Hot Chips

De-earworming

Some thoughts on music and commodification

Aug 31 • 

Pranav Manie

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July 2025

How The Tables Turn

A personal tidbit on what it means for me to be a DJ

Jul 4 • 

Pranav Manie

12

February 2025

The House Party Always Wins

On Indian indie music managers disrupting the market.

Feb 8 • 

Pranav Manie

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Sarojini Atal Sapru

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2

August 2024

Return To Home Bass: Trap Education

The slow and steady rise of trap music in India.

Aug 17, 2024 • 

Pranav Manie

8

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May 2024

Symphony of (Creative) Destruction

A short look at the dynamism of media industries across nations.

May 25, 2024 • 

Pranav Manie

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3

February 2024

My Baby Shot Me Down

On the music that makes the films of Sriram Raghavan

Feb 17, 2024 • 

Pranav Manie

8

December 2023

Sweet Emotion

An end-of-year thank you note.

Dec 30, 2023 • 

Pranav Manie

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6

(M)ad City

A story of Gurgaon through its billboards

Dec 23, 2023 • 

Pranav Manie

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2

October 2023

What Are The, Uh, Optics?

Succession and the sins of media business

Oct 22, 2023 • 

Pranav Manie

11

September 2023

Frying Pan

Things I've learnt so far doing Hot Chips.

Sep 24, 2023 • 

Pranav Manie

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10

August 2023

The Museum of Subtle Arts of Selling Ferraris

How the proliferation of self-help books led to the rise of LinkedIn influencers.

Aug 19, 2023 • 

Pranav Manie

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6

June 2023

Return To Home Bass: BTS

Snippets, quotes, random riffs on my thought process during the writing of this piece

Jun 25, 2023 • 

Pranav Manie

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