Global grooves on vinyl
Bio
Ankur Malhotra aka SpinCycle is an avid musicologist who explores, engages, and connects with musical traditions from around the world. Madison Music Review and Aural Grooves founder, Amarrass Records label co-founder, music producer, recording engineer and radio jockey, Ankur has over two decades of crate-digging esoteric sounds on vinyl from around the world. SpinCycle presents recontextualized field recordings, obscure sounds and patterns, reimagined and reinterpreted for the dance floor. Featuring two turntables, a mixer and a crate load of wax, creating layers of dubby, clubby, psychedelic sounds!
A long-time radio host on WORT 89.9FM, his versatility in styles and across genres is evidenced in the many shows he hosts/ ’s including the Pan Africa Radio Show, Friday Buzz, and other world music, dub and freeform radio shows. He is based out of Madison, Wisconsin, where he has been living and creating music for the past 25 years.
He has performed in the US, Europe and in India and opened for artists such as Huun Huur Tu, Samba Touré, BCUC, Msafiri Zawose, Bremer/McCoy, Les Freres Smith, Jupiter & Okwess, Charanjit Singh, and produced thematic sets for the Madison Children’s Museum and Odense Music Library. Special projects have also included explorations with fusing turntable rhythms and bass with live contemporary folk from India with Barmer Boys.
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"My DJ sets are spontaneous and in the moment, often with vinyl and records I find in place, digging through a friend's collection, or browsing through the music library, and an excuse to visit the local record stores for some fresh wax for the evening's set."
AUDIO (DJ SETS, RADIO SHOWS)
A selection of DJ sets, radio broadcast edits, and interviews and new tracks featured here (via my Mixcloud account, where you can find many more mixes). Several of my DJ sets have consistently been on the MixCloud charts in various genres (dub techno, dub, minimal, Afro, global).
VIDEOS
A selection of DJ sets, live shows, and music videos for original tracks
SpinCycle
(US/India)
Global excursions in dub, psychedelia, electronic and new sounds / Pan Africa Radio Show Host/DJ, Friday Buzz Music Producer
SPECIAL PROJECTS / COMMISSIONS
Deep bass and acid sounds meet the raw folk of Rajasthan in a path-breaking live folk-fusion set. Featuring 4 artists on stage - searing sufi vocals, polyrhythmic percussion, folk rhythms, synthesizers, turntable and banging beats. The project performed at Winnipeg Folk Festival, Harbourfront Centre Toronto, Stockholm Culture Festival, Amarrass Nights in New Delhi.
BARMER BOYS X SPINCYCLE
A special project commissioned by the Odense Music Library in Denmark. An exploration into the vast folk and world music collection with sets created exclusively of the material found at the Library. Re-contextualizing traditional sounds and historic recordings for the modern dance floor. A sonic art exploration that takes listeners on a journey into our past and into the future.
LISTEN TO THE PODCAST SERIES
CROSSOVER FREQUENCIES PODCAST SERIES
Specially curated vinyl set fusing ambient techno, Kraftwerk, bug sounds, and more..
LISTEN HERE
KRAFT WERK MIT BUG SONG: ADULT SWIM AT MADISON CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
