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Jungli for Musicians

Volume Up.
Inspiration Already Here.

Soch the Space - one of our properties - has rooms named Tansen and Zakir. Pankaj Udhas and Bhimsen Joshi once created here. Jungli is where musicians come to write with volume and inspiration turned up. The jungle handles the rest.

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What You'll Find Here

Rooms Named After
Legends.

Divi - Diveakssh Schae, who built Jungli - is an Audio Nomad. He designed this place knowing exactly what a musician needs. Then he named the rooms after Tansen and Zakir Hussain, and let the jungle do the rest.

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Tansen. Zakir. Your Room Next.

Two rooms at Soch the Space carry names that need no introduction. The walls have history. Pankaj Udhas and Bhimsen Joshi created here. So did people no one's heard of yet.

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You Can Actually Play

Open-air decks. Stone courtyards. Forest behind you. No noise complaints, no neighbours, no curfew. Play at midnight if you want. The hornbills start at dawn anyway.

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Bonfire as Venue

Performances happen here. Not formally - just because someone picks up a guitar and people gather. The audience is always present because there's nowhere else to be.

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Dawn Before Anyone's Up

The jungle starts before you do. Over 200 bird species, the Kali River, the whole Western Ghats waking up. If that doesn't unlock something, honestly nothing will.

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Upload Your Stems

Fibre internet that holds up even here. Collaborate with producers back home, run remote sessions, push to cloud. The jungle doesn't mean off-grid - it just means off-distracted.

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A Studio, In Progress

Mics, speakers, MIDI devices - and a makeshift vocal booth with a noise floor of -60db. Built at Soch, growing with every resident who needs one more piece of gear.

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Jaith Teaches 10 Instruments

Our local music teacher is 20 years old and plays like he's had three lifetimes. Tabla, guitar, whatever you're stuck on - he'll sit with you until it clicks.

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Zero Admin

Three meals from a generational family kitchen. A room. The forest. Nothing to organise, nothing to chase. The whole day belongs to the music.

The Environment

Sound Design by
The Western Ghats

Dandeli sits in one of India's richest biodiversity corridors. The soundscape isn't ambient - it's active, layered, constantly changing. Here's what you'll hear before you even unpack.

Dawn Chorus

The Malabar pied hornbill, kingfishers, woodpeckers. Over 200 species. It starts before the sun and builds into something that has no equivalent in a city.

Rain on the Canopy

Monsoon turns the whole jungle into a percussion arrangement. Producers have come to Dandeli specifically to record this. You'll understand why on day one.

The Kali River

Running water, always. Close enough to feel it, far enough not to drown the silence. The kind of constant low frequency that changes how you hear everything above it.

460 km from Bangalore

No traffic hum. No construction. No ambient city. The silence here is not empty - it's full of things you'd normally miss. What you've been trying to write is probably in there.

Writing & Recording

Bring Your Interface.
The Forest Brings the Rest.

Soch the Space has built-in workspaces in every room, fibre internet, and the kind of quiet that makes you realise how much background noise you'd been carrying. Most musicians arrive with a loose idea. The album usually follows.

Divi composed "Moments of Clarity" in the room now called Clarity. That's not marketing copy - it's just what happens when you take away all the reasons not to make something.

  • Forest-facing rooms with built-in workspaces at Soch
  • Open-air decks and stone courtyards for acoustic sessions
  • Fibre internet for remote collaboration and stem uploads
  • Evening jams, bonfire sets, and an audience that actually listens
  • Stays from one week to three months - we work around you
A resident sings with full joy while playing acoustic guitar at a campus jam
"I wrote more in three weeks here than I had in the previous year. The forest gives you something back."
- A musician in residence at Jungli

Who's Made Something Here

Success Stories

In the Wild

The Sound, On Camera

Flutes in the factory, guitars under the trees, tabla circles and bonfire sets. A few frames from the music that keeps happening here.

A harmonium and tabla lesson in the old factory hallA harmonium and tabla lesson in the old factory hall
Bamboo flute in the old factory hallBamboo flute in the old factory hall
Santi finds a chord under the string lightsSanti finds a chord under the string lights
Singing together around the fireSinging together around the fire
A home studio built for one, in a room built for the jungleA home studio built for one, in a room built for the jungle
A whole rig laid out on the rug: laptop, pads, keys, headphonesA whole rig laid out on the rug: laptop, pads, keys, headphones
A tabla and percussion circleA tabla and percussion circle
A porch, a guitar and an afternoon that isn't going anywhereA porch, a guitar and an afternoon that isn't going anywhere
Dinner turns into a jam sessionDinner turns into a jam session
Harsh, Madi and Soof, mid-laughHarsh, Madi and Soof, mid-laugh
A swing bench, string lights, and a song that won't endA swing bench, string lights, and a song that won't end
Divi, mid-song, fully in itDivi, mid-song, fully in it
The dancefloor lights upThe dancefloor lights up
New Year's Eve, lasers and allNew Year's Eve, lasers and all
Live at the New Year partyLive at the New Year party

Made in Jungli

Music Born in the Forest

Performances, sessions and records created right here. This is the Made in Jungli playlist, growing with every artist who passes through.

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Come Play Something
No One's Heard Yet

Tell us about your music, your timeline, how long you need. We read every application ourselves and get back within 48 hours.

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