DIVEAKSSH SCHAE COUNTS HIMSELF AS A real-life Mowgli having grown up in the jungles of Dandeli in South India. Schae would eventually turn into an audio nomad, creating music while embracing nature at the same time. While schooling in Kodaikanal, Schae began experimenting with DJ software. He says, "I was fascinated with how I could stretch, reverse, and wrangle sounds in ways I'd never heard before." After moving to Australia, he learned how to use digital audio workstation Ableton.
Now, Schae is out with his debut 16-track record entitled Moments of Clarity, which he composed while traveling across Australia and India. In this interview with Rolling Stone India, Schae talks to us about how the album came together, what he hopes people take away from it and more.
When did this idea to create a nomadic-style recording for your debut album come about?
After five years of working a job in Australia which had nothing to do with music, I started to get disillusioned. In 2020, I returned home to India, and one day had a moment of clarity, it felt like the music I had been suppressing just couldn't wait any longer. I asked myself, "If I can do anything in this life, what would it be?" In that moment, I decided to leave what I knew behind to chase my love for music production.
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