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Podcast: The Music Show
Episode: Ragas on modular synth with Arushi Jain; and Freedman Fellow Tom Avgenicos takes us to Stringybark Creek
Description: Arushi Jain is adamant that sheâs not a âclassical Indian musician.â Leaning on her roots in Hindustani musical tradition, she weaves together ethereal soundscapes that feature melodies and moods based on traditional Indian ragas swirling around an electronically generated soundscapes. Previously releasing music under the monikers Modular Princess and ose | ŕ¤ŕ¤¸, she draws on her studies in computer sciences at Stanford, and gravitates towards the electronic DIY, working mostly with modular synthesisers when sheâs not programming her own instruments.We spoke to trumpeter Tom Avgenicos last year when he won the Freedman Jazz Fellowship, and now the project ide...