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With his upcoming EP, Canadian-Punjabi music producer Gminxr is getting ready to face the spotlight

- Amit Gurbaxani

I thought, maybe people have forgotten me,” says Gminxr, about his appearance at the Mumbai leg of the multi-city Zomaland festival in February this year. “But I was definitely wrong. They have not, and they're excited for what's next.” The Canadian-Punjabi music producer tells INDIA TODAY exactly what's next: his debut EP Hit List, which will be released this month by Warner Music's South Asian music-focused sub-label 91 North Records.

The five-song Hit List, a collaborative effort made with singer and rapper Tegi Pannu and the pop duo Zehr Vibe, is the first collection as a lead artist from Gminxr, who is best known as the beatmaker behind A.P. Dhillon, Gurinder Gill and Shinda Kahlon's breakthrough hits 'Brown Munde' and 'Insane'. Much like his work with Dhillon and his former crew, Gminxr's tunes on