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BombayMami’s (@bombaymami ) debut album has been in the works for a few years. But the 13-track project that tempers the soul of 2000s R&B with Indian Classical flavor bursts only truly clicked into place after a jam session, where she invited her fellow musicians to interpret the tracks sitting on her hard drive in their own way. Â
“When I finished making all the songs, my idea was always to invite my musician friends to come and play over it,” BombayMami tells Rolling Stone India. “So they did that, and they basically merged these songs with each other, so now when you listen to this album track by track, it feels like a journey in [full] flow.”Â
With Akash Parekar on sitar, Abhishek Borkar on sarod, Junaid Ali on tabla, Griffin Nunes on trumpet and Metulla Raju lending Hindustani classical vocals, the jam session quickly turned into an exercise in alchemy, coaxing new layers out of every track.
We spent some time in the studio with BombayMami to understand how Missy Elliot, Durga Puja celebrations in India and explorations of identity shaped her debut album. Link in bio for the full story.
Photographer: Riki Verma (@rikiverma_ )
Writer: Shamani Joshi (@shazamgram )
[BombayMami, Fusion, Music, R&B, New Album, Rolling Stone India]
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VERSE
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Calls to me call to me
You’re feelings
Keep repelling me - pelling me
Why is it when
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You close your heart
If I am honest
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