This podcast series by Aditya Prakash, co-created with Sushma Soma is based around his experimental and bold debut solo album, ISOLASHUN, which was released on New Amsterdam Records on October 13, 2023.
Aditya’s direction of exploration on ISOLASHUN stems from the continual search for a more authentic identity and in the case of this work, that core of that search was redefining what beauty means to him; so it made sense for him to speak to his mentors in the creation of ISOLASHUN, all prolific boundary-pushers in their own right: Akram Khan, TM Krishna, Mythili Prakash and...
T.M. Krishna is a prolific musician, author and activist who also happens to be one of Aditya’s primary Karnatik music mentors and a mentor in the creation of ISOLASHUN. In this episode T.M.K. and Aditya discuss beauty, the inherent violence and discrimination in our conditioning of beauty, the...
Published 10/27/23
Vincenzo Lamagna is a bold, daring and ground-breaking composer and is Aditya's mentor in ISOLASHUN. In this episode we hear Vincenzo and Aditya discuss beauty, “ugliness” in art, the importance of exploring the messy contradictions and freedom from labels and genre.
Published 10/27/23