Hot & Cold

Named after a Yangon restaurant, and Hot & Cold started as a megaphone 'n' bass jamming unit in January 2005. Their New Delhi basement experimental and exploratory sound placed them as direct forerunners of No New Delhi scene to follow. Screamed poetry, bass drone, saxophone, and sparse metronome and keyboard experiments were transcribed on the microphone of a mp3 player for feedback laden results. However, scholarly commitments caused the band to go on hiatus after releasing one ultra-limited cdr on the now defunct "Noodle Shop Records" (1 copy in total). Of course, most of it sounded like crap. Come late 2006, Hot & Cold reunited in Beijing, to open for White, an inspiration for cosmic noise duos everywhere. Some tracks were recorded in a slightly less no fi setting, and paths were broken for future sound deconstructions. Come 2008, Hot & Cold entails screamed Bollywood lyrical inspiration, minimalist fuzz bass, teenage gangfight organ noise, ancient loops and drum machine, plastic dolphins, matching raincoats, smashed gongs, and a whole lot of jumping