Singer-songwriter Aditya Rikhari has been identified for songs like “Faasle” and “Samjho Na,” so his newer materials is typically met with “Waisa kuch banao na? (Make one thing like these songs?)”
The artist – who lately put out the Punjabi music “Kol Aa” plus the Devdas-inspired “Paaro” and songs like “Humdum” and “Subha Shaam” – says there’s no set system to songwriting that he can repeat. “If we knew the way to make that form of music… we didn’t know whereas making it that we’re doing this and that. We simply do it as a result of it feels good and sounds good and written effectively,” he says over a name.
He has a technique to take care of these form of feedback. Rikhari says, “I simply say, ‘Sure I’m engaged on it’ and that the subsequent one will probably be like that. Then the music comes out and individuals are like, ‘It wasn’t like that.’ Then I say, ‘No no, the subsequent one is like that.’ It’s straightforward to say ‘Haanji Haanji’ (certain factor) and transfer forward. Nobody can perceive until they’re an artist themselves. My songs simply must sound good, that’s all that issues.”
To his credit score, Rikhari will not be following a sample, however he’s making an attempt to make songs which have a cohesiveness in order that they match into an album collectively. “I would like that signature sound that is available in to every music of mine, even when it’s experimental, so that individuals can hear it, whether or not consciously and subconsciously.” With 4 out of 10 songs out up to now, Rikhari says each time a brand new music is created, he appears like releasing it earlier than any earlier tasks. “That’s how ‘Paaro’ was launched,” he says with amusing. In a extra severe tone, the artist provides, “Virtually all of the songs are prepared, simply giving them a last of completion. It’s nearly asking, ‘Which music ought to we do subsequent?’”
Rikhari’s newest songs and the album is being launched through IndieA Information, owned by Common Music India. It was solely after a few years of placing out music independently and through his administration firm CollabX Leisure between 2020 and 2022 that Rikhari inked offers with the likes of Common Music. He says about being a part of the music trade ecosystem, “The sensation is nice, however I don’t have any prior emotions like this to match them with. Each subsequent expertise is a primary for me. It’s been principally good for me moderately than unhealthy,” he says. Rikhari provides, “Koi nazar mat lagana (no one jinx this for me).”
It’s an analogous feeling in relation to performing dwell and touring across the nation. Initially a bed room music producer, Rikhari says that as he started to achieve views, he targeted on enhancing high quality as listeners maybe grew to become extra discerning followers. Then, the concept of performing dwell with a band got here up. “All I had carried out in earlier than then have been college exhibits, cultural capabilities and every part was new to me,” he provides. After his 10-city tour in 2023 which comprised indoor and out of doors exhibits, Rikhari says it surpassed his expectations. “I had by no means carried out in entrance of so many individuals. I hadn’t skilled 800 individuals or so shopping for tickets simply to see me. That was incomparable as a sense. I hadn’t seen one thing like that,” he provides.
With exhibits now a daily a part of Rikhari’s commitments, he’s managing his album too. After “Kol Aa,” the artist hints at his subsequent music being a collaboration involving Hindi R&B/pop artist The Rish. The album plans to return out in a piecemeal trend however Rikhari makes use of a extra thrilling metaphor. “Ladi lagane padegi – ek ke baad ek (We’ll line them up like firecrackers, one after the opposite).”
