An audio document of an event “Sumugathin Kural”/Voice of the Community” organised by Dinoj M. of DreamSpace Records at DreamSpace Academy, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka, 6 February 2026. This podcast features in chronological order: Yash & Abi performing “Wings of Life”, Sakithyan J performing “Uyir Thamizhaa”, Ajai Rajah performing “Mattu Nagar” followed by an “interactive” jam session/sing-along! It closes with Dinoj M. and myself perfoming “Boomi Azhugudhu”.
This month’s episode is an edited rebroadcast of a live event organised by SASUSU Radio in Tromsø, Norway. It took place on Friday 16 January 2026, during Pongol, a harvest celebration in the Tamil month of Thai that is like a new year. The event was organised as a fundraiser for flood relief in Sri Lanka, in the aftermath of Cyclone Ditwah which made landfall in late November 2025. You’ll hear from: Sanjey Sureshkumar, founder of SASUSU; Anuradha Gayanath Abeykoon Jalath Pathirana a Sri Lankan living in Tromsø; Dinoj M. [Instagram] musician, artist and head of DreamSpace Records, Batticaloa and myself.
Many thanks to radio technician Grusha Pankert and Magnus Skei Holmen who cooked for the event.
We debuted a collaboratively made track produced as a “digital gift” for contributors to the flood relief campaign. Feel free to download and share:
A conversation between Dinoj M [Instagram] and SajaS [Instagram] of DreamSpace Records, artist Lucinda Dayhew [Instagram] and myself, Sumugan Sivanesan. Together we co-organised “Dham Dham Riddim”, a nine-day intensive music production “bootcamp”, held between 21 and 29 February at DreamSpace Academy, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka. The workshop sought to introduce people to digital music production across a series of sessions that progressed from field recording to sampling, from rhythm programming to lyric writing, and then on towards making a song that will contribute to a compilation album or EP. It emphasised using free, open source and accessible tools, with a focus on the digital audio workstation, Reaper. It arose out of a three-day workshop “Thaalam Riddim Reapers” we organised at DreamSpace Academy as part of Dinacon 3, 2022.
The episode also features the voices of participants in the programme including: Sivanathan Nivethika, Rameshkumar Sathursaan, Sajanthan Vasanthakumar, A.H.M. Asaath, A.S. Sajeeth, Thavarasa Jeyashanth, Velrajan Rohan, Ravichandran Jeroem, Chandrujaan Sathiyamoorthy, Yash Kirirajah, Kabilashini Balakrishnan, Anantharajah Ajai, Mokeethan Sathiyamoorthy, Suresh Ashwin, Raviraja Rishahari, Sakithyan Jeyakumar, Christy Suthakaran Abiyashap, Christy Suthakaran Joshua, Joseph Jesreyal Jeyashanth, Dinoj Mahendranathan, Sajani Sivasithamparapillai and Nirushika Pragash…I hope I’ve not missed anyone!
