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About Akhil Bansal
At 23, Akhil Bansal rewired a decommissioned pipe organ in Mumbai’s abandoned Victoria Terminus annex, embedding piezoelectric sensors and granular synthesis modules into its bellows and pipes, transforming the instrument into a responsive ecosystem that interprets crowd movement, humidity shifts, and monsoon rainfall as compositional parameters. His 2023 piece 'Monsoon Counterpoint' premiered not in a concert hall but across three synchronized railway platforms during rush hour, where commuters’ footsteps triggered live-generated counter-melodies via Bluetooth-enabled floor tiles. Unlike peers who layer electronics atop traditional scores, Akhil treats code as notation: his open-source 'SvaraScript' language compiles Hindustani raga intervals directly into Max/MSP patches, preserving microtonal inflection while enabling real-time algorithmic variation. His work refuses the binary of acoustic versus digital, it assumes sound is always already mediated, whether by brass valves, server latency, or the resonance of humid monsoon air.
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- “How did you adapt Hindustani raga theory for your SvaraScript language?”
- “What happens when Monsoon Counterpoint encounters a power outage mid-performance?”
- “Why embed sensors in a pipe organ instead of using a modular synth?”
- “How do you score for unpredictable variables like crowd density or train delays?”