How Madame Gandhi’s new album Let Me Be Water sends out a loud environmental message
Musician and activist Madame Gandhi visited some of the most intimidating places in the world to record nature at its most extreme
Madame Gandhi’s journey to creating her latest album, Let Me Be Water, has roots in an overflowing rubbish bin at her Los Angeles home during the pandemic.
“There were stacks of takeout food containers,” she says. “This was my New York City upbringing, where we grew up being able to eat at any restaurant any time of day without any awareness of how that impacts our climate and sustainability.”
That snapshot of her pandemic life became a potent symbol.
“This is horrible,” she recalls thinking. “I don’t want to have to throw this anywhere. I don’t want to participate in this.
“I can see this for what it is and this is sad. I’ve only lived in cities and I’ve only ever known this highly capitalist, highly unsustainable way of living.”
Gandhi – real name is Kiran Gandhi – is an award-winning musician, activist, DJ and international speaker known especially for her vibrantly percussive electronic music.