‘Sheher’ listening party: hosted by Saurabh and Akshit
Lishash’s first artist created, and hosted session for the release of a single ‘Sheher’
At the stroke of the midnight hour… Saurabh Tripathi and Akshit Dhall released their single — Sheher, and then a release party on Lishash. They were introduced to the app just 4 days before this launch, when they attended another artist session by band Fourth Lane. After the session had gone on for ~3 hours, Saurabh had taken upon the role of the host, a Lishash trainee almost, and started getting well — averse with the basics of listening sessions. Soon, he scheduled a release party listening session for Sheher. This is something
and I envisioned and desired months back, for the shape artist sessions take on the app. So, this release party was a milestone for us, almost as much as it was for the artists.
We both wanted Lishash to be a platform where artists don’t come to just have their music heard by audiences, but also a platform for the wildly distinctive, unique and hear-worthy stories that each track, each collaboration and each album has. We wanted to get out of the way — where they are able to come on the app, host their own session and leave without Lishash intervention. And that’s exactly what they did for ‘Sheher’.
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Saurabh (lyrics) and Akshit (vocals and piano), along with Ajay Majethia (mix and mastering) and Shivam Verma (production) are behind Sheher. Every one of us has a dreamer and adventure seeker in us, and this track appealed to that side of Tanya; the one that was ‘dominant’ pre — pandemic. It’s a track that feels like the story of so many people in our country, that could be the story of so many in our country, and that’s what I love most about it.
People poured into the session one after the other, extremely quickly, almost as though they were just waiting for the clock to strike 12:15. I wouldn’t be surprised if this was true, I know I was.
Along with the 4 folks involved in the making of Sheher, some other artists from the Pune indie scene came along, and Saurabh played music by all of them!
It truly felt like a celebration of the release of the song, but also the artists involved, and all of their body of work.