Modern Biology is the new project of veteran musician Tarun Nayar. Formally trained in Indian Classical music and educated as a biologist, Modern Biology sees him turn a new leaf by bringing his passions together in an ambient project that is organismic, uplifting, and deeply contextual. Nayar uses modular synthesis, home built synthesizers and other analog equipment to improvise with the natural vibrations of a certain place and time – via plant bioelectricity, latent electromagnetic radiation, and even the earth’s resonant hum.
DEBUT PLANT MUSIC, VOL. 1 EP NEARS 300K SPOTIFY STREAMS
To create his new Earth Day single, “Mushroom Dance,” the Vancouver-based musician and biologist brought his modular synth rig into the forest near his house and collaborated with a mushroom – using the bioelectricity of the organism to trigger note changes in the synth. The resulting downtempo piece is bright, playful, almost psychedelic – and surprisingly catchy – and meant to bring our attention to the importance of preserving the natural world.
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Nayar‘s work has been viewed tens of millions of times after going viral on TikTok, and has been featured by VICE, The Verge, Genius, High Snobiety, Okay Player, Outkast’s Big Boi, and Homegrown.in. His ambient work, “The Chosen One,” opens the Punjabi star Diljit Dosanjh’s new album, MoonChild Era.
Nayar‘s debut EP, Plant Music, Vol 1, has almost 300K streams on Spotify and has received editorial support on their Music for Plants, Deep Listening, and Lava Lamp playlists.
There is so much happening around us that we tend to forget the world is alive. If anything, this practice has renewed my sense of wonder. It’s heartwarming to see how this has also helped other people connect to nature and themselves.
– Tarun Nayar
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