In tune with the machine

How AI is shaping the sound of tomorrow

- SUGANDHA MUKHERJEE

WHEN COLLECTIVE MEDIA Network introduced Trilok this week, India's first AI-led spiritual rock band, it offered a glimpse into a future where music may no longer be entirely human. The band fuses Sanskrit chants, mantras, and Indian spiritual motifs with the pulse of rock. But there's no frontman behind a mic. Instead, AI composes the melodies, writes the lyrics, and even generates the digital avatars performing them.

Their debut track, Achyutam Keshavam, now streaming on YouTube, Instagram, and Spotify, feels oddly familiar yet unmistakably synthetic—a curious blend of tradition and tech alchemy.