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Gods Robot: Cross Continental Carnatic Creators

By mtvdesi
January 18, 2012

If some supreme being were to send robots to Earth in order to reform human and our hegemonic ways, we’d expect that instead of talking, the droids would blare Gods Robot’s music.

The group, that embodies the essence of fusion by combining Hindustani and Carnatic classical music with electronica, dubstep, rock and some reggae, makes music that defies cultural, genre and geographical boundaries. Their sound (perhaps) unintentionally promotes a sense of acceptance and global synergy. So who is Gods Robot?

Musicians, Taamara and DJ Janaka Selekta are a duo who, for a significant duration of their partnership never met face to face. Instead of jamming in a studio, they made music by recording on their own and sending samples back and forth from Mumbai to San Francisco via online file transfers and Skype conversations. Though new age in their approach to collaborating, Taamara and Janaka aren’t necessarily new to the music scene. Vocalist, Taamara, who has a diploma in Carnatic music and lyrically busts out anthems in English and Hindi was a part of the progressive electronica group, Tatva Kundalini. Producer, DJ Janaka Selekta, who is San Francisco based, has worked with everyone from Midevil Punditz to Asian Dub Foundation and Karsh Kale.

The fruit of their online labor is the four-track EP, Stormy Weather which released this past November. The eclectic styles that blend and bend cultures can be thought of as the sound track for Generation Now South Asians and the Diaspora. One culture’s sound can’t define us. We like sarod with our electro beats and tabla bol in our chorus.

The first video to release from the EP (there are more coming soon) is “Stay.” The setting reminds us of a futuristic elementary science classroom and features scenarios as diverse as the influences that bind the song together. But, like their music, everything fits together harmoniously.

Check out the music video and visit the Gods Robot Facebook page for free giveaways of their new track, “Falling.”

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