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chwrpg · 4 years

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CALLISTA SINGH. college junior; twenty. naomi scott. OPEN.

and, as claire standish once said:

“Why? 'Cause I'm telling the truth, that makes me a bitch?”

BEFORE THE PARTY;

If any idiom could describe Callista Singh, it would have to be the age long ‘Appearances can be deceiving.’. Because yes, while it appeared that the Callista Singh was living the dream— her dream was quite honestly a nightmare that she was just dying to wake up from.

On first glance, you’d probably be asking yourself what was so bad about Callista’s life. The young woman was to Rosewood what Paris Hilton was to Beverly Hills. The child of two Academy Award winning actors, she never found herself without. In fact, if she wanted something, she would usually get it at the snap of a finger or the swipe of a black card. She had people who waited on hand and foot for her, surprisingly given she wasn’t the nicest of people. Actually, that’s putting it nicely— Callista Singh was a nightmare.

But Callista was well known for taking her entourage on extravagant vacations to exotic locations and gifting those closest to her with only the best, so it most of Rosewood clamor to be a part of her tight knit social circle. Or at least, that’s how they appeared to be. Because, if you removed the expensive champagne and backstage passes to the best concerts— you’d find that Callista and her friends didn’t have anything to talk about. Those people weren’t there for her, they were there for what they could get from her.

You see, the glamour definitely had a way of disguising just how badly her life was crumbling behind the scenes. Aside from the circle of so called ‘friends’, she had a boyfriend. Her boyfriend was just about perfect. He was a member of the Ravenwood Ravens, had one of the best GPA’s in their class; he was adored through out Rosewood and their relationship was often referred to as ‘goals’ but what Rosewood didn’t get to see was how he’d grip onto her arm during their private disputes and how that would tend to leave a sizable bruise. They didn’t see how he’d break her phone if she didn’t allow him access to it. They didn’t hear the insults he’d throw her way on their car rides. All they saw was the picture of love and opulence that they showed off for all to see.

And you would think that her parents would have caught wind of what was happening to their child, but her parents were oblivious. More so now that they were currently attempting to figure out what would become of their family. You see, the Singhs were also going through their own relationship problems. Callista often joked that the only thing that’d kept her parents together for as long as they’d been was the numerous kids they’d adopted in their years together. But there seemed to be some actual truth to that, as she could see her parents drifting further and further apart with their kids being the only thing that they had in common.

So with everyone happening in her life, Callista found herself in need of an outlet. And she’d figured out what that outlet would be the day she’d managed to walk out of The Find with a pair of vintage Chanel sunglasses perched on the top of her head. Now she knew she probably should have gone back to return them, but it felt good to get something for free... especially when life appeared to be taking so much from her.

Callista lifted frequently, enjoying the rush she got from it. It made her feel alive, but she would soon find out that there was indeed a price for that rush. She got nabbed attempting to steal thirteen hundred dollars in merchandise from The Curated. Which had been quite the public ordeal; as she was hauled off in a police cruiser, had a mugshot taken and actually had to go to court for what she’d done. Of course, she’d gotten off lightly given that the family lawyer pulled in a favor but the public stigma had been more than enough. Her so called friends refused to be seen with her, her boyfriend dumped her given he couldn’t be associated with such a negative influence and if that wasn’t all bad enough, she had to spend her Saturdays in court ordered group therapy.

Although, despite her complaints about being forced to be in attendance... she couldn’t deny that therapy had actually been what she needed. Now, she wasn’t at all as open to the process as some of the other members of the Breakfast Club but their willingness to be open had definitely made her look into her life and confront things that she’d been scared to for quite some time.

Despite that though, Callista still refused to be seen or associated with any of them or their little makeshift island of misfit toys. That especially being the case with one, Jorge Benítez or just Benítez, as he often enjoyed to remind her.

DURING THE PARTY;

Callista Singh loved parties. They were sort of her thing. You see, there wasn’t a party in Rosewood that wasn’t made the moment to be at without her presence. So, she had to be in attendance of tonight’s festivities. Sure, she might have not been personally invited, but that’s an oversight she was willing to make, for the sake of the party after all.

She knew that the moment she stepped into that event, all would be forgiven. Worst things had happened in Rosewood, was it really going to hold her mistake against her forever? She didn’t think so. So she threw on a dress that made her look like she’d stepped right off of a runway, borrowed one of her father’s many luxury vehicles and arrived at the party with the most expensive bottle of champagne she could procure with such short notice.

But what she’d come to find out was that no one was interested in her flawless dress or the car she’d driven to the event. Hell, even her bottle of champagne had been looked over as if it’d been some cheap gas station Rosé. Had she really fallen this far? Well, if they weren’t going to enjoy her champagne, she certainly would. She didn’t need Rosewood, please. She was a name, world-wide. As she leaned against the kitchen counter, drinking and looking over her contacts in hopes of being able to fly out of Rosewood for the weekend and showing everyone just how fine she was without their approval— she found herself sharing the space with one of the members of the Breakfast Club.

Adeline Chadwell.

She truly didn’t understand how she’d been able to just let it go. She’d once been one of the most popular people in Rosewood, adored by all and now she was a no one in their eyes. But despite that, she was happy. Maybe, she did have some things to learn from the woman in front of her. As much as it pained her to think that their therapist was probably right.

But just as Adeline had enlighten her, she decided to gift her with some enlightenment as well. That being that she seriously had to do something about what was happening between Ainsley and herself. Clearly they were into each other, anyone and everyone could see that.

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musicmapglobal · 6 years

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India's Jwala collective are spreading the fire (Insight: New Delhi / Mumbai)

Currently consisting of eight members, Jwala’s combination of work ethic, youthful talent and mastery of a range of styles is making the collective an essential addition to India’s DIY music scene. With most members currently still in their teenage years, much of the press around them has focused on the surprise that their generation are able to form a motivated and multifaceted artistic movement. As they discuss below, they’d rather be critiqued on their output than their youth.

Jwala are impressive enough without commenting on their ages anyway. In typical internet culture fashion, it’s the attitude rather than the aesthetic that is considered paramount. Genre wise, their scene encompasses producers wanting to recreate the big room EDM of major names like Deadmau5 and Skrillex, while others tap into traditional Indian timbres, which both sit alongside various forms of pop, lo-fi and experimentation. What they all share is eagerness to be involved, both with each other and the world around them.

We reached out to the collective to get all the insider info on their history, hometowns, activity, and plans for the future.

Describe where you live in ten words or less.

Brij Dalvi (Three Oscillators / zzz)): In the suburbs, in town, we’re scattered everywhere.

Ayush Jajoria (Ayush.): I live in New Delhi, India and it’s nothing compared to what you expect it to be, still decent. Could be worse.

Palash Kothari (Sparkle & Fade): All of us live in different areas of two major cities of India, Delhi and Mumbai. Although I think it’s the internet where we all grew up so geography never really mattered too much.

Who are you, and what first got you interested in music production?

Brij Dalvi: Well I used to listen to a lot of Skrillex and Savant and a host of other artists back when I was in junior college. It was the sounds that they made that made me want to explore music production further because I wanted to emulate these guys.

Ayush Jajoria: I am an independent indie musician/music producer with the interest varying in lots of different genres but for the most part indie Music is my thing. What first got me interested in music production or rather electronic music in general was Deadmau5 and Armin van Buuren I think. Back in the day I was really fascinated by the sound they created as it was something totally new to me so I was so so soo amazed by it that I wanted to see how it’d been created. One time during my summer holidays I gave it a go and here I am.

Palash Kothari: I’m currently studying journalism and have been making music as Sparkle & Fade for almost two years now but I’ve messed around with other aliases before. Music production for me started off when I was in junior high school as a means to be able to write and record without really going through the trouble of putting a band together. I got into electronic music a couple of months after. I didn’t even realise how it transitioned from being a hobby to something that I’d do most of my teenage life.

Jwala consists of around seven artists, could you give us an overview of the players involved?

Brij Dalvi: We’re actually eight members now; we just included a new member from Delhi some time ago. To give you an overview:

Palash Kothari goes by the stage name Sparkle & Fade and he’s the one who planted the seed to forming a collective, and we all joined. Palash makes chilled out, introspective tunes, sometimes loaded with Indian instruments. Karan Kanchan uses his own name on stage and is influenced by Japan and its vibrant culture, and it’s reflected in a ton of his tracks that loosely fall under the “Trap” category, but have distinct identities of their own, thanks to Karan’s sound designing skills.

Apurv Agarwal goes by the name Cowboy and Sailor Man, and during the times that he doesn’t make songs for his solo project he produces for several Indian bands and is a member of several more, as a guitarist or a synthesist. Ayush Jajoria goes by the stage name Ayush. His tunes fall under the Garage and ambient categories, and he has some aliases in development that aim to cover genres pertaining to dance and harder styles of electronic music.

Nikunj Patel aka Moebius does a lot of visual work apart from his music. He makes a lot of trip-hop and offbeat electronica, usually influenced by a ton of movies, and is a major contributor to most of our artworks. Veer Kowli (aka Chrms) mostly makes future bass and trap, while occasionally indulging in ambient soundscapes. Veer also dabbles in graphics and film making from time to time, all self-taught.

Dolorblind is Rohan Sinha, an industrial design student who makes a lot of dark, eerie ambient music. He’s the newest member of Jwala and only one out of the two people from Delhi (the other being Ayush.) The rest of us are from Mumbai.

I have two main projects: Three Oscillators (with my friend Avit Rane) and zzz. Under Three Oscillators we make a lot of post-dubstep and glitch-hop, while as zzz I make a ton of lo-fi.

Your collective output consists of a lot of future beats and chilled hip-hop vibes, who are the artists that inspire you?

Palash Kothari: I’m sure we have a long list of influences but for the most part we’re very inspired by each other. It was what made us leave the ‘online’ space and work together to build something which stretches to real offline interaction.

In terms of sound, I’d say Four Tet has been the biggest inspiration. I also had the privilege of meeting him when he played at Magnetic Fields Festival in Rajasthan last December. Yeah, Four Tet, Porter Robinson, Madeon, Anoushka Shankar, Shivkumar Sharma, MIDIval Punditz, Bon Iver, AR Rahman, Talvin Singh etc.

Ayush Jajoria: Mainly we all inspire each other to do better work but my personal picks are Owesey, Enzalla, joji, Direct etc.

What’s the ‘motto’ of the Jwala collective (if there is one)?

Brij Dalvi: Spread the fire (Jwala means fire in Hindi).

Talk to us about your local scenes, what venues and parties are you playing?

Brij Dalvi: As a collective, we’ve played thrice ’till now. It has been a privilege to play at some of the best venues in Mumbai, like Raasta and antiSOCIAL. As individuals, we play often at some usual places not limited to the aforementioned spots.

Palash Kothari: A lot of gigs which happen here are DIY or semi-DIY, where neither the artist or the promoter makes money. There’s a lot of stuff happening in different pockets of the country and a lot of people are doing what they do just for the love of music without expecting anything in return. I see a lot of people curb creativity for a fatter booking fee but where there’s no money (like a lot of the space here) everybody does what they feel like without giving much of a fuck.

Personally I’ve played everything from the “typical” party where people come in, drink their hearts out and music is just there in the background to extremely ‘experimental’ ones where I have complete creative freedom and am not expected to sell any booze.

What are the most important artists from your scene, both from Jwala and elsewhere, who we should be listening to?

Palash Kothari: These are some of the biggest names in the scene, in no particular order…

A lot of the articles around you mention your ages, usually the writers are surprised you’re that young. Does this focus on your age annoy you or is this something you think about as well?

Brij Dalvi: It’s definitely a little annoying. We’d rather be judged on the content we put out rather than the fact that we’re below 25 or something. The surprise element doesn’t exist anymore, because there are several young kids doing some amazing stuff out there, and it’s not only limited to music. Age shouldn’t be a bragging right in music. However old you are, if you’re a hard worker and you make good music, you deserve the spotlight in equal measure.

Ayush Jajoria: It’s good to know the context before reading but at times it does get a bit annoying, seeing our age be the focus point of all this. While I don’t mind it much, I still would like them to focus more on our music and what we are doing rather than on the personal aspect of it.

Palash Kothari: I think most of it is because ’15 year old xyz’ would get more clicks than ‘producer xyz’ in an article. Some of it is also genuine surprise because there’s some sort of new wave of young producers flooding in the [independent] ‘scene’ previously dominated by an older age group.

What is the DIY/internet community like in India, are there other collectives or artists who inspired you to start Jwala? I see the REProduce name pop up in relation to you quite a lot…

Brij Dalvi: It’s still nascent but it’s growing. Our city has a collective named Dasta and a label named Nrtya. They’re both doing some amazing work when it comes to propagating music production and the so-called DIY culture, and we’re doing something along the same lines.

As far as REProduce goes, it is headed by Rana Ghose, and he organises Listening Rooms around India. The concept is: people come for the gig and absorb the music on their own terms. These Listening Rooms are the reason we could express our music freely, and it was one such Listening Room during the end of April that we were all on the same lineup. Most of us met each other for the first time there. We got together on Facebook a couple of months later and that’s how Jwala happened.

Ayush Jajoria: The idea behind Jwala was to combine our friendship and love for the similar taste in music into a collective a group thing. Usually the live acts around us inspire us to do more and do it better, and with the help and support from REProduce artists, and Rana Ghose, we get to do that, which is really nice and we can’t thank him enough for it.

Palash Kothari: Bollywood and Commercial ‘EDM’ is huge in India because there’s that kind of an audience. For some reason ‘alternative’ genres haven’t been able to get that coverage barring a few circles in urban cities but that’s changing slowly. Even if I live in a small city, because of the internet I’m exposed to certain genres of music which nobody around me even knows exist, there’s not a lot I can do to further explore my interests except move to a bigger city and that is a financial hustle.

Also, India in general has a very small English-speaking urban population and that too is concentrated in major cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Chennai. There’s also prohibition in a few states and add that to the level of corruption involved at both the lower rungs and the upper rungs of the government…

It’s difficult to get police permission to organise gigs unless you have the connection or the money to bribe and even if you do somehow put something together, the few who show up won’t be able to support your model. You’re limited to a handful of venues in the city who also don’t want to take risks booking acts ‘too experimental’. This is where REProduce comes in.

What are your goals for 2018?

Brij Dalvi: Apart from increasing our reach tremendously, we want to be a more accessible source for electronic music in India, and we want to further facilitate the producer community here in various ways. Because it needs to grow, both in terms of artistic output and fanbase. Small steps at a time!

Interview by Nicholas Burman

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