From the sample-heavy beats of Big City Harmonies to BREED's subversive gangster groove, here's a guide to the hottest tracks from India's leading EDM artists

This may be the biggest year yet for Indian electronic music. Most of the leading international names have toured the country in the last few years, but the scene has recently been dominated by quality, independent releases from local producers looking to carve their own identities into the electronic music scene – and that sometimes means showing the finger to standard genre boundaries.



These 10 songs offer a preview into what’s currently brewing in India’s electronic music cauldron.



1. Big City Harmonics – Fill Your Dragon



BCH's sample-heavy fare is tremendously versatile, almost meditative at times and wholly his own. This track features sampled vocals from Yukini Nagano of Little Dragon.



2. BREED – Stuck in a Dream



BREED is the bass-loving alter ego of world DMC champion DJ Nasha. Stuck in a Dream finds him on a subversive gangster groove.



3. Dualist Inquiry – Lumina



The hotshot producer’s latest electro-pop offering is a hook-laden, indie dance cut for spring that brings to mind Owl City, albeit with DI's signature glitches and drops.



4. Hamza – Gitano

This hypnotic, genre-bending track could have come from the dunes of Rajasthan. It's quality work from Hamza.

5. Madboy/Mink – Pimp the Disco

The intriguing duo of actor Imaad Shah and musician Saba Azad fuse their love for 70s disco with gritty, Justice-influenced electro and plenty of cheeky vocals. Pimp the Disco evokes the playfulness and hedonism of the Mumbai of yesteryear, when people actually danced at parties.



6. Nanok – Twins

The 26-year-old musician is already a 10-year veteran of the DJ scene. Here he presents the funky, vocal, club sound that is blowing up in 2014.



7. Sandunes – Good to You

The classically trained pianist turned future-garage and IDM producer shines on this edit of her biggest hit from 2013. The track attempts to clean house – figuratively and literally – with mind-altering variations in rhythm, intelligent drops and ascending layers of cold, chrome-plated euphoria.



8. Shantam – George

India’s affair with psychedelic music seems like it will always be with us. While the parties of the past are all but finished, an entheogenic warble continues to emanate from the nation’s capital thanks to Shantam.



9. Your Chin – Who Would Have Thought?



Your Chin, AKA Raxit Tewari, has blossomed away from his former outfit, cult indie rockers Sky Rabbit, demonstrating some truly magical songwriting.



10. When Pandas Attack – Good Night to Bite

Downtempo music makes for a welcome break from manic city life, and this young Delhi producer is one of its hardest working proponents, challenging himself to create one track per day.

