Ashwin Syam
Born in Kerala, raised across India. He crafts heartfelt yet cinematic Malayalam music drawn from life’s moments, ranging from a father penning a letter to his newborn, to a husband’s first tears in 50 years, at his wife’s passing. Every song is written as if it’s sitting beside you, saying the words you left unsaid.
Day · പകൽ
Sunlit and organic: warm, piano- and guitar-led songs in ambient textures, with animated visuals full of hope.
Night · രാത്രി
Neon and electronic: sombre, modern, intense; synth-driven, shot in live action.
in three years
streams
reels
listeners
in the works
Now · and the record so far
An AMI South artist: the first regional cohort of the Amplify Music Incubator, backed by Believe, TuneCore and Think Music. Live sets coming up at Hideaway, Goa and Bonobo, Mumbai that travel from daylight into dark.
TuneCore’s Face of Malayalam Independent Music, Sound of the South campaign, with billboards across Kochi.
“Veendum” won Best Music Producer (Independent) at the IRAA Awards, the award going to Nived NP. The animated musical Barsaat, which he co-created, won the Ram Mohan Viewer’s Choice Award at AniFest India.
Feature film debut with the title track of Nee Dhaarey Nee Katha, later performed by A.R. Rahman’s Sunshine Orchestra. Sound design on more than 30 films for The Wedding Filmer. On air: BBC Asian Network, Club FM, Red FM. Co-hosts the podcast Before the Beat Drops with his wife Christina Pothen.
Discography · clickable on the site
- “Ariya Theeram”അറിയാ തീരം
- “Aa Thazhvarathil”ആ താഴ്വാരത്തിൽ
- “Chekkeru Nee”ചേക്കേറൂ നീ
- “Veendum”വീണ്ടും
- “Nere Nere”നേരെ നേരെ
- “Aadhi Si” · “Nau Saal” · “Barsaat”Hindi
- “Grids” · “Rainy Days & Fleeting Love”instrumental
Eight new Malayalam songs in the works across both worlds. Nau Saal is also a 170-page graphic novel; Barsaat a six-minute animated musical, seven years in the making with thirty artists.