahi 

Composition/Lyrics/Vocals by Piyush Bhisekar

Language: Hindi

Genre: Ballad

The union of the pleasant guitar strings being plucked along with the haunting female humming is magical right at the start. Piyush Bhisekar plays the acoustic guitar and he has gone solo in composing, writing and performing this number. Piyush's vocals are soft, but the emotions that come out show vulnerability with that tender shake that he exhibits. Srinibas Misra plays the bass guitar and you can all along hear the backing vocals performed by Shubha Mukherjee. Those amazing lines "Saath chalna tha, par tu hi nahi" show pain and longing vocally and lyrically. As the song moves along Shubha not just hums and she starts singing the lines and enters the fabulous string section. Piyush and Shardul Bapat compose the strings section with arrangements by Shardul. The performers on the strings are Shardul, Arnav Lalsare and Kartik Tarte. Just when you thought this is a fabulous number, it gets even better with the heart-warming Santoor played by Ninad Daithankar. I listened to this song and fell in love with life itself and music as its greatest bounty. Robin plays the electric guitar and Piyush plays the percussions. The track is mastered by Ronak Runwal, and Malay Vadalkar mixes and does the recording. 

 

 

8. Ghar jaane

Vocals, Additional Composition and Lyrics: Neha Karode 

Music Production and Electric Guitar: Rupjit Das

Language: Traditional

Genre: Classical Fusion, Jazz

Give her a traditional song, and she will make another astounding treasure out of it. Musicians who call themselves so, and only keep rehashing old numbers thinking that remixes mean just adding keyboard and synth work, or Lo-fi additions to an old song should probably talk to Neha Karode and take some lessons from her. She is probably one of the most regularly featured artists on my weekly charts and here she is writing, making additional compositions and singing a traditional number that is close to our hearts. ID Rao the master takes the front and centre position early on with his Clarinet and Pan Flute solo. Madhab Deka plays the Keys and Nantu Mukherjee is the bassist, as we can hear them add layers but Augustine Chettiar's drums make an impression. A big round of applause to Rupjit Das who has produced this number and made it shine and he also plays the electric guitar. I felt it sounded a lot like "Alaipayuthey" set in Raag Kanada, but it belongs to a close scale called Darbari Kanada. Enjoy the wonderful interlude by ID Rao on the clarinet, along with Shreedhara Chari's Tabla. The fantastic element that only Neha constantly and successfully achieves is the Western Jazz style of vocals that are used to deliver a Classical Indian Bandish. Rupjit is the recording engineer, and he also mixes and masters the track. ID Rao is on fire almost relentlessly playing the Clarinet to our delight right through the 4 minutes. 

 

 

 

9. Gal Sunoh Punjabi Dosto

Singer: Gurdas Maan

Lyrics: Gurdas Maan

Composer: Gurdas Maan

Music Programming and Arrangement: Ishaan Chhabra

Language: Punjabi

Genre: Folk-Fusion, Western Classical

I have heard a lot about Ishaan Chhabra and his fantastic abilities as a composer, and he brings his programming and arrangement skills to the fore here. Gurdas Maan who is legendary as a singer in Punjab sings, writes and composes this resplendent number. This is an example of how people will always find good music if they look for it, and when a plethora of gun-flaunting run-of-the-mill numbers are written in Punjabi music every week. The phenomenal grandeur of a symphony orchestra is thanks to the Budapest Scoring Orchestra in full flow with Ishaan doing all the instrumental programming and orchestral arrangements along with mixing. The conductor for the Orchestra is Zoltan Pad and the Indian co-ordinator is the talented musician Balasubramanian G who works with the Budapest Orchestra for all Indian numbers these days. Abishek V assists Bala G and we have Bálint Sapszon as the session producer and Bence Bobak as the recording engineer. The harmonies in the background create a sense of mystery and then comes the feeling of joy when you hear Kiran Kumar Sharma's flute solo. Ahsan Ali plays the Sarangi and when you hear these two instruments one after the other we have these extremely diverse emotions of hope and sadness. Gurdaas rips your heart open with that voice and delivery making you weep with knees bent and looking upto the skies. 

 

10. Kadile Kadile

Music Composer: Mikey Mccleary

Music Producers: Mikey Mccleary And Parth Parekh

Singers: Ramya Kirtana, Sireesha Bhagavatula & Soujanya Bhagavatula

Lyrics: Rakendu Mouli

Mikey Mccleary is on fire and with a fantastic love and anthem song a couple of weeks ago with Lucky Ali called "Mohabbat Zindagi", and with this alt-pop number he shows his diverse scoring skills. The vocals are just hair-raising good by Ramya Kirtana and Sireesha Bhagavatula & Soujanya Bhagavatula. There is nice creativity in mixing the main track of the song with a refurbished "Aigiri Nandhini". Rakendu Mouli writes the lyrics for the opening portions of the song which are original. Mikey and Parth Parekh produce the number and a lion's share of the song's success harps on the keyboard programming. 

 

11. Naa Dhaarullonaa - Sireesha Bhagavatula 

Composed Produced and Arranged By: Barath Dhanasekar

Singers: Sireesha Bhagavatula and Keshav Vinoth

Lyrics: Sanare

Language: Telugu

Genre: Melody

Sireesha Bhagavatula makes it two in a row and the even better part is that she sounds deliberately different in the number "Kadile Kadile". The song is composed, produced and arranged by Barath Dhanasekar, a musician who I just featured for a brilliant Tamil song called "Orr Kadhal Kana". The initial humming is tender yet loaded with a sense of longing that touches your heart. Vijay Ganesan and Dan Kristen play the acoustic guitars while Laxman Arvind is the bassist. The anu pallavi "nee jothale manase mirise" has all these 3 guitarists in a fine form reminding me of the works of Maestro Ilaiyaraja. Vijay Ganesan has impressed me on more than one occasion in various Tamil projects. The vocal range is also well exhibited in these lines itself by Sireesha. The keyboard programming is by Dan and Sebastian Sathish along with Melvin Immanuel Raja. Lalit Talluri melts your heart and makes you fly in the interlude and even though the notes are the same as the pallavi, it is his mastery and slight deviation with creativity that stuns you. There are fragments of similarities with AR Rahman's "Kaise Mujhe". Keshav Vinoth, the male vocalist makes things even dearer to heart with his vocals. Pavithran Shiva Sai is on the percussions. I also love the line "Aakashamethullo" that lands on the pallavi. Roshan Sebastian is the engineer who mixes and masters the track with recording engineers, Divine Joseph Antony, Anish Mohand, Kerthivasan and Jonathan Titus. The backing vocalists are Laxman who also has played the bass, Sruthi Sankaran and Monisha Soundarajan. Sanare is the lyricist

 

 

12. Raahguzar 

Music composed by Garvit-Priyansh

Produced by Garvit Soni

Lyrics by Priyansh Srivastava

Language: Hindi

Genre: Indie Pop

The duo of Garvit Soni and Priyansh Srivastava have been very consistent and good and having featured them a couple of times for two excellent melodies in "Sanware" & "Guzarish", I am not surprised by their return with another fantastic number here. The Keys and guitars are layers that gently create the aura and the vocals establish things even further that this is some solid quality. Dev Sharma and Priyansh play the guitars, with lyrics by Priyansh. Garvit produces the number so he must have had a huge hand in the programming and arrangements. The backing vocals we hear belong to Ashlesha Raj Tripathi. The element of aalap is the biggest positive, as the vocals sound fresh and non-repetitive even if the same line is sung more than a few times. 

 

 

13. Sweet sweet Boston

Performed by Tyesha Kohli

Written by Tyesha Kohli

Language: English

Genre: Indie pop, soft ballad

I heard Tyesha for the very first time as a backing vocalist for another singer-songwriter, but ever since that she has risen in my books as a strong performer and songwriter. This one is a sweet sweet song called "Sweet Sweet Boston" and it only makes me want to visit this city even more than I always wanted to. The guitars by Mukul and vocals by Tyesha alone work like two gemstones on the same shining crown. Tyesha Kohli have written this number, and whether it is the humming or the singing she decorates the song beautifully. The mild Organ Piano sound in the background is a valuable addition to the scheme of things here. 

 

14. Zara bhi

Music Composer: Neel Chabbra 

Singer: Vibhor

Lyrics: Vibhor

Language: Hindi

Genre: Indie pop, Fusion

The first few seconds started with some background voice of a male speaking, and I waited to see if it was going to be one of those boring numbers that come as an Intro track in many EPs or Albums. It changed immediately after hearing the strings in the background and Vibhor's excellent attempt at the falsetto tone. Neel Chabbra is the composer and producer and he gets the tone and texture of the song excellently done. We have Jakib on all additional production. The rhythm and keyboard programming is spot on and generates a pulsating response when you hear it but the game-changer is the sound of the Sarangi in the interlude. I am sold. Hanish Taneja, as expected of him, does a great job mixing and mastering the track and all the art-work is by Errolcrasta. 

 

 

 

15. Saturn 

Performed by Shweta Srivastava

Written by Shweta Srivastava

Produced by Himonshu Parikh

Language: English

Genre: Indie pop

She needs no introduction if you keep track of indie music in India. Shweta is a fantastic singer-songwriter and she is not one to compromise on her work and release music under pressure. I have featured her songs "July 19" and "Home" both being absolutely deserving of praise from all corners. Shweta once again works here with one of India's hottest and busiest producers Himonshu Parikh and the combined abilities of both artists, elevates the song's output multifold here. The voice of Shweta just keeps getting better and her confident delivery makes me believe immensely in what she probably is destined to achieve in the future. Himonshu toys with his Keyboard and I love the part where she utters the title, aided by some splendid production. Himonshu delightfully plays the keys at the end of the line" I don't want to fight no more, I know it's gonna be the same". The usage of harmonies works quite well both on the humming and lines when the lead vocals are heard. The rhythm programming is precise when energy levels are high and when they drop like in the end. I am glad Shweta has nicely improvised with her vocals singing the last few lines in the outro. I recommend that my readers closely follow her work.  

 

 

 

16. Mazaak

Written, sung and composed: Anuv Jain

Music production by Angad Singh Bahra

Language: Hindi

Genre: Indie pop

There are plenty of songs this week that proves that all you need is a good tune, a good voice and some simple instrumentals to do the trick. Anuv Jain writes, composed and sings this breezy single that impressed me the very first time I heard it. Anuv has this ethereal voice that soothes you no matter what mood you are in. Hear the line "muskurao, aur aise hanso meri baathon pe", and you will understand what I mean. Angad Singh Bahra produces the number and he gets the rhythms and keys involved in lifting our spirits by notches. All I want to do is go on a long drive listening to this on a loop, forgetting about the pains of the world we live in. The sudden change in rhythms happens and the intensity of the guitar strumming heightens when Anuv sings"Ho jaaoongaa tera, ehasaas hai". He also does a very likable shift in octaves allowing us to get a sense of vocal strength and it also speaks for the pain in his message in the song. Mukul Jain does the spatial mixing. 

 

 

 

17. Nothing you can say

 Performed by Nothing Anonymous

Written by Ambika Nayak, Nirmit Ashok Shah

Language: English

Genre: Synth-pop

It is exciting to feature the electronic duo called 'Nothing Anonymous' comprising of Ambika Nayak and Nirmit Ashok Shah for the very first time on my weekly charts. The Keyboard programming is a very crucial component of this number and we have the Keys as well as Synths dominating the song's colour. Ambika has this very stylish and effective vocal disposition and as she sings, the dizzying synths play all around. The lines " coz, in the end, I'm just like you" sound fabulous and then we have the title line that just acts like the show-stopper. The lyrics are penned by Ambika and Nirmit. The style and execution more than compensate for the slightly repetitive lines. 

 

 

18. Drunk in the afternoon 

Performed by Aary

Written by Aaryamann Sethi

Produced by Kabir Hiranandani

Language: English

Genre: Indie pop

It is a crazy title, something you just cannot afford to do, being drunk in the afternoon. But if it is getting intoxicated with musical excesses that is perfectly fine by me. Aary a.k.a Aaryamann Sethi has written and performed this number. His falsetto is in dreamy form. Kabir Hindiani must be appreciated for producing songs of young talented musicians like EVAD and now Aary. The introduction of guitars and drums adds a gentle texture but the strings in the background create gravity and depth for the message to be conveyed. We also have a programmed Sax playing in the final moments. 

 

 

19. itookaflighttothecity 

 

Performed by daerrn grey, Tushar Raj

Written by Tushar Raj

Language: English

Genre: Synth-pop

The guitars are stylish from the get-go and it borders on a dance-pop or synth-pop style. The vocals are mystical and gloomy but I am fine with that because both daerrn grey and Tushar Raj sound good. The song doesnt have too many elements, but just a few are sometimes good enough to impress for the week, "Was it easy" is an interesting line and sticks to your head. Tusha Raj penned the lyrics and composed it. I am also intrigued by the title and the way it is all clubbed together and written.