Nikhil Yerawadekar

Multi-instrumentalist and producer Nikhil P. Yerawadekar creates propulsive new flavors with his Low Mentality project, delivering personal and uplifting original songs suitable for dancefloors, car stereos and headphones worldwide. The group plays organically cultivated styles drawing from Nikhil’s wide range of experiences, from his formative years as a teenage hip-hop junkie in Queens, NY, to later in his life when he found himself working closely with artists such as Hailu Mergia (Awesome Tapes From Africa), Zap Mama, Tony Allen, Cedric “Im” Brooks and Khaira Arby, and performing all over the world with Antibalas and collaborators such as Santigold, Sharon Jones, Billy Gibbons, Nels Cline and Esperanza Spalding.

The hidden intersections between these broad-ranging musical vibrations are reflected in Low Mentality’s debut album Everything Lasts Forever, released April 2016 on 3rd Generation Recordings, with its lead single “Six Shooter AKA The History Of Dance” (featuring Kendra Morris) reaching over a million plays on Spotify. The band’s music has been featured as Song Of The Day on KEXP and KUT, and continues to be discovered by vinyl lovers and connoisseurs of funky, heartfelt and interesting music across the globe.

Low Mentality features a lineup of strong musical personalities: Mayteana Morales (Pimps Of Joytime, Walk Talk) on percussion and vocals, Carter Yasutake (Midnight Magic, LCD Soundsystem) on trumpet and keys, Jeremy Wilms (Chin Chin) on bass and Andy Bauer (Twin Shadow) on drums. The band’s unique and powerful live show has landed them on bills with artists such as Fishbone, Antibalas, Red Baraat, Noura Mint Seymali, Underground System and Miles Mosley.

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