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Not too long ago, electronica collective Jalebee Cartel officially announced that they were moving on to greener pastures (read the story here) and one of the members, G “Force” Arjun was already deep into his own side-project by this point. You might assume that he went back to making thrash metal or perhaps he’s moved on to a solo career, but his latest venture is a bit more interesting than all of that. G Arjun is one of the founders of SuperSike Games and recently the company launched their first title on iOS and it’s called Yet Another Bird Game. Available on the App Store for just Rs 55, ‘Not Another Bird Game’ is a clearly taking a swipe at another bird-dominated casual game that has taken the world by storm, but the comparisons are purely cosmetic. Mostly well-adjusted birds. Yet Another Bird Game fits the mould as a gameplay-oriented casual game with a simple back story. According to the press release, the game takes off after a mad scientist, who hates birds, has developed “Current-X” which gets rid of birds from electrical wires. The objective of the game is to move the birds off of the wires that have “Current-X” passing through it. Three lives are all you get to aim for that high score but things get complicated with the appearance of special birds that have unique pros and cons. There are five wires in the game and any one of them can light up but if you have a Dr Strangebird, who absorbs the Current-X without getting electrocuted, sitting on a wire then it’s not going to bother him in the least. There are six unique birds like Dr Strangebird and Scarecrow (the bird killer) that fly into your screen and moving them around is a real challenge. If you’ve got a couple of minutes of inactivity on your hands then a game like this is pretty addictive. After a certain point, you’ll need to sink more than just a few minutes to beat your high score, but when it comes to games like these you don’t really notice. The polish and the mechanics of the game are of decent quality, but it’s definitely the gameplay that will dictate the replay value of this game. In-game screenshot that confirms Scarecrow’s douchebaggery. That’s one life lost. We spoke to G Arjun who told us more about why he chose to make video games and what SuperSike Games will be making next. NH7: When did you start developing this game? G Arjun:  Yet Another Bird Game took about 15 months to develop. When Amit (Goyal, co-founder of SuperSike Games) and I started out the game studio, we were hit by a fairly straight-forward question which was “how does one go about making a video game?” Naturally, since we had just created a game company, we slowly learned about all the steps in game development along the way. How did you learn how to make games then? We tried to learn how to make games by looking at two aspects – art and gameplay development. Before I got into music, I worked at a software company and so I know how to write code. I managed to adapt some of this knowledge here as well. We found a few people to help us out along the way. Sandesh Jain helped us out a lot with the programming and Kshiraj Telang did the art and animation. Amit and I worked on the design and the production of the game and I even did some work on the music. We got some more people to help us with these aspects too. You’ve done a lot in your career when it comes to music, so why switch to games now? Since I was a kid I did only two things. I played music and I played games. For the last 15 years, I’ve enjoyed a pretty great career, but now I feel like making music my side project and taking up a new challenge. This is why I’ve been working eight days a week on this game! I still teach music at the ILM Academy every week but since I spent so much time playing games I thought that I should try my best and create something. Gotta love the titles of th

Blue Frog Metal Nights return to the Mumbai venue after being absent for a couple of months, to host a night that will feature three metal bands that wear costumes of some sort or the other. The concert, taking place on Sunday, May 19, will feature performances by Mumbai black metallers Solar Deity (pictured outside; fronted by Exhumation man Aditya Mehta), costumed death metallers Reptilian Death (pictured inside; who are also launching their new album The Dawn Of Consummation And Emergence) and old school horror metal band Albatross. We at NH7 are big fans of the Metal Nights (check out our coverage of a few previous gigs here), and we decided to get a lowdown of the br00tality that one can expect at the Frog on Sunday. Reptilian Death Mumbai metal band Reptilian Death have been around for almost as long as drummer Sahil Makhija’s Demonic Resurrection (read about their 13-year-long journey here) but for most of those years, they spoofed death metal more than anything else. In 2012, after Bhayanak Maut frontman Vinay Venkatesh took over vocal duties, the band underwent a metamorphosis that has given them a strongly distinct identity in the Indian metal scene. The revamped band played their first ever set at Domination: The Deathfest 2013 and according attendees, left the audience shell-shocked by their stage presence. The music too has taken on a stronger, more focussed edge and Reptilian Death will definitely be one of the reasons why you should attend the gig on Sunday. We spoke to Makhija to find out what the band is planning to do once they are on stage We will play an extended setlist which will feature almost all of the entire new album. We haven’t planned anything special apart from that. This is the first time a lot of people will actually be watching the new Reptilian Death properly so we plan to deliver our music with utmost precision and brutality. Check out a video of Reptilian Death at Domination: The Deathfest 2013 below to get an idea of what we are talking about. Reptilian Death take the stage at 9pm and will play a 45-minute set. Solar Deity Mumbai black metal band Solar Deity will follow Reptilian Death. Solar Deity are one of those kvlt black metal bands that are satanic and br00tal and all of that stuff. Apart from Exhumation frontman Aditya Mehta, Solar Deity also comprise drummer Yash Pathak and bassist Animesh Das (formerly of The Riot Peddlers). The band have only played two other shows live but have released enough material to play a lengthy set. The band’s dizzyingly fast brand of black metal is impressive on record, consisting of a wall of blast beats, efficient guitars and growled vocals (as opposed to the screechy variety associated with the genre), but can still retain a melodic structure strong enough to sustain interest in the song. Never having seen them live, we don’t really know what to expect from them in terms of performance. We did, however, speak to Mehta to find out more about what we can expect from the band We haven’t really planned anything super special. Our manager, Aaskash Dwivedi, will be doing some crazy visuals when we are on stage so that having that sort of audio-visual setup will be one of the highlights of the gig. We’ll be playing material from the first two albums. Since we will also be wearing costumes on stage and they’re kind of similar to the getup that Reptilian Death have, I hope people won’t get confused between the both of us. Stream Solar Deity’s ‘Snowless’ below. Solar Deity will kick off their performance at 10pm. Albatross Rounding up the night will be Thane horror metal stalwarts Albatross. Performing in Mumbai almost after a year, the band will be bringing their brand of concept story-based old school metal to the stage at Blue Frog, Mumbai. The band can be expected to preview some new material from their upcoming release The Flight Of The Assassin at the concert and just generally have a gr

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When I was about 13, I wasn’t particularly into music (at least not in the way that I am now). Almost all of the music that constituted my world was the Smashing Pumpkins and despite the fact that it sounded great, I didn’t really understand the rage. Enter FM radio stations. The radio, before the internet, showed me why this music mattered. I heard about Elvis and Buddy Holly and the rebellious nature of rock ‘n roll. I began to understand how musical eras progressed and the artists that made this progression happen. I gained a perspective about the music being played and with it, my desire to understand it grew. If it weren’t for radio, my relationship with music would have stayed casual. Even with all the other sort-of-awful-non-interesting music they played along with the good stuff, radio still made for an important part of my musical education. It also gave me a tolerability quotient; I can at least understand why popular music (of the not-so-good kind) is popular and that alone is a boon in understanding why other styles of music that are, in my opinion, better, aren’t as popular. Listening to radio anywhere should give you a decent idea of what most people in the area you’re in find entertaining. This is why traditional radio is relevant, claims Kiran Sreedhar, Head of Programming at Radio Indigo, Bangalore’s only 24-hour radio station that programs international music (find out what FM radio stations in the country are doing to stay relevant to the hashtag generation in Mixed Signals). “You could listen to the same songs on your iPod or another device or on the internet, but with radio, there is a human element that cannot be replaced. Internet radio is great too, but when you are listening to something that is being streamed from Australia in Bangalore, you won’t know what is happening in Bangalore. The time, the geographical references and everything else will differ greatly,” he adds. If you’re someone who listens to radio just for music though, a nostalgic sense of geographical context and relevance doesn’t really count for much if your station of choice only plays dated hits from the ’80s and the ’90s (seriously, even Toto’s doesn’t play ‘Karma Chameleon’ any more). Enter internet radio. The story of indie internet radio in India can be traced back to Gaurav Vaz (bassist of Bangalore’s The Raghu Dixit Project). Vaz was in a band called Phenom when he came across an internet radio station run by a friend and decided to establish his own. He wanted to create a platform for independent music which, until that time, was only available to fans through live performances. After getting together with Shreyas Srinivasan, a Bangalore-based engineer (later the co-founder of NH7.in), Vaz started RadioVeRVe, one of the country’s first online radio stations. The station would play music at bit-rates as low as 64kbps, but it would give people music that they wouldn’t be able to hear anywhere else. Initially, it wasn’t even a music streaming service. It was an internet radio station modeled around a real radio station. After building a modest library of music, the duo and some friends would sit down and record radio shows, featuring interviews with artists and short biographical snippets about the artists featured on the radio. It wouldn’t be a stretch to say that RadioVeRVe was what laid down the most successful model for internet radio in India. It was pure music, streaming endlessly in a clatter of Bollywood and outdated commercial music-playing FM stations. Stream The Raghu Dixit Project’s music below on NH7.in’s own radio player. [trackplayer 137, 138] The relative success of RadioVeRVe laid the foundations of internet radio in India. From fueling the rise of discovery platforms like NH7.in, to creating a model for newer stations like BC Radio and Tune Patrol, it gave rise to a very particular type of platform that

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There’s a lot happening in the world of Indian indie music and culture every day. We thought we’d give you the pick of the daily news, served up right here in one handy spot. This is your Quick Fix. Something Relevant release music video The Mumbai jam band have just released the music video for their track ‘Move Yourself’ off their sophomore album, We Could Be Dreaming (read an interview about the album here). The video was shot during the band’s December 2012 tour, which took them through Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Kolkata, Delhi, Guwahati and Shillong. ‘Move Yourself’ is a track about uninhibited dancing, and the video showcases this appropriately. Check it out below: BeatEvolution India tour announced Berlin hip-hop turntablist and producer Grizzly Adams is set to play shows in India this month. Along with Mumbai DJ Uri, Adams will not only be gigging around the country, but will also conduct demos and workshops around the country, including one at Palm Expo, Mumbai. The tour is being organised by the German Consulate in Mumbai, and forms part of a string of cultural associations between India and Germany, like the Indo-German Urban Mela which took place over the last year. The first gig on the tour took place in Hyderabad last night, check out dates and details for upcoming gigs and workshops on the tour below: Gigs May 25 – O2, Indore May 29 – Mixtaped! Night at The Den, Mumbai June 2 – High Spirits, Pune June 7 – Kitty Su, Delhi June 8 – Blue Frog, Mumbai Workshops May 17 – Panache DJ Academy, Hyderabad May 22 – True School Press Launch @ Mahalakshmi Race Course, Mumbai May 30 and 31 – Palm Expo @ Mumbai Exhibition Centre June 6 – Kitty Su, Delhi Check out a poster below: Are you ready for Beatevolution? Blue Frog Metal Night lineup announced The next edition of Blue Frog Mumbai’s Metal Nights takes place this Sunday (look out for our preview later today), May 19. On the lineup are Mumbai death metal act Reptilian Death, who recently made a comeback with a new line-up and also announced their second full-length album, The Dawn Of Consummation And Emergence (details here). Also on the bill are Mumbai horror metal act Albatross and black metallers Solar Deity. The gig kicks off at 8.30pm, and entry is Rs 250. Check out a poster featuring Reptilian Death album art below: Will you be there? Will you? That’s all the news for today. Stay tuned for more daily editions of the Quick Fix.