MadStarBase, DJ and producer duo Neal Sekhri and Anant Ahuja are back with “First Kiss,” their latest slice of sonic magic, which distills their nostalgia-meets-future club energy.
As soon as that beat hits, “First Kiss” sweeps you into a cinematic dream of rolling synths, deep percussion, and the perfect touch of desi magic. It’s a jam that sounds at once native to a sweaty, strobe-lit basement club and to blasting out of a car window on a midnight spin through the city. MadStarBase has perfected the art of taking elements already present in any given pop landscape, be it Bollywood samples, classic Indian instrumentation, etc., and flipping it all into something that feels totally new, surprising, and perfectly listenable.
Famed for energetic sets and seamless global influences, the duo is behind India’s expanding electronic scene. “First Kiss” is an example of that vision. It stitches together old and new, East and West, classicism and insurrection, all on top of an unquenchable bass line.