India, March 27 -- B erlin-based electronic music collective, record label, and DJ crew Keinemusik - set to make their India debut in Mumbai today with a one-night-only show - say their setlist will be guided more by instinct than strategy. In their first interview ahead of the performance, they share, "There's no upfront strategy or overthinking of how to structure a setlist; it builds itself intuitively." Some members of the group, DJ and producers &ME (Andre Boadu), Rampa (Gregor Sutterlin) and Adam Port, have performed individually in India before. That experience, the collective says, has helped them understand the country's "vibe, mentality and culture". Even so, they add, the process ultimately depends on what unfolds on the floor. Comparing their experience of catering to global audiences, versus the Indian audience, they say, "The Indian audience is now absorbing music with more curiosity, openness, enthusiasm." Formed in 2009, the collective maintains that there was never a grand plan behind what they were building. "There was no specific moment, and there was no agenda or plan," they say. Early on, the focus was simply to "release and play music and to do it within a circle of friends and let it just be guided by intuition and not so much by the guidelines of techno business." They add that the pace of their growth has been just as important. "The success didn't come overnight. Thank god it didn't," they share. While their sound has evolved, the group insists it hasn't been shaped by external expectations. "Above everything, the releases have to feel right for ourselves, not for anybody else. In the end, that's the only way a track can resonate with other people. Once it's constructed with an agenda or to cater towards a certain zeitgeist, it usually doesn't work," they say. Working as a collective comes with its own challenges, especially when navigating creative differences. The band, therefore, prioritises compromise without stifling individual ideas. They share, "Compromise is part of life, and the same goes for creative processes. But so is making a convincing case of your own idea and then fighting for it within that process." Like most international stops, their time in India is brief, limiting how deeply they can engage with the country beyond performances. "Unfortunately, oftentimes, there is not enough time to fully immerse in the places where you play, especially when it comes to a culturally rich place like India with such a vast treasury of tradition and history," they say, adding, "but still, everything leaves a mark, even a brief visit of just a couple of days."...