Rhythm first. Everything else built around it.

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Trained under Ustad Allarakha and Ustad Zakir Hussain, and named to Forbes India's 30 Under 30, Swarupa has spent two decades as a performing tabla artist and percussionist - on stages, in studios, and on screen, solo and with her ensembles.

She sits at an intersection: classical tabla technique, contemporary electronic production, and - increasingly - spatial sound design, where she's building India's first Spatial Audio live tour in Flux SPAT Revolution. The instrument hasn't changed. The canvas has.