Sometimes offering mellow and poignant journeys to lead reflections into the deepest crevices of the mind and the universe, and other times providing escape and upliftment through the elixir of raw and visceral dance-floor experiences, Kiss Nuka is the genre-bending uncensored outlet of Anushka Manchanda. It is where she distils the world around her – with all its injustices and capacity for compassion, its chaos and natural tranquillity, and its eternal undercurrents and immediate concerns – into stylistically boundless and immersive musical experiences.
As a live performer, Kiss Nuka has brought her hypnotic, seamless and dynamically-rich live set to stages such As a live performer, Kiss Nuka has brought her hypnotic, seamless and dynamically-rich live set to stages such as – Boiler Room, Dialled In, Mixmag LAB, Farout Left, Magnetic Fields, Rave The Planet, Ziro Festival, Ctrl Alt Del, and Basscamp Festival. A few selected mixes are online, the latest being for Crack Magazine, Rinse Fm w/ Jay Carder, and Mixmag Asia. She wrapped up her first year soundtracking the dancefloor by getting featured among “Mixmag’s Top 15 Live Acts of 2022”
Bringing together all her creative roles, Kiss Nuka elevates her musical offerings with audio visual pieces dealing with themes like the rise of the feminine, animal rights, and environmentalism to create cinematic storytelling for both the screen and the live setting. Her thought-provoking audio-visual work has won recognition at the Indian Independent Music Awards, Berlin Music Video Awards, and London Music Video Awards, and is currently on display at The World of Music Video exhibition at Völkinger Hütte UNESCO World Heritage Site alongside work from iconic artists like Björk, Daft Punk, Chemical Brothers, Massive Attack and Lil NasX.