Why Bengaluru musician Tarang Joseph is dancing back to disco

Bengaluru-based musician Tarang Joseph talks about ‘Take Me Away,’ the lead track of his debut EP Liquid Sunshine and more

“I found that writing music from an instrument I have a limited knowledge of, created a set of constraints that allowed for interesting outcomes,” says singer-songwriter Tarang Joseph

The young artiste who recently released ‘Take Me Away,’ the lead single written as part of a four-track EP, was talking from his studio in Bengaluru, about the making of these songs.

“I grew up on music from the 80s; my mom loved ABBA, BoneyM and Michael Jackson, and they were always on at our place. As much as I enjoyed them though, I never really dabbled in it. Then, about a year and a half ago, I was listening to artistes creating house music with a disco influence and liked what I heard.”

Tarang says he began listening to dance music again, “especially Silk Sonic by Bruno Mars. and Anderson .Paak — they took the 70s and brought it back in a way that sounded fresh.”

“I grew interested in the whole idea of disco and its history — how it came up and died out. It’s such a fun genre, I wanted to create a disco project,” he says, adding, “This was the first time I’ve had a clear structure of what I wanted to create when I started, which has never been the case before.”

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“I usually would start expressing myself through music and let it take shape. I wouldn’t have a vision as such; I would wing it and end up getting somewhere. I believe it took some experience before I was able to understand that how I began creating would shape my final product in a particular way.”