Hashback Hashish

24 JULY, 9.00 PM

DEF COL SOCIAL, DELHI

The Delhi-based electronic musician Ashish Sachan, who goes by “Hashback Hashish” when playing solo, has had a busy year so far. In March, he performed at the South By Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas, before stopping by New York City for a few gigs. Just afterwards, he released his new record, Brevity. In Delhi, he started a new record label, called Circuit, to foster Indian techno. I attended his free set at the Delhi club Def Col Social, where he combined sophisticated, minimal beats with brooding ambient sounds. Hashback Hashish’s tunes present textured layers of sound drawn from various genres and styles, and are as enjoyable on headphones as when dancing to them at a club. Well, maybe dancing to them is a little more fun.

~ by Ajay Mehta