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Radio show, record label & creative community, committed to showcasing the finest in emerging electronic music compositions across Asia. Every month @boxoutfm

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Episode 03 features Era Namjoshi as we explore identity, individuality, and the many shades that shape culture and connection. From personal expression to collective belonging, the conversation unpacks the thinking behind Era’s final artwork for Absolut Creative Commune.

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A closer look into Era’s world for Absolut Creative Commune ✨
Inspired by oddities and unexpected combinations, Era’s work celebrates curiosity and humour. “Born Colourless became a celebration of multiple voices coexisting together, shaped by difference and shared experiences."

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Presenting @eranamjoshi’s new artwork for the Absolut Creative Commune @absolutborncolourless
A celebration of Born Colourless, the piece reflects how our unique identities, experiences, and perspectives come together to create something bigger than ourselves.

Curated by Spryk

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Welcome Era to the Absolut Creative Commune 2026 ✨
Illustrator and visual designer Era turns everyday moments into playful, unexpected worlds—bringing together unlikely elements to create work full of personality, humour, and harmony.

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Episode 04 of The Process features Amalendu Kaushik and Spryk in conversation about storytelling, world-building, and animation. From drawing to film, they unpack Amalendu’s journey and the thinking behind his artwork for Absolut Creative Commune. Out now on Spotify & YouTube

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A closer look into Amalendu’s world!
Drawing from folk forms, local histories, and everyday life, his work is shaped by observation and reassembly. “Born Colourless became a reflection on coexistence, where identities come together to create something larger than themselves.”

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Presenting Amalendu’s new artwork for the Absolut Creative Commune 🙌🏽

Set along the Brahmaputra in Assam, Amalendu’s animated film explores identity through the river’s flow, where people, cultures, labour, music, and memory meet, merge, and evolve.

Curated by Spryk

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Introducing Amalendu to the Absolut Creative Commune 2026

Animation director and illustrator from Guwahati, Amalendu draws from folk forms, local histories, and everyday life to create worlds that feel both familiar and new—preserving what matters while disrupting what doesn’t.

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Structure is freedom, just in a different form.
Episode 3 of The Process by Absolut Creative Commune, featuring Era and hosted by Spryk, is out now.

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Every spiral of doubt is just the process taking the long way home!
Episode 3 of The Process by Absolut Creative Commune, featuring Era and hosted by Spryk, is out now.

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Some things are worth questioning. Era on generative AI, originality, and why the tool should never become the artist.
Episode 3 of The Process by Absolut Creative Commune, featuring Era and hosted by Spryk, is out now!

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The “What if” game. What’s it all about?
Episode 3 of The Process by Absolut Creative Commune, featuring Era and hosted by Spryk, is out now.

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Certainty was never the assignment at 18. The real work was learning how to move through the undecided years. Damini on how uncertainty shaped her more than any single choice could have. Watch Episode 2 of The Process by Absolut Creative Commune, ft Damini Gupta.

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Some of the most honest storytelling says only what it needs to say. Damini on what comics taught her that no other medium could.
Episode 2 of The Process by Absolut Creative Commune, featuring Damini Gupta and hosted by Spryk, is out now!

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Six hundred frames captured for under a minute of footage, and no room for shortcuts. Damini on the discipline behind every frame of claymation.
Episode 2 of The Process by Absolut Creative Commune, featuring Damini Gupta and hosted by Spryk, is out now!

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Every idea already knows what it wants to become. The work is learning how to listen before it begins. Damini on reading a project before choosing a single material.
Episode 2 of The Process by Absolut Creative Commune, featuring Damini Gupta and hosted by Spryk, is out now!

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Clay changes form the way we do. That’s why it fits.
Episode 2 of The Process by Absolut Creative Commune, featuring Damini Gupta and hosted by Spryk, is out now!

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"You spend so much time asking whether you're doing it right that sometimes you forget to just make the thing."
Damini on self-doubt, experimentation, and learning to trust your instincts before the answers arrive.

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Sometimes all it takes is the right conversation to shift your perspective.
Abhijit reflects on collaboration, community, and the value of building alongside others.

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What happens when creators from completely different worlds share the same room?
New conversations. Unexpected ideas. Different ways of seeing the same thing.

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