Shri

Shri is an independent singer/songwriter/producer/composer from India, Hyderabad. Shri extensively collaborates with electronic music producers from around the world. With years of formal training in Carnatic classical music, her outstanding ability to seamlessly blend both classical and contemporary vocal elements in both live and studio settings, came into focus with her band Gods Robots. As one half of the Mumbai-San Francisco electronic... More

Shri is an independent singer/songwriter/producer/composer from India, Hyderabad. Shri extensively collaborates with electronic music producers from around the world. With years of formal training in Carnatic classical music, her outstanding ability to seamlessly blend both classical and contemporary vocal elements in both live and studio settings, came into focus with her band Gods Robots. As one half of the Mumbai-San Francisco electronic dance music duo Gods Robots, she toured widely and played festivals such Sunburn (India), Jaipur Literature Festival (India), Symbiosis Gathering (California), Beloved (Portland), Stilldream (Belden, CA), Burning Man Pre-Comp Party (2014) and venues in cities including New York, LA, Santa Cruz and Reno. Shri is also currently collaborating with producers from the UK, US, Turkey and other parts of the world. She performed at the Kinnernet Conference (a cutting edge art-meet-tech gathering) in France in 2017.  MTV World selected her band Gods Robots to perform at the Asia Society's prestigious annual awards dinner as a representation of MTV's efforts to improve the visibility of Asian culture in the West. Bit Torrent showcased the duo’s early work in their carefully curated Artist Spotlight program. Shri based out of Hyderabad at the moment and is actively involved in playback singing for the movie industry in this city. She has also dabbled in writing music for Bollywood and is credited for her work on the title song of the film Jackpot (2013). Drawing influences from pop, jazz, blues, hip-hop and electronic music, her vocal style is constantly evolving and her writing is inspired by experiences, stories and the art of music. Her musical collection falls under a larger umbrella incporporating sounds from different parts of the world. Shri current solo set is a bunch of music she has produced herself. Her live set also features some music from her collaborations with producers from other parts of the world, thus bringing in a wide variety of sounds. She uses ableton live, keyboard, a TC Helicon Voicelike Touch 2 for live vocals and an APC 40 as part of her rig for live performances.Genres:Soulful Melodic, Electropop, Dub, Carnatic Trip Hop, Dubstep, Deep House, Disco Album:Gods Robots (Sony Music India, 2013)Breaks EP (Beats Hotel Records, 2014) Singles:  Flame- T.Power & Shri (Adastra Recordings) Age of Innocence- Loggi ft. Shri (M Ocean Records, 2017) Nataraja- David Starifire ft. Shri (Gravitas Records, 2017) Seasons- David Starfire & Stephan Jacobs ft. Shri (Muti Music, 2018) Demon Eyes- M.U.M ft. Shri (From the EP Tabla Bass, Tigerstyle Records, 2018)    Music videos:Gods Robots' first music video, ‘Stay’, has had more than 200,000 hits on YouTube as of December 2013. All three of their videos are currently in heavy rotation MTV and VH1 India. • Stay• Burn it up• Stormy WeatherLive performances• Rain, live performance at MTV Desi, New York.• Rework of Talvin Singh’s “Jaan”, Symbiosis Festival 2013• Missing a Beat, live on BalconyTVSelected Gigs & Festivals• Symbiosis Gathering (Oakdale, CA)• The Knitting Factory (NYC)• Zanzibar (L.A.)• Beat Church (San Francisco)• Jaipur Literature Festival (Jaipur, India)• Mumbai International Literary Festival (Mumbai, India)• goMAD Festival (Ooty, India)• Beloved festival (USA, 2014)• Moe’s Alley (Santa Cruz, 2014)• Burning Man (Pre-Compression, 2014)• St. Augustine (Florida)• Colombo One (Sri Lanka) * Kinnernet 2017, France Less