Dirge, Viveick Rajagopalan, Shipperman Win Big at The Indies Awards
Singer-songwriter Inga, guitarist-composer Chirag Todi have also bagged awards across 26 categories at the fourth edition
(Clockwise from top) Dirge, Shipperman and Inga. Photos: Ankit Virdi (Dirge), Courtesy of the artist (Inga, Shipperman)
Doom metallers Dirge, percussionist-producer Viveick Rajagopalan’s hip-hop act Ta Dhom Project and singer-songwriter Shipperman won multiple awards at The Indies.
The Indies Awards, instated to celebrate independent music from India and beyond, announced winners for its fourth edition, from releases between April 1, 2022 and March 31, 2023.
With a jury comprising music industry stalwarts such as Brian Tellis, Narendra Kusnur, Suraj Jagan, Uday Benegal, Ash Chandler, Theja Meru, Atul Churamani, sound engineer Phil Dane and more, The Indies marked their fourth edition with winners announced on Instagram.
Across 26 categories, Dirge’s self-titled album took home four awards – Metal/Hardcore Song Of The Year (“Hollow”), Metal/Hardcore Album Of The Year, Artwork Of The Year (by Bengaluru illustrator Acid Toad aka Gaurav Basu) and Drummer Of The Year (Aryaman Chatterji).
Next with a high haul of Indies awards was Rajagopalan’s Ta Dhom Project with three nods for Album Of The Year, Hip-Hop/Rap Song Of The Year (“Get Up and Dance”) and Hip-Hop/Rap Album Of The Year (Ta Dhom Project).
Shipperman, the alternative/singer-songwriter project of Mumbai-based Sunneith Revankar also picked up three awards at The Indies fourth edition – Song Of The Year (“Roju”), Male Vocalist Of The Year (Revankar) and Producer Of The Year (Revankar, Siddharth Basrur and Shezan Shaikh, for the EP Hymns for the Drunk).
Desi bass producer Bandish Projekt aka Mayur Narvekar and singer-songwriter Inga each got two awards across different levels, with Bandish Projekt’s “Dakla 7” winning Folk-Fusion Song Of The Year and Music Video Of The Year. Inga, for her part, won Female Vocalist Of The Year and Best Emerging Artist.
Ahmedabad guitarist-composer Chirag Todi’s song “Spiced Lemonade” with singer-songwriter and actor Dot. ended up winning the artist two awards at The Indies – Pop Song Of The Year and Guitarist Of The Year.
Check out the full list of winners at The Indies Fourth Edition below.
Electronic / Dance Song Of The Year
Prateeksha Srivastava ft BLUK – “Makhmal”
Folk-Fusion Song Of The Year
Bandish Projekt – “Dakla 7”
Hip-Hop / Rap Song Of The Year
Ta Dhom Project – “Get Up and Dance”
Instrumental Music Song Of The Year
Swarupa Ananth – “Happy Dance”
Metal / Hardcore Song Of The Year
Dirge – “Hollow”
Pop Song Of The Year
Chirag Todi – “Spiced Lemonade” ft Dot.
Rock / Blues / Alternative Song Of The Year
Vaisakh Somanath – “Death of January”
Electronic/ Dance Album Of The Year
(Not given this year)
Folk-Fusion Album of the Year
Sarfaraaz Khan, Sumith S. Naik – Namma Classical Vol. 1
Hip-Hop / Rap Album Of The Year
Viveick Rajagopalan – Ta Dhom Project
Instrumental Music Album Of The Year
Sandeep Chowta – Abstract Visions 1
Metal / Hardcore Album Of The Year
Dirge – Dirge
Pop Album Of The Year
Lavi & Foenix – No Phones at the Dinner Table
Rock / Blues / Alternative Album Of The Year
Alvin Presley – Pain Geography
Best Emerging Artist:
Inga
Keyboardist of the Year
Derek Mathias (“Breezy” by Huyana)
Bassist Of The Year
Seb Read (“Activate” by Sandeep Chowta)
Drummer Of The Year
Aryaman Chatterji (“Condemned” by Dirge)
Guitarist Of The Year
Chirag Todi (“Spiced Lemonade” ft Dot.)
Female Vocalist Of The Year
Inga (“Days Go By”)
Male Vocalist Of The Year
Sunneith Revankar (Shipperman, “Football Season Is Over”)
Producer Of The Year
Sunneith Revankar, Siddharth Basrur and Shezan Shaikh – (Shipperman – Hymns for the Drunk)
Music Video Of The Year
Bandish Projekt – “Dakla 7”
Artwork Of The Year
Dirge – Dirge
Song Of The Year
Shipperman – “Roju”
Album Of The Year
Viveick Rajagopalan – Ta Dhom Project
