Electronic Press Kit · 2026
11 tracks · Released March 23, 2026 · Self-Produced
The Artist
Rahul Mukerji is a multi-disciplinary musician, composer, and visual artist whose work sits at the volatile intersection of fusion, rock, jazz, and cinematic sound design. Born in India and based in Germantown, Maryland for over two decades, he has cultivated a signature style that is technically ferocious and emotionally immersive in equal measure.
His debut album Ma De Re Sha (2017) — awarded a Silver Medal at the 2018 Global Music Awards — established his voice. Mridhangit is the full evolution of that vision: wider in scope, more collaborative, and more fully realized than anything he's made before.
The Album
Artwork: Proviscocity Studios
The title is a linguistic fusion: Mridangam (double-headed Carnatic drum) + Handpan (melodic steel drum) + Guitar (Mukerji's instrument). The name is the thesis — collaboration as both method and manifesto, forged across continents during the isolation of the pandemic era.
The album travels from the dark dissonance of the opener to funk-inflected camaraderie, Carnatic spoken rhythms, spaghetti-western twang, jazz-inflected swing, and a closing meditation of duduk and tabla. Nearly every one of its 11 tracks functions as a miniature suite.
Critical Reception
An absolute blast — the culmination of almost a decade of experimentation and raw insight, resulting in an album so timeless and unique that it defies easy categorization. Music can continue to completely surprise me, even this far into my overextended life.
Be About It Press (BeachSloth)
The collaborative spirit is alive and well and soaring on Mridhangit. Nearly each of the 11 songs is an album highlight. A moody yet diverse world fusion album full of intricate arrangements and world-class musicianship.
Sea of Tranquility — Michael Popke
Even at 50 minutes, the record retains a sense of momentum, deftly guiding the listener through a broad emotional spectrum — from a tandavam dawn to an abhoga dusk.
All About Jazz — Maciej Stasiowski
A sound that is pretty new, unorthodox, and a beautiful mixture of multiple musical realms of the world — an eastern and western amalgamation. The cohesiveness of the album is remarkable. We highly recommend this album to our readers.
Jukebox Time — Ethan G
A truly mind-melting experience — Rahul Mukerji collapsing genres and styles into each other as some sort of color-dripping prism. Walls of sound constructed with precision engineering drawing on post-rock, post-hardcore, world music, Carnatic, psychedelic, and folk traditions, too varied to count.
Be About It Press
The music acquires an elastic buoyancy through its guttural bass work — almost as though it were situated across the street from Jonas Hellborg's mansion of funky ragas. At any moment, this fluidity can erupt into distorted, quasi-orchestral guitar detonations.
All About Jazz
Global Roster
Mukerji assembled a cross-continental cast to bring Mridhangit to life — each musician contributing their own cultural voice and emotional interpretation of the songs.
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