More women need to do electronica

Ahead of the launch of her EP, Leather & Brass, Sijya of Delhi talks of her late blooming in the world of music & navigating the country's electronic music scene

- AKASH CHATTERJEE

DELHI artist Sijya's journey began in the world of music by accident.DELHI artist Sijya's journey began in the world of music by accident. A trained graphic artist from India's National Institution of Design (NID), after NID, she was helping artists to design their album artwork, when she came into contact with boxout.fm, an online radio community station. "Although I was designing for their events, gig flyers, and album art, it was the support of the community that made me take a plunge and produce my first single, 'Have to make my bed,' which came out on their compilation, Suchi Selects. Suchi, an international DJ, selected a few artists for the compilation, and I was one of them. Later, my first EP, Young Hate, came out, and this time, it was a UK-based record label, Accidental Records, of artist Matthew Herbert," she says.