Anushka Manchanda a.k.a. "Kiss Nuka" is on her Serpentine Album Tour, and is about to take on the nation with her genre-bending alter ego. Expect cosmic sparks with distinctive rhythms as she creates unique experimental electronic mixes right from the console.

Artist Profile

Kiss Nuka:

Sometimes offering mellow and poignant journeys to lead reflections into the

deepest crevices of the mind and the universe, and other times providing

escape and upliftment through the elixir of raw and visceral dancefloor

experiences, Kiss Nuka is the genre-bending uncensored outlet of Anushka

Manchanda.

A well-established creative polymath based between Mumbai and Spain,

Anushka Manchanda has an artistic legacy that spans from editing and

directing to Bollywood playback singing and screen performances. With Kiss

Nuka, she asserts total control of her artistic voice and presents it at its most

unabashed and all-encompassing.

Blends of ambient soundscapes, four-on-the-floor rhythms, electro-pop vocal

lines, drum and bass frenzy, groovy bass thumping and poetic lyricism co-exist

on works like the cinematic and haunting ‘Don’t Be Afraid’, the subtle and

sombre ‘Kashmir’, the socio-politically bold and blazing hip-hop number ‘Ayo

Burn’, and her latest EP ‘Serpentine’, which fluidly traverses across the

spectrum of dance music with a gritty energy. Her recent releases also include

the single ‘I Love The Drive’, which dropped on the seminal UK label Ninja

Bringing together all her creative roles, Kiss Nuka elevates her musical

offerings with audio-visual pieces dealing with themes like the rise of the

feminine, animal rights, and environmentalism to create cinematic storytelling

for both the screen and the live setting. Her thought-provoking audio-visual

work has won recognition at the Indian Independent Music Awards, Berlin

Music Video Awards, and London Music Video Awards, and is currently on

display at The World of Music Video exhibition at Völkinger Hütte UNESCO

World Heritage Site alongside work from iconic artists like Björk, Daft Punk,

Chemical Brothers, Massive Attack and Lil Nas X.

As a live performer, Kiss Nuka has brought her hypnotic, seamless and

dynamically-rich live set to stages such as Mixmag LAB, Magnetic Fields

Festival and Basscamp Festival. She wrapped up her first year soundtracking

the dancefloor by getting featured among Mixmag's Top 15 Live Acts of 2022.

In 2023, the artist-producer and activist takes her EP ‘Serpentine’ on the road

with a live tour across India and supplements it with remixes from prolific

peers. She will also follow the acclaimed release with an audio-visual single

dropping early in the year in collaboration with Beirut-based NGO The Great

Oven, a UK-Europe tour over the summer, and her next EP.