OnSeed: First off - Define 'Nucleya'.
Udyan: Nucleya originates from "nuclear", representing a nuclear reaction where different particles collide resulting in a product absolutely different from the initial one. This is how my music is, a synthesis of elements from my Indian essence and dark electronic substance.
OS: We've seen your music cover a wide variety of styles. What excites you the most?
T: Melodies excite me the most. It is not the style that is essential but the melody that supports the backbone of every track. I try and make my basslines speak melody too.
OS: Whats with the whole dubstep/glitch/wobble sensation thats hit us? Everybody from the Wu-Tang to Britney is trying to get a piece.
T: First of all it's a new sound. Secondly the tempo of this style falls right between house and drum n bass; and its half-step feel resembles hip-hop beats. That's the reason why it can be incorporated with different genres and perhaps the reason why it's getting so much of appreciation.
OS: We've seen house, tech, trance & the motherlode of it all - Psytrance. Where does this new 'dirty' form of music fit in? Is it a step forward, a step backward, or a step away from conventional electronic music?
T:I would say that it is a step away from conventional electronic music. As a matter of fact, the core form of dubstep is not that dirty. It's influenced from dub and reggae. what we hear now is a profound sound of dubstep, where basslines play the most important role.
OS: The Asian Underground is developing quite a disctinct sound. Whats helping it and hurting it?
T: At this time, there are plenty of different styles of music available for young music producers to experiment with. The Asian Underground artists are doing the same. Every style of music ultimately keeps evolving to something else.
OS: Hows Nasha and OOTE? Youve been touring and playing quite a bit. Hows that doing?
T: Me and Nasha share similar visions and interests in music which makes OOTE a lot of fun. We have been producing some dirty bass-heavy tracks, have been playing and promoting Indian Electronic Music in gigs like The Bacardi Blast, Bassfoundation, DESU,Global Groove,etc. All together it's just been awesome and we are hoping for an international tour soon.
OS: Memorable collaborations/project over the years?
T: Shane Solanki has done a wonderful job on one of my tracks called "Pragat Pritam". I have been also collaborating with MC JD on few of my forthcoming tracks. There will be many to reveal in 2010.
OS: WHAT IS THAT TIFFIN BOX?? And did you actually get busted in customs for it?
T: Hahaha, How do you even know about this? i actually had a long argument with the custom officers and to prove that it wasn't a time bomb i had to connect it with my computer at the airport and demonstrate it. It's basically a midi control device that i made for my live performance, to trigger sounds and play with effects.
OS: Even the Indian undergrounds gotten firmly into the act. DESU/Khoparzi/TBK/Bassfoundation etc etc. Who should we really be keeping an eye out for locally and internationally?
T: TBK for a fact is a band to look out for, amazingly beautiful sound and futuristic production. Desu and BassFoundation are the people changing the club scene of india. They are promoting the entire genre of electronic music in India. i have great respect for them.
OS: The lines between audio/visual/sensory art seem to be blurring real fast. Thoughts?
T: I feel that audio-visual is absolutely amazing, but i wanna see more of interactive video installations coming from India. we need more visual artists.
OS: Word of advice for upcoming musicians wanting to do their own thing?
T: Please learn music and then music production. i have been hearing a lot of music production coming from india and lots of young people are getting into music day by day. the problem is that they know how to construct a sound but have very little knowledge of music. you "need" to know scales, chords, melodies etc in music. or else your just an engineer.
OS: 5 SOLID influences. Could be people/places/books/movies or anything.
T: I grew up listening to Bjork, Funkstroung, Nitin Sawhney and many more. from day 1 music based on melodies and poetries catch my attention. so the no.1 is definitely Bjork, no.2 Funkstroung, no.3 Mukul from ambient.net ( one his remix for karsh kale's track "home", is still on my ipod ) no.4 Nitin Sawhney no.5 Trentemoller
OS: Tools of choice / tech setup??
T: I experiment a lot with different tools. I started with Frooty Loops, (its still my fav). Then i switched to Reason along with Cool Edit pro and Sound Forge. Also tried Nuendo and VST plug-ins. At present im using Ableton along with some custom plug-ins . my live performance set-up is quite simple. i use Traktor pro along with trigger finger and launchpad, and when I perform as OOTE I prefer doign a live set on Ableton Live along with my custom midi controller.
OS: 3 things that you are 'in the middle of' right now?
T: My album release with HMV
Score for an animation film
and Music production for 2 upcoming Indian artists.
OS: What clothes are you in right now?
T: Shorts!
Udyan: Nucleya originates from "nuclear", representing a nuclear reaction where different particles collide resulting in a product absolutely different from the initial one. This is how my music is, a synthesis of elements from my Indian essence and dark electronic substance.
OS: We've seen your music cover a wide variety of styles. What excites you the most?
T: Melodies excite me the most. It is not the style that is essential but the melody that supports the backbone of every track. I try and make my basslines speak melody too.
OS: Whats with the whole dubstep/glitch/wobble sensation thats hit us? Everybody from the Wu-Tang to Britney is trying to get a piece.T: First of all it's a new sound. Secondly the tempo of this style falls right between house and drum n bass; and its half-step feel resembles hip-hop beats. That's the reason why it can be incorporated with different genres and perhaps the reason why it's getting so much of appreciation.
OS: We've seen house, tech, trance & the motherlode of it all - Psytrance. Where does this new 'dirty' form of music fit in? Is it a step forward, a step backward, or a step away from conventional electronic music?
T:I would say that it is a step away from conventional electronic music. As a matter of fact, the core form of dubstep is not that dirty. It's influenced from dub and reggae. what we hear now is a profound sound of dubstep, where basslines play the most important role.
OS: The Asian Underground is developing quite a disctinct sound. Whats helping it and hurting it?
T: At this time, there are plenty of different styles of music available for young music producers to experiment with. The Asian Underground artists are doing the same. Every style of music ultimately keeps evolving to something else.
OS: Hows Nasha and OOTE? Youve been touring and playing quite a bit. Hows that doing?
T: Me and Nasha share similar visions and interests in music which makes OOTE a lot of fun. We have been producing some dirty bass-heavy tracks, have been playing and promoting Indian Electronic Music in gigs like The Bacardi Blast, Bassfoundation, DESU,Global Groove,etc. All together it's just been awesome and we are hoping for an international tour soon.
OS: Memorable collaborations/project over the years?
T: Shane Solanki has done a wonderful job on one of my tracks called "Pragat Pritam". I have been also collaborating with MC JD on few of my forthcoming tracks. There will be many to reveal in 2010.
OS: WHAT IS THAT TIFFIN BOX?? And did you actually get busted in customs for it?
T: Hahaha, How do you even know about this? i actually had a long argument with the custom officers and to prove that it wasn't a time bomb i had to connect it with my computer at the airport and demonstrate it. It's basically a midi control device that i made for my live performance, to trigger sounds and play with effects.
OS: Even the Indian undergrounds gotten firmly into the act. DESU/Khoparzi/TBK/Bassfoundation etc etc. Who should we really be keeping an eye out for locally and internationally?
T: TBK for a fact is a band to look out for, amazingly beautiful sound and futuristic production. Desu and BassFoundation are the people changing the club scene of india. They are promoting the entire genre of electronic music in India. i have great respect for them.
OS: The lines between audio/visual/sensory art seem to be blurring real fast. Thoughts?
T: I feel that audio-visual is absolutely amazing, but i wanna see more of interactive video installations coming from India. we need more visual artists.
OS: Word of advice for upcoming musicians wanting to do their own thing?
T: Please learn music and then music production. i have been hearing a lot of music production coming from india and lots of young people are getting into music day by day. the problem is that they know how to construct a sound but have very little knowledge of music. you "need" to know scales, chords, melodies etc in music. or else your just an engineer.
OS: 5 SOLID influences. Could be people/places/books/movies or anything.
T: I grew up listening to Bjork, Funkstroung, Nitin Sawhney and many more. from day 1 music based on melodies and poetries catch my attention. so the no.1 is definitely Bjork, no.2 Funkstroung, no.3 Mukul from ambient.net ( one his remix for karsh kale's track "home", is still on my ipod ) no.4 Nitin Sawhney no.5 Trentemoller
OS: Tools of choice / tech setup??
T: I experiment a lot with different tools. I started with Frooty Loops, (its still my fav). Then i switched to Reason along with Cool Edit pro and Sound Forge. Also tried Nuendo and VST plug-ins. At present im using Ableton along with some custom plug-ins . my live performance set-up is quite simple. i use Traktor pro along with trigger finger and launchpad, and when I perform as OOTE I prefer doign a live set on Ableton Live along with my custom midi controller.
OS: 3 things that you are 'in the middle of' right now?
T: My album release with HMV
Score for an animation film
and Music production for 2 upcoming Indian artists.
OS: What clothes are you in right now?
T: Shorts!