{"id":1994,"date":"2020-09-13T16:00:58","date_gmt":"2020-09-13T16:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/?p=1994"},"modified":"2020-09-03T09:57:26","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T09:57:26","slug":"in-conversation-with-paranox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ticketfairy.com\/word\/2020\/09\/13\/in-conversation-with-paranox\/","title":{"rendered":"In Conversation With : Paranox"},"content":{"rendered":"

Of the many bass music producers and composers in the country, there are few that stand out. In the peculiar space of fusing Indian samples and folk instruments with deep bass, 808s and tingling MIDI melodies, every producer is trying to find their niche.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Meet Paranox, a.k.a Parakh Mathur, a trap and bass producer from the city of Bhopal in central India. You\u2019ve probably seen him play at a festival or after party you\u2019ve attended, with sounds aptly fit for a successor of bass and electronic music producers like Nucleya, Sound Avtar and Ritviz. We spoke to Paranox to get some more perspective on music, his life, and the journey he\u2019s been on.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Paranox<\/p>\n

Paranox had known the direction he\u2019d want to take in life at a very young age. \u201cI used to carry cassettes in my hand all the time, and everyone from my house and neighbourhood would call me <\/span>Cassette Wale Baba. <\/i><\/b>I even joined school with the condition of if my dad bought me a cassette player if I did well!<\/span>” <\/span><\/i>\u00a0Even though <\/span>dadi <\/span><\/i>(his father\u2019s mom) was a tabla player and music teacher, Paranox unfortunately never had the opportunity to see her meet her.<\/span> He started experimenting with software and DAWs when he was 11 years old. As there weren\u2019t many available YouTube tutorials like the multitude we\u2019d find today, Paranox pretty much figured out everything on his own out of sheer curiosity and the excitement to learn something new. Growing up, he used everything from goofing around on Windows Media Player to Atomix, Virtual DJ,\u00a0 and FL Studio to mix, sample and produce music. One of his creations, apsy trance track <\/span>Psychedelic Love,<\/span><\/i> aired on an old defunct <\/span>Butterfly Radio<\/span><\/i> show in London.<\/span><\/p>\n

He\u2019d always seen himself as someone who doesn\u2019t like to do things the <\/span>normal way. <\/span><\/i>\u201cI look for ways to be unique instead of following what everyone else in the room is doing, and felt this was mainly why I was drawn to bass music in the first place!\u201d he said. He added how bass music also gives the freedom to experiment and do whatever you want with it, devoid of limitations. \u201cI heard Skrillex\u2019s <\/span>Scary Monsters & Nice Sprites <\/span><\/i>when I was 15! Skrillex taught me how to <\/span>break the rules <\/span><\/i>and think outside the box.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Paranox<\/p>\n

His first two official releases as <\/span>Paranox <\/span><\/i>were just a week apart in March 2015. Dubstep track <\/span>Call the Doctor <\/span><\/i>was released via label NoisyDubs, and a week later, single <\/span>I’m So Gangsta<\/span><\/i> was released as part of the <\/span>India on Rise Vol. 1 <\/span><\/i>compilation EP by Indian indie label Aaroh Music. The single even made it to #2 on Beatport Hip Hop charts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Paranox continued with independent releases such as <\/span>Punjabi Tadka, <\/span><\/i>which premiered on BBC Asian Network in 2017. The song was featured as \u2018Track of the Week\u2019. He was also invited by Nucleya to do a guest mix on BBC Asian Network. The journey into music festivals was kicking off, having played pub and festival slots at Sunburn, Vh1 Supersonic, and Enchanted Valley Carnival. He released his EP <\/span>Bhartiya Bass Party, <\/span><\/i>a combination of thumping bass drops intertwined with Indian folk instrument licks. In 2019, he also released single <\/span>Ranjha <\/span><\/i>through Zee Music Company featuring Srijan Sharma and singer Tanjina Islam.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n