Aditya Vyas

Aditya Vyas grew up between two soundtracks: the folk Garba his mother played every Navratri, and the bass-heavy UK dance music of his teens. His work is the argument that these were never really separate.

The stream generation

Vyas is part of a wave of producers building Garba for headphones as much as for the ground. His remixes routinely cross a million streams, introducing traditional melodies to listeners who may never have set foot on a Navratri floor.

Respect the source

For all the electronics, Vyas is careful about provenance. He credits the traditional composers his melodies draw from and has pushed for clearer royalty practices in a scene that has often treated folk material as free.