Radio City Freedom Recommends Latest Hits by Your Favourite Indie Artistes Edition 30

Goa-based singer songwriter Kunal Dcosta and Mumbai-based producer Nishat Chadha combine forces to give us a cheerful, light-on-the-feet composition in Tum, a song about hope and positivity in times of despair. Despite the doom that surrounds us given the pandemic and the isolation that has followed, Tum come across as a glimmer of hope that normalcy will soon resume.

Immensely popular Kannada rapper Siri and ace producer Sez on the Beat deliver yet another banger with Sante, a celebration of Siris indomitable spirit that is beyond the imagination and grasp of common folk. Accompanied by a sleek music video, the song witnesses the rapper call the shots as the creative director, editor, choreographer and exeuctive producer. You go girl.

Produced by Raag Sethi, her collaborator on her 4-track EP, Ive Never Been Happier To Be Lost, New York-bred, Ahmedabad-based singer-songwriter Meera captures uncertainty and the feeling of the unknown with her hauntingly beautiful single, Keys.

Featuring Iuli Yeptho on vocals, Sosang Lkr on drums, Tako Chang on guitar, Imnamaong Imchen on bass and Temsujungba Jamir on guitar, Nagaland-based pop rock act Trance Effect offer their delightful summer tune, Im On Your Side, which will make you reach out to your beloved and dance your worries away.

New Delhi rapper Dhruv Rajpal aka DV and producer Kreon blend in hip-hop and electronic influences in Mahal, to smartly deliver a narrative around denouncing worldly pleasures for a moment of solitude. Creating a soundscape that is experimental and captivating, DV defines the song as a result of his artistic reinvention.

Punjabi folk meets LoFi in Ranjhana. Sung and written by Akanksha Bhandari and produced by Sez on the Beat, the legendary folksy Chitta Kukkad gets a LoFi spin while blending in electronic and pop influences to deliver a romantic song which will remain appropriate for any situation. This must be included in your wedding playlist. Take notes, please.

Your weekly listing of the best in the Indian independent music scene is here. Here are our six picks for this week.