The Kolkata-based drummer's top tracks include obscure jazz courtesy Uri Caine, a prime Radiohead single and an Eminem anthem
Jivraj Singh. Photo courtesy of Red Bull Music Academy.
Jivraj Singh. Photo courtesy of Red Bull Music Academy.
Kolkata drummer Jivraj Singh aka Jiver picks a curious mix of favorite artists ”“ from the dreamy Donald Fagen to the bass bomb that is Jon Hopkins.
1. “Produk 29” Aphex Twin, 2014Â
I like to go for random drives at night and this song is often an integral part of my soundtrack. I love the slinky balance of the parts.
2. “I.G.Y. (What a Beautiful World)” Donald Fagen, 1982Â
I used to love falling asleep to this song as a child. I still do. Dreamy stuff.
3. “The Real Slim Shady” Eminem, 2000Â
The Marshall Mathers LP was the first tape I bought with my own money. This was my gateway to the world of rap. I still think it’s fiendishly clever and what a hook!
4. “Open Eye Signal” Jon Hopkins, 2013
One word: bass.
5. “Reptile” Nine Inch Nails, 1994
This song introduced me to the musician I find most inspiring. Experiencing it live was like a punch in the stomach, in a good way.
6. “Problem Areas” Oneohtrix Point Never, 2013Â
I really enjoy the contrast of the heady and the humorous in all of Daniel Lopatin’s music.
7. “Paranoid Android” Radiohead, 1997
I think OK Computer was the first album where I was taken with the overall concept and had a sense that the whole was a magical and mysterious result of the sum of the parts [including the artwork].
8. “Nymphomania” Uri Caine, 2002Â
This [Bedrock 3] may have been the album that planted the seed in me to consider taking up music seriously. When I started playing drums, this was my jam. My dad’s, too.
9. “Havona” Weather Report, 1977Â
This song is a world unto itself; so beautiful and imaginative that the playing seems to disappear.
10. “Mortal Man” Kendrick Lamar, 2015Â
This isn’t necessarily my favorite song on To Pimp A Butterfly but the first time I heard it I felt like I was going to cry.
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