R. R. Rozario (nom de plume) is the co-founder and chief editor of Flipsyde. He is an award-winning film editor and has a fulfilling career spanning 15 years in the Print, Web and Film space. The art of storytelling is the heart of his work. For over a decade, he has honed a deep passion for technology, illustrations and graphics, driven by the principles of interactive design and user experience.
“I’d say we fall under no genre” Chennai Street Band frontman, Srihari Jagannathan asserts when I pose the question that I, myself, am always apprehensive about asking an artist. I heave a sigh of relief when he utters these words. Having listened to their latest…
“... Mukt karo bhay, aapona-maajhe shakti dharo nijere karo jay” On odd days, at precisely 8:25 am, the school assembly hall was filled with these very words sung at the tops of our voices. Our music instructor, a tall and skinny Bengali gentleman, spectacles nearly…
“Which is the best collaboration you’ve come across?” An acquaintance casually asked me a few weeks ago. What could I say? Great artists have collaborated with one another since, well, the beginning of time. In music, one of the oldest examples would be Hexaméron from…
Just five minutes into my conversation with actor-singer-songwriter Alexx ONell, and I know this is going to be a masterclass of sorts... one with a bizarre title. Something along the lines of ‘Why I’m Ecstatic My Album Never Released, and Why It Never Will’. Yes,…
As I listened to Mumbai-based Alt-rock band Last Minute India's latest single Kaagaz Ki Naav, the first thing that popped into my head was Anurag Basu's critically acclaimed film Life In A Metro. In a nutshell, it's music made for montage sequences. Music that takes…
Before 2010, no organised Indian Rap and Hip Hop movement existed other than sporadic attempts between the 80s and 90s by the likes of Baba Sehgal, Stylebhai, Apache Indian, etc. In fact, kids from that era will remember Patel Rap by Bali Brahmbhatt with fondness.
Two harpists from the United Kingdom play the lushest of tunes. A guitarist from Argentina shreds like nothing you’ve ever heard. A singer-songwriter from India with the most angelic voice sings gospel pieces that melt your soul. What they have in common is they’ve spent…
Ezra Pound defined poetry as a composition of words set to music, thus building on Aristotle’s early definition of poetry as the form of mimesis that utilises rhythm, language, and harmony. Harmony, he said, distinguished poetry from other language-based forms. With his latest single, composer…
When I tell Anoushka Maskey she sounds like Doris Day meets Bossa nova, she stops me right in my tracks. “Was that you in the comments who said that?” She probes. “There’s someone who said exactly that!” I assure her it wasn’t me. In fact, I…
A month ago, I had an interesting chat with Earl The Kid, a DJ and producer from London. Interesting because he, like I, held the opinion that great EDM artists always have this major Heavy Metal background, more so than any other genre of music.