SANDUNES

Sandunes, aka Sanaya Ardeshir, is a composer, producer and pianist from Mumbai, India in the process of relocating to LA to pursue a new chapter in life and music, in line with the release of her third transcendental album, 'The Ground Beneath Her Feet', which will be released as her debut on Tru Thoughts records.

Sanaya has opened for Bonobo at the Manchester International Festival, supported George FitzGerald's album release tour at Evolutionary Arts Hackney, performed at London's Barbican Centre under commission from Warp Records and Boiler Room, toured the US supporting Pretty Lights, remixed a track from Grammy nominated Anoushka Shanker, hosted a radio show as part of the BBC Asian Network residency and released a collaborative album with celebrated UK jazz drummer Richard Spaven, as well as joining NTS for a guest mix. Her previous work has gained praise from the likes of Rolling Stone, The Quietus, The Guardian, Red Bull Radio and Resident Advisor.

The 13-track album, 'The Ground Beneath Her Feet', challenges the celebration and reward for individualism, instead homing in on humanity's "collective spirit, authentic expression… subverting the norm of what's expected", serving as a reminder to do more of that which connects the earth and the body. The album shares its name with a Salman Rushdie novel and the book's humanist message that arrives from newfound awareness. It speaks to the sentimental foundations involved in making a home - when a tangible version of it doesn't exist, "finding home in relationships, in ritual, in music and memory".