MTV Sound Trippin is a youth-based popular music television show on

MTV India MTV India is an Indian pay television channel specialising in music, reality and youth culture programming. It was launched in 1996 as the Indian version of MTV and is owned by Viacom 18, a joint venture operation between MTV International owne ...

. The show is part of MTV's strategy to focus more on original music.

Format

The show follows Hindi film music director

Sneha Khanwalkar Sneha Khanwalkar is an Indian music director who works in Hindi films. She is best known for her score for the film, ''Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!'', and also for ''Gangs of Wasseypur Part 1, Part 2''. She had been nominated in Best Music Director ...

, who travels to ten cities across the country to record unusual sounds and make ten songs, one for each place she visits, that capture the spirit of the places. Talking about the show she says “The show’s concept is such that we had to record songs in four days,” She only takes a backpack, recorder, laptop and a small crew with her as she travels to areas such as Leh; Majuli, Assam; Yellapura, Karnataka; Dharavi, Mumbai; Kila Raipur, Punjab, Kolkata and Goa. The other element, which adds to the richness of the show, is showcasing of art forms like dance and theatre by the locals. She then uses stunning visuals and authentic sounds from her travels to create a brand new track. Many of the local artists who record for the show " have never before recorded in a studio.”

Reception

The show was well received. Amitava Sanyal of

Hindustan Times ''Hindustan Times'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper based in Delhi. It is the flagship publication of HT Media, an entity controlled by the KK Birla family, and is owned by Shobhana Bhartia. It was founded by Sunder Singh Lyall ...

called the show a "remarkable experiment". Sneha Mahadevan of DNA said that "The shoots, crisp edits, refreshingly new visuals take this show to a new level altogether.".Striking the right chord! - Entertainment - DNA
/ref> Meera Gopal of Abu Dhabi based newspaper, The National wrote that "It is the music of serendipity; the kind that cannot be composed in a recording studio or effortlessly crooned to rouse an auditorium to its feet."

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