An ardent follower of lord Shiva, vocalist, lyricist and composer Suchismita Das always wanted to make a song on him. Three years ago, in 2019, she finally started working on it but then COVID-19 took over and the song got pushed back. However, this Shivaratri (March 1), Das released the song. Titled Damaru, it features her signature music, Hindustani classical but here, it is blended with EDM, courtesy Grammy Award-winning music composer Ricky Kej. 

 “I am an Indian classical vocalist. It is our heritage and my aim is to carry it forward. I am also a huge fan of EDM and feel that it blends very well with classical music,” shares Das, 32. The song also has an element of modern hip-hop in the form of a rap. “I composed the tune first and then wrote the lyrics. While putting the words to the tune, I felt that it should be a description of lord Shiva and that’s when I thought that adding a rap would be a wise idea as it would make it more massy but finding a rapper in Los Angeles who would write on spirituality and Shiva was challenging,” shares Das, who moved to United States in 2020 after she was married. Thankfully, she found rapper Maya Miko.