ShiShi announces Indigo — A rock transformation album, out on September 5, 2025

New York musician blends meditation, sound healing, and global influences into an immersive hero’s journey; singles “Dopamine Machine,” “Loser,” and “The Light That Wakes Me” already out

Mumbai, 18^th August 2025: New York-based musician, producer, and meditation practitioner ShiShi will release his new album, Indigo, on September 5, 2025. The record marks a departure from his electronica roots into rock, while retaining the global and spiritual sensibilities that define his music. The album is preceded by a weekly August rollout of singles, with “Dopamine Machine,” “Loser,” and “The Light That Wakes Me” already available to stream.

Stream ‘Dopamine Machine’ here:

“I would recommend that you listen to it from front to back,” ShiShi explains. “Because the songs are ordered in a very specific way to activate an archetypal hero’s journey in the listener.” The journey begins with “Aham Brahmasmi,” a womb-like sound healing track symbolizing innocence, before moving through adolescence in “Loser,” the pitfalls of modern distraction in “Dopamine Machine,” and the first spark of spiritual seeking in “The Light That Wakes Me.” It then flows into encounters with the divine in “KALI,” yearning in “Dreamweaver,” exhaustion in “Grandfather,” reflections on death in “When It’s My Time,” and finally transcendence in “Krishna’s Theme.” “So Indigo is really a hero’s journey,” he says.

ShiShi describes the making of Indigo as both experimental and grounding. “Yeah, this album is a bit of a crossover album, in the sense that I still very much produced everything myself like an electronic producer. There’s a lot of samples in there, even the stuff that I recorded live was very much produced in an electronic way. But having been rehearsing for my upcoming show and getting ready to release a live album, I’ve noticed that the big difference is just that there’s so much more room for human imperfection. The process has challenged me to drop some of my perfectionism in favor of realness and authenticity.”

Stream ‘The Light That Wakes Me’ here:

Beyond the studio, ShiShi sees his concerts as a form of collective meditation. “Yes, absolutely. I think of my concerts as an opportunity for human beings to gather and through the power of shared collective vibration, experience a high frequency of consciousness at the same time together. That’s why I often begin my shows, whether DJ sets or concerts, with some sort of live meditation. This is more than a concert. This is an experience of collective awakening.”

With roots stretching across India, China, Switzerland, and the U.S., ShiShi’s multicultural identity continues to shape his sound. “I never quite felt like I fully belonged in one culture or scene. I was always dipping my toes in different things and taking the best, authentic or most relatable things that aligned for me. I think that leads to a very unique type of personality and human which does get reflected in the music.” With Indigo, ShiShi unites these threads—rock, meditation, and cross-cultural influence—into a record designed as both a sonic and spiritual journey.