Ahmedabad guitarist Chirag Todi. Image: Tushar Kejriwal
Previous year, Ahmedabad guitarist Chirag Todi (also aspect of indie band Warmth Sink) released his six-track debut solo EP Panodrama. Considering the fact that then, Todi has been fast paced refining newer tunes and even toured across five towns in India. Now, the musician is out with his latest observe, the shiny “Love No person,” which options U.S.-based Indo-American singer-songwriter Ramya Pothuri and Chennai-bred, Bengaluru-based mostly multi-instrumentalist rapper-singer Ranjani Ramadoss aka RANJ.
The origins of the music can be traced to earlier this 12 months when Todi came up with the track’s guitar riff. The artist then showed it to Mumbai-centered vocalist-guitarist and producer Pushkar Srivatsal (of singer-songwriter duo Next Sight). “The songwriting course of action begun when I asked Pushkar to make just one of my songs. He appreciated this guitar riff and tried out a few of grooves more than it,” Todi suggests.
After generation commenced, Todi arrived at out to Pothuri to co-generate and sing on the observe. “I imagined her type would sit in perfectly with the vibe,” he suggests. Looking for a variation in the music, the guitarist claims, “I felt the will need to incorporate a rap area and that is when I bought RANJ on board.”
Overall, “Love Nobody” is laced with plenty of R&B and oozes with mellifluous melodies as perfectly as catchy vocals and lush instrumentation. RANJ, on her part, delivers a blistering verse as Protyay Chakraborty provides strings and bassist Ralph Menezes retains down the rhythm portion nicely with his tight groove. Todi says, “’Love Nobody’ is about becoming torn and bitter about the way a romance has finished. It’s about wanting to go on and be unbothered, but you are bothered. There are phases when all you do is replay scenes from your past and conclusion up hurting your self. A person day, you realize that you have bought to appreciate yourself sufficient to not permit your mind participate in these tricks. That’s when you actually free by yourself.”
The track was recorded remotely because of to the pandemic as very well as the artists staying scattered all over the spot. Todi and his collaborators exchanged audio data files through WhatsApp and jumped on Zoom calls to full the challenge. He says, “The terrific thing about remote collaborations is that you can perform with anybody throughout the environment and in your personal time. This can help me work on multiple jobs extra proficiently.”
Following watching dancer Srilakshmi complete at music competition Bacardi NH7 Weekender in Pune and being stunned by her skill, Todi attained out to her and questioned if she would be intrigued in choreographing a dance for the song’s songs video. “She took up the project and not only choreographed it but conceptualized, directed and edited the video far too,” claims Todi. Srilakshmi and fellow dancer Tom inform a tale as a result of their on-display motion, as quirky and whimsical props aid them by means of their dancing. To the end of the clip, Todi and his buddies be a part of in on the pleasurable and exhibit off their moves too. “Both Tom and Srilakshmi are prolific dancers, and I had a ball getting element of the exact same set,” claims the guitarist.
With two extra singles lined up for release shortly, Todi is also prepping to launch an album. The musician even strategies on exploring singing on 1 of his forthcoming tracks. There’s a Hindi keep track of in the pipeline much too. He says, “For my up coming tour, I’m setting up to get the collaborators to sign up for in for our dwell gigs in their respective cities.”
Observe the songs video clip for “Love Nobody” underneath and hear the track on streaming platforms.
