Lapgan & Baalti’s music video for ‘Lime Tikka’ turns the track into a desert fever dream

Lapgan and Baalti join forces on their upcoming album, ‘Threads’, which is set to drop April 3.

‘Lime Tikka’ is the first single and arrives today, alongside a nine-minute music video in the form of a short film. The track itself premiered at Kartik Research’s Paris Runway Fashion Show last year.

The album was born in the California desert in early 2024, where Baalti embarked on a psychedelic songwriting session, merging their complementary styles.

The outcome was several albums’ worth of hallucinogenic club tracks rooted in decades of Indian music history, with a sound that’s described as “floor fillers that move like early Four Tet meets The Avalanches”.

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‘Lime Tikka’ itself is a driving, psychedelic ride, packed with shimmering textures and exceptional use of Indian instrumentation.

According to Lapgan and Baalti, “We wanted the nadhaswaram (a loud acoustic South Indian reed instrument) to sound like it barged into the club unannounced, bringing chaos and ceremony and joy onto the dancefloor. We really wanted to blend the boundaries between past and present on this project, and this tune really gets that.”

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The impressive accompanying nine-minute short film tells the story of Satellite, a young girl determined to launch herself into space after her birth coincides with a satellite crash in her village. The video mirrors the music perfectly: dynamic, imaginative, and cinematic.

Watch Lapgan and Baalti’s Lime Tikka below.

Henry Cooper is a Writer at Mixmag Asia. Follow him on Instagram.

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