| Jain, Arushi / Under the Lilac Sky |
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| Album: | Under the Lilac Sky | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Jain, Arushi | Added: | Oct 2022 | |
| Label: | Leaving Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2023-02-08 | Pull Date: | 2023-04-12 | Charts: | Classical/Experimental |
| Week Ending: | Mar 26 | Mar 19 | Mar 12 | Feb 26 | Feb 19 | Feb 12 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Mar 25, 2023: | Music Casserole Look How Far We Have Come | 4. | Mar 16, 2023: | Run-Away Radio Under The Lilac Sky | |
| 2. | Mar 23, 2023: | Run-Away Radio Under The Lilac Sky | 5. | Mar 14, 2023: | Virtually Happy The Sun Swirls With You | |
| 3. | Mar 17, 2023: | Oh Messy Life Look How Far We Have Come | 6. | Mar 11, 2023: | Music Casserole Look How Far We Have Come |
| Album Review |
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| DJ Away Reviewed 2023-01-22 | ||
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STANFORD ALUM! Based in New York and New Delhi, Arushi Jain is a composer whose work brings together Hindustani classical music and modular synthesis. The record label describes this album as a collection of "ambient synth ragas intended to be heard during the sunset hours." Jain weaves her voice beautifully, sometimes very subtly, throughout these massive-sounding pieces. Where a lot of modular synth records sound academic or blankly new-agey, Jain develops these pieces with care and takes them to rapturously beautiful places. RIYL Suzanne Ciani, Ana Roxanne, Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar, Mabe Fratti, Ian William Craig, Kara-Lis Coverdale, Dania. All tracks are great, but 1, 2, 4 are excellent places to start. No FCCs detected. 1. *(3:35)—Immense. Prominent multitracked voice. Certain drone textures sound distorted almost like metal or shoegaze. 2. *(9:08)—Lots of echoing voice, deep synth bass. A fluttering lead melody splits into several skyward strands. Ends with a feeling of heroic serenity. 3. (9:54)—Roaring drone to begin, sparkling high tones. Gradual denouement. 4. *(4:00)—Volcanically deep drone, with vocals beginning right away. Rolling, soaring. 5. (9:42)—Laser pulses at start and end, a more overt rhythm. Lots of high tones, crystalline and organ-like melodies. Hyperactive middle with occasional cicada blasts. 6. (12:43)—Quick fade-in, bleeping sounds. High, pinging, swirling melodies set a fast rhythm for the middle third. In the final third, glitchy vocals pair with jetlike synth lines thundering past. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Richer Than Blood | 4. | My People Have Deep Roots | |||
| 2. | Look How Far We Have Come | 5. | Cultivating Self Love | |||
| 3. | The Sun Swirls With You | 6. | Under The Lilac Sky |