Midival Punditz is the brainchild of childhood friends, Gaurav Raina and Tapan Raj. In 1997, after being bored with the remix and Bollywood driven music scene in India, the boys started producing original electronic music and sending out demo tracks to labels and other producers. Simultaneously, their monthly parties, Cyber Mehfil started becoming hugely popular and soon achieved cult status. Their efforts were quickly recognized by other artists and producers in the US & UK. Word spread about the boys, as they came to be known as ‘The new sound of 21st Century India...' It was in 2000 that Six Degrees Records, home label of producer friend, Karsh Kale, became interested in signing the Punditz. By 2001 they were the first Electronic music act from India to ever sign an International Album deal. Since that time they have produced extensively with Six Degrees records viz. 3 studio albums, a remix album and a compilation. They have been featured internationally, on over 50 Compilations, across the globe.
Karsh Kale is an Indian producer, composer and musician, known for melding the music of his heritage with the modern electronic club music of his American upbringing.
He has become a mainstay in Six Degrees Records' expanding series of compilation CDs of which six have been released so far.
Kale's third studio release, titled Broken English was released in the US on March 21, 2006 also under the Six Degrees Records label.
Kale is a prolific artist, willing to lend a hand, and drum, to a range of musicians from Herbie Hancock to DJ Spooky. He has collaborated with many well-known artists, including Bill Laswell, Zakir Hussain, Trilok Gurtu, Talvin Singh, Midival Punditz, among others.
In 2007, he collaborated with Anoushka Shankar to create Breathing Under Water[1], that blends Indian classical, electronica, dance and folk music.
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