Modern Biology is the new project of veteran musician Tarun Nayar. Formally trained in Indian Classical music and educated as a biologist, Modern Biology sees him turn a new leaf by bringing his passions together in an ambient project that is organismic, uplifting, and deeply contextual.
He uses modular synthesis, home built synthesizers and other analog equipment to improvise with the natural vibrations of a certain place and time - via plant bioelectricity, latent electromagnetic radiation, and even the earth’s resonant hum.
"I love creating surprising and beautiful musical experiences that bring us closer to nature and each other."
His work has been viewed 10s of millions of times after going viral on Tik Tok, and has been featured by The Guardian, BBC, Vice, Genius, The Verge, and Paul Stamets among others. Tarun's debut EP, Plant Music, Vol 1, has almost 450+K streams on Spotify and has received editorial support on their Music for Plants, Deep Listening, and Lava Lamp playlists. Tarun has recently brought his plant music experience to North America at Thing Festival, Basscoast, Northern Nights, MOCA LA and the Wonderland Psychedelic conference.
Tarun is passionate about protecting wild places and has committed the lion's share of the proceeds of this project to supporting the natural world.