Keith Peter: How has your musical journey been like so far? Could you tell us a bit about the origin and course of your act? 

Corridors: My journey as Corridors started from a tragedy in my life and my need to take refuge from what I was dealing with, to eventually people legitimately taking an interest in my music, which was shocking at first. I went through an extremely turbulent phase of artistic disbelief for years, but I was beginning to slowly and steadily fix it by practicing more acceptance. Whether you like it or not—from external validation in various forms, from other artists, agencies, promoters, publications etc. 

This further strengthened my focus and intention with the project, and here I am now, only looking forward.  

Keith Peter: Can you deconstruct your music making process for us? 

Corridors: I utilise various strategies while composing, The most obvious one is where I try to channel whatever emotion I’m feeling, this is usually me staring at my screen and imagining what would be the background score to this feeling, if life were a movie.         Secondly, I sometimes don’t think AT ALL and just start with maybe a simple beat or a sound or audio sample which I find inspiring that would be the source to trigger an entire piece. Another approach is based around the intention: Where would the music be played? What setting does it fall under? Is it a dance floor/club-friendly tune? Is it an active listening experience for the listener? Is it intended to showcase creativity and complexity in production? Sometimes all these various strategies end up interweaving at certain points, becoming a part of what I call a process that works for me.    

Keith Peter: What are your thoughts on the growing independent music circuit? 

Corridors:  It’s a great time to be alive or it was, because one cannot ignore our current situation considering the pandemic and the indefinite lockdown affecting the entire ecosystem as we speak. But prior to the pandemic, it was the best time to be alive for electronic music creators, the ones who started years ago, finally receiving the acknowledgement they were due and the new kids on the block, like me, getting plenty of platforms to showcase our music. Barriers of genres are broken everyday with so much fresh talent sprouting. It breaks my heart to answer this question within the context of absolute uncertainty of what the future holds for us as a species or as a community of music makers and creators.    

Keith Peter: Could you suggest a playlist or a couple of artists to listen to?          

Corridors: I’m sharing some international and Indian artists: Lorn, Jon Hopkins, Nils Frahm, Moderat, Floating Points, Noisia, Burial, Three oscillators, Lacuna, 4lienetic, hedrun, yung raj, ape echoes, Kumail, d80, disco puppet, _RHL, Oceantied, Sub-z Crew, Tarun Balani, Spryk to name a few.   

Keith Peter: Where do you draw inspiration from? How do you add to your repository of ideas for sonic exploration? 

Corridors: I’m a very active music listener, I listen intently to peel the layers of music I love; it helps me understand the artist’s approach. This eventually leads to a sonic pool of ideas, however subconscious, they come to life when I'm creating. In addition to this, I also watch a lot of tutorials on Youtube to further my knowledge, that in turn helps inspire me with ideas and possibilities I haven’t considered. In simple words, writers read carefully and a lot to write, whereas musicians ought to listen more actively and listen to as much music as they can. Everything is connected to art; all of it plays a part in bringing you to the point in your artistic explorations that makes you unique.