Kush Arora, who has produced under the name Only Now since 2013, is a

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and DJ from

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. Arora blends use of the

tumbi The tumbi or toombi (, pronunciation: ''tūmbī''), also called a tumba or toomba, is a traditional musical instrument from the Punjab region of the northern Indian subcontinent. The high-pitched, single-string plucking instrument is associated ...

and the algoze flute from his

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heritage with industrial, metal, punk, goth,

bhangra Bhangra may refer to: * Bhangra (music), a genre of Punjabi music * Bhangra (dance), a folk dance of Punjab region * ''Bhangra'' (film), a 1959 Indian Punjabi-language film See also * Bhangara, Nepal Bhangara, Nepal is a village development c ...

, and more before shifting to experimental, dub, and dancehall inspired creations in the late 1990s. In 2012, he started a radio show called Surya Dub Radio on Berkeley's KPFA 94.1FM Radio—California's largest independent station with Maneesh The Twister.

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