02 / Field archive
Evidence & output
What the project survey and releases make visible.
Evidence 01
The recognition gap is measurable.
A project survey asked professional musicians about instruments including the tarshehnai, sarod, and rabab. The results established the need for documentation that teaches origin as well as sound.
| Survey question | Unable to identify |
|---|---|
| Do you know where the instrument is from? | 95% |
| Can you recognise the instrument from the audio? | 92.5% |
| Can you see the instrument and tell where it is from? | 87.5% |
Source: Unheard Amritsar project survey supplied in the evidence record.
Recorded output
The Tarshehnai track became “Neon Play.”
Unheard Amritsar’s recorded Tarshehnai track was released by The Eighth Fold under the title “Neon Play.” The project record also includes a ten-file sample pack.
Listen to “Neon Play” by The Eighth Fold- Format
- “Neon Play” release and ten-file sample pack
- Sample files
- 10 recorded WAV files in the documented pack
- Purpose
- Make a local instrument usable and recognisable in contemporary production
Project figures and public record
- 42 players documented
- Professional traditional musicians brought into the documentation workflow.
- 5 instrument communities
- Communities represented, including rabab, sarod, tarshehnai, and taus.
- 300,000+ combined monthly listeners
- Across producers who received project sample packs. This describes the producers’ combined listener reach.
- ₹100 documented pathway cost
- The entry cost recorded for the project’s publishing and registration pathway. No payment is collected in the submission portal.
Figures from the project’s published field record.
Unheard Amritsar was founded by Aarush Singh Minhas. The International Baccalaureate features the project in its Youth in Action series.