It’s been more than two decades since their first album together (Sunoh; 1996) Mikey McCleary and Lucky Ali have reunited for a series of singles. We experiment a lot. Sometimes it’s fast, sometimes we rework a track many, many times, he says.
The artist says he doesn’t need to look for too many meanings behind his composition. The thread is their collaboration of sound and melody, plus Lucky’s voice and thoughts that come through in his lyrics.
The Margarita with a Straw (2014) composer shares that the current growth of non-film music reminds him of “how it was here in India in the late ’90s”. It’s encouraging that a growing audience of music lovers are looking to indie music for the artistic integrity and originality.
