The Mumbai Exchange by Ex Generation

The Feature Album this week on 2SER is The Mumbai Exchange by Ex Generation.

Ex Generation is one of the many projects of multi-instrumentalists Lewis Moody and Ziggy Zeitgeist (of Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange among many others), that focuses on working on a deeper collaborative level with artists in specific locales with strong musical traditions.

This is their second album, and sees them visiting the “City of Dreams”, aka Bollywood, aka Mumbai, a place with an already rich history of cross-pollination of styles and culture between new and old, East and West.

The album was recorded in Island City Studios in Khar West (Mumbai) and features collaborations with Mumbai-based artists including vocalist Vinyay Sugath Ramadasn, More Saiyyan and Anuja Zokarkar among many others: “The weight of this gift isn’t something we take lightly. Over the past year, we’ve been putting everything into shaping an album that stands as a testament to cultural sharing – honouring the lineage of Indian music while embracing the clash of Western traditions we’ve grown up in. Somewhere in that middle ground, we’ve found something fresh, exciting, and deeply human”.

The result is a fantastic record, mixing tradition and modernity with a kaleidoscopic explosion of retro-futuristic disco, new-age folk and eastern jazz-funk.

The Mumbai Exchange is out now on vinyl and digital via Energy Exchange Records.