26/02/2026
MUSIC AS CARE WORK: At Kamakhya Records, we have come to realise that music, when held in the right spirit, can be a form of community care. Not through grand gestures, but through consistent acts of trust and solidarity. It is this trust, from our listeners, artists, mastering engineers, artwork collaborators, and supporters, that has made so much possible. We do not take it lightly. It is a privilege. A blessing.
Since June 2017, this collective care has been flowing towards the Lynti Khasi School, a small, community-led school in the hills of Meghalaya. What began as a thatch hut has slowly grown into a simple but steady structure: a concrete floor, a proper roof, a verandah. A supporter from the Kamakhya Records community now contribute each month to the salaries of the school's two teachers.
The sales and donations from "Introspection Against Sanity, the debut EP of The Blackmetaphรธr", helped fund a football match for the boys and girls of Umsawwar, the village where the Lynti Khasi School is located. A small celebration, stitched together by music and joy, for a village that continues to nurture young dreams.
The Book Funding Campaign linked to the album "Dante's Inferno, Fallen Reign" led to books worth โน12,000 ( USD 132) being donated to the Lynti Khasi School, a meaningful step in building the school's modest but growing library.
And now, something worth pausing on. The renovation fundraiser for the Lynti Khasi School in Umsawwar Village has reached its target. We aimed for โน50,000 (USD 550), with all proceeds from Bandcamp sales and donations going directly to the school's renovation. It took 112 days from the launch on 4 August to get there. Every purchase, every donation, every act of faith from this community made it possible.
In Assam, the Kamakhya Records community has also extended its care to SHED, a residential school for differently-abled children from underprivileged backgrounds.
From the sales of "Haavi's EP Art is Prayer", we were able to contribute โน15,000 (USD 165) towards their new girls' hostel, an offering that aligned perfectly with the spirit of the release.
Later, the community came together once more to gift the children of SHED a JBL PartyBox 160 worth โน33,000 (USD 363), which now blasts joy and music across the campus. They gathered yet again to gift a washing machine worth โน15,000 (USD 165) to the boys' hostel of SHED.
And since 20 January, a new fundraiser has been running: 15 mattresses (3 feet x 6 feet) for the boys and girls hostel at SHED, so that the children who sleep there have something decent beneath them.
This transformation was not funded by corporations. It came from Bandcamp purchases, donations, encouragement, and deep faith, from people who believe that music can do more than entertain.
Thank you, people who bought our music on Bandcamp. Thank you artists who trusted us with their releases. Thank you mastering engineers who added their finishing touch. Thank you artwork collaborators for their artwork. Thank you those who gave without needing to be named.
Kamakhya Records is just grateful to be a small part of this.
Artists who are a part of the Kamakhya Records family, we do not have the bandwidth to do India tours or commercial gigs for you, but this is what we can do together: channel your music into real, tangible acts of care. Into classrooms and hostels. Into books, football matches, and sound systems that bring joy to children. Into mattresses that children sleep on. Into steady, slow, unglamorous, and yet real change.
Thank you once again ๐โค๏ธ
