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Kashmiri ProgRock and Experimentation as Privilege

The Delhi-based Kashmiri musician & Ramooz frontman on how growing up in occupied Kashmir shaped his soundscapes through violence, and how genre experimentation and fluidity serve to address grief and trauma.
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INTERVIEW

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Interview
Progressive Rock
21st
Dec
2020
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Interview
Progressive Rock
Kashmir
Music
Music Criticism
Kashmiri Folk Music
Contemporary Music
Ramooz
Dream Theater
John Cage
Ahmer Javed
Experimental Methods
Experimental Music
Experimental Electronica
Literature & Liberation
Literary Solidarity
Depictions of Grief
Sound
Occupation
Genre Fluidity
Genre Tropes
Genre
Intentional Audio
Community Building
New Artists
Delhi
Indian Fascism

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Living in Kashmir, in an atmosphere so accustomed to murder, rape, disappearances—it's directly affected the way I perceive and interact with sound. A loud thud might be an interesting sound for many. It's traumatizing for me.

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