aswekeepsearching - kyun? (2025)

It's probably clear by now that those three guys from Pune are my favourite Indian artists. Their post-rock music is as inclusive when it comes to original sounds as it is atmospheric. It's all proven true once again on the band's sixth album entitled kyun? 

Reaching their 10th anniversary as a group, the artists dedicated the album to... dedication. Or more precisely, "to the strength it takes to keep going". As always, the dense atmosphere of their music is achieved by the use of violins the sounds of which are not only complimentary, it's very often the main focus of the audience and it's a great thing. I just love post-rock with strings, no doubts about it. And here, violins play both of the spectrum, the energetic, melody-bringers and the calmer, atmosphere-makers. Obviously, it makes the music feel cinematic too, but it's not the main feeling I get when listening to kyun? 

The guitars are also joined by a flute (I think?) and a multitude of samples, ambient passages, other effects. That's what I call an eclectic and inclusive guitar music! And Uddipan Sarmah's vocals are another thing. It just fits the style of the band and I'm always open for more vocals in post-rock compositions. After all, the artists are set to create a "must-experience for anyone who appreciates the power of music to evoke emotions and transport you to a different world" and so any means are acceptable to do that.

kyun? costs 12 USD.

Check: happiness > god

Country: India

Genre: violins-led post-rock

aswekeepsearching - Rooh (2019)

aswekeepsearching - Zia (2017)

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cash - deluged (2022)

As far as I know, Cash debuted as an artist focused mostly on piano compositions. And while he was really good at this, those times are long gone. The India-born musician is now way more interested in the electronic sounds ranging freely from trip-hop to ambient and he proves it on his third album called deluged.

The synthy ambient soundscapes (a world of difference) are presented against the very trip-hop songs like submerged, creating together a unique experience that brings everything electronic music can be liked for. But it doesn't mean that Cash lost interest in the beauty of keys either: you can easily hear how good they sound in the bass-heavy asphyxia and the calmer plumeria. And the further the album goes, the more neoclassical it gets. The pace gets down, the subtle beauty of piano keys goes up. The airiness and the nostalgia-inducing ability of the album's finish is really something to go back to.

deluged costs 7 USD.

c a s h, 4lienetic - Abstract (2019)

c a s h - collision course (2019)

Cash - The Sounds My Heart Makes EP (2018)

Check: deluged (rework)

Country: Massachusetts, US

Genre: moody electronica

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c a s h, 4lienetic - Abstract (2019) EN

c a s h appears on the blog regularly for some time now, but he's no longer a teenager from India, he moved to US and... released an EP with another Hindu neoclassical artist - 4lienetic. This is Abstract.

4lienetic is the stage moniker of Sugama Khetana from Mumbai, just like c a s h, he's keen on combining neoclassicism with ambient and... making a lot of music (he appears to create an album each year). The EP is in some places more neoclassically delicate just to surprise with electronic elements in other (as in somber), or with a clear and strong bass and beat (in helium). This make it very diverse, even for the border of genres it belongs to. But for me, it's still the most beautiful when focuses on the neoclassical atmosphere.

Abstract  costs 7 USD.

c a s h - collision course (2019) EN

Cash - The Sounds My Heart Makes EP (2018) EN

Check: ruiné

Country: India

Genre: electronic neoclassicism

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Watchcamp November/December 2019 with Give Up to Failure, Poly-Math, Roaring Empyrean, VSLME, Thomas James White EN

Give Up to Failure - All I Wanted

New and still one of few Polish shoegaze bands so I couldn't overlook their debut single. Perhaps it could be better recording-wise but clearly their potential is here. The single costs 0.5 EUR (2 PLN).

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Poly-Math - Sensors in Everything

Looong piece of quality post-rock from England with ever-changing composition, various surprises and impressive influence on the listener. The track costs whatever you want to pay.

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Roaring Empyrean - Birth of the Lunarface

Post-rock composition from India with a lot of grandeur and unsettling atmosphere with funeral doom vibes. Judging by the frequency of the bands' singles being released, perhaps there's going to be an album soon. The single costs whatever you want to pay.

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VSLME - DVRT

Awesome track from a Hungarian artist I had no clue about. A bit of post-rock, lots of industrial, tons of unsettling atmosphere and much guitar noise, a real gem. The single costs whatever you want to pay. 

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Thomas James White - Home (At the End of It All)

The British artist is a guest on my blog again, but how could I not appreciate him when he creates such a beautiful and atmospheric neoclassicism! The single costs one pound.

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aswekeepsearching - Rooh (2019) EN

The Hindu band of aswekeepsearching appeared already on the blog two years ago with their album Zia. This time their modern post-rock drawing from both electronic trip-hop and more traditional guitar music, can be enjoyed on their third album called Rooh.

The word "rooh" means "a soul" and the album itself is supposed to be emulating "band's experiences, struggles, emotions & self-awareness over the years". No wonder that the music here is both emotional and poignant. It's greatly achieved by the vocal that sounds a bit pop-like, a bit post-hardcore and certainly very unique besides the post-rock compositions.

Overall the music's pace is slow, in this way it's close to peaceful ballads (sometimes very peaceful as in Aas Paas), even very much in the pop format. This song includes also some extremely interesting neoclassical elements that build a wonderful atmosphere. Perhaps even more appealing are the compositions that are built on the trip-ho, ambitiously electronic tricks as those in Eneke Najaaba. Let's add that the band starred the 2018 edition of dunk!festival and, as the sixth track suggests, they liked it very much.

Rooh costs 8 USD.

aswekeepsearching - Zia (2017) EN

Check: Aas Paas

Country: India

Genre: emotional post-rock

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c a s h - collision course (2019) EN

This youngster is absolutely one of the kind. The teenager from Mumbai creates tons of nostalgically beautiful sounds and puts them on more and more albums. Also with the help of some other interesting artists. This is Cash's new album - collision course .

His music could be described as subtle electronics mingled with some neoclassical beauty. Just as it's in the single and title track collision course the opens the album and imposes the course (sic!) on the rest of the tracks. The sounds generated by the artist and the delicate piano music together end up being oneiric in atmosphere that make it very easy to dissolve in. If I was to enlist the songs that best manage to convey this, I'd have to mention the whole album. And what's more, Cash received some help from other interesting young musicians who made the album even more colourful bringing with them for example some trip-hop-like beats.

collision course costs 10 USD.

Cash - The Sounds My Heart Makes EP (2018) EN

Check: Celestial

Country: India

Genre: electronic/neoclassical

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Cash - The Sounds My Heart Makes EP (2018) EN

Cash is still teenager but the scale of his talent is incredible. The young Hindu creates a mixture of ambient, neoclassic music and post-rock, and the amount of soul he puts into his creations can hardly be imagined. You can try by checking is new EP, The Sounds My Heart Makes.

This album evolves while being listen to. Start with ambient and a little bit industrial Distant, just to turn into neoclassical music with ambient core in Reverie. Cash says that his music consists of "simple, downtempo piano melodies that go towards more of a shoegaze or an atmospheric production or sometimes into more of a relaxing, minimal piece", it's best heard in the beautiful Glisten. He may have forgotten about post-rock as some of the pieces (Reverie, Serenade)  develops into some great guitar music in their finishing parts.

Cash's music is both atmospheric and eclectic. No wonder that among his inspirations are both deadmau5 and Chopin. 

"The Sounds My Heart Makes" costs 4 USD.

Check: Glisten

Country: India

Genre: electronic/neoclassical

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aswekeepsearching - Zia (2017) EN

Aswekeepsearching, a band from the Indian Ahmedabad, inspired by Explosions in the Sky, This Will Destroy You or Sigur Rós, no wonder they create guitar/electronic post-rock that is literally swarming with emotions. When they released their first album, they changed the way the alternative music was seen in their country, they also achieved what they were aiming for - beauty. No they are back with the new album called "Zia".

The opening "And Then Came Spring" combines an atmospheric post-rock with electronic beats. The band is not afraid of adding catchy vocals to this genre although they seem to match more likely traditional indie rock. Still, together with heavy guitars and inspiring compositions, they sound well enough. A real explosion of epic music takes place in "Reminiscence", one of the songs that you wish that never ends. And then there is one more in "Hope Unfolds" and beautiful finish in an ambient "Ascend".

Also the visual part of the project is worth noticing, the cover art for the album is one of my favourite this year.

"Zia" costs 7 USD. 

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