What we love about Anyasa is that he never stops having fun with his music. He is on an ever-evolving journey with his art since the pandemic—first Anish Sood became Anyasa, completely changing his sound to incorporate India-inspired electronic music, then he added on some English vocals, and with his new EP, Flectere he dropped the ethnic influences to explore a more modern sound.
After all this evolution and exposure from his recently concluded North America tour, he has much to share. Stay tuned!
You just concluded your North America Tour, how well did your music resonate with the international audience?
It was fantastic! It was my third North American tour and it definitely feels like I’m slowly building a consistent audience there. We added some iconic venues for the first time on this tour like Coda in Toronto and Audio in San Francisco and it felt great to see them do really well.
When you first rebranded yourself as Anyasa, you called it a gamble, a risk. Do you think it paid off?
I’d like to believe so! More than anything it was a necessary change from a personal standpoint. Going into the pandemic I wasn’t feeling the music I was making or performing under my previous avatar and I think the whole rebranding came together very organically.
Flectere is explained as a new chapter in your ‘ever-evolving’ journey. Where do you think this need of constantly evolving yourself is coming from? What was the starting point for Flectere?
To me, change is the only constant. I think we’re all designed to constantly evolve ourselves and keep getting better as what we do and hence that reflects in my musical direction.
With Flectere, the idea was to take a momentary break from the ethnic-inspired sound that ‘Anyasa’ is known for and delve into a more modern style with English vocals. I also felt that having some music with English vocals definitely helps me connect better with international audiences as I continue to tour all over.
Tell us about your new production styles and how did you come about exploring it for your new EP?
The big jump here is singing for the first very time on ‘Only You’. It’s a process I really enjoyed and you will see more music coming up which features my vocals.
Apart from that, the EP jumps genres very effortlessly with ‘Only You’ and ‘Falling’ having a bit of an indie/grunge inspired vibe and ‘Healing’ sits in the melodic deep house space. To close off ‘Kimia’ and ‘Feel The Silence’ are in the more peaktime melodic techno space and I’ve tried to take listeners through a journey when they listen to the full EP.
What qualities do you think make a good electronic artist?
In today’s age when there is so much music coming out, defining a signature sound early in your career is absolutely key. It’s what will serve as the foundation for your identity upon which you can build visuals and a storyline. I see a lot of young artists with a great visual identity but lacking a clear sonic vision and that is a big red flag when trying to build out an audience.
Words Hansika Lohani
Date 02.04.2025