- Sanaya Ardeshir leans into her pop instincts for an EP of luscious R&B.
- Sandunes is one of the most prominent electronic music producers in India, and it is easy to understand why: her highly musical style mixes global club sounds with the sumptuous sway of R&B and louche hip-hop in interesting ways. Her breakthrough 11:11 EP last year delivered smoky beats that bathed in the glow of neo-soul with the production prowess of Los Angeles beat scene music. On her !K7 follow-up, Spare Some Time, she fully leans into the woozy R&B aesthetic, highlighting not only the intricacy of her production but a budding songwriting talent too.
Each of Spare Some Time's four tracks pairs Sandunes with a vocalist, and past collaborator Landslands fares best on "Burn Every Bridge." On the surface, it's a lilting breakup song, but close listeners are rewarded with a world of detail, as Sandunes' synths curl around the vocal melodies like creeping vines. What she's doing here isn't always terribly original (the fuzzed-out basslines and croaking vocal on "Fifty Percent" will give you early James Blake, for example, but with each new release Sandunes' musical voice becomes clearer, with a sound that is both soulful and complex.
Lista de títulos01. Love It Less feat. Jbabe
02. Burn Every Bridge feat. Landslands
03. Fifty Percent feat. Ramya Pothuri
04. Simple Thing feat. IAMI