Contributing WriterBUY it Here
KSHMR announces Mirage, his debut album as TEJA and a deeply personal exploration of organic house created with Ampermut and Gobi Desert Collective.
KSHMR is one of electronic music’s most recognised influential producers and now reveals Mirage, his debut album under the alias TEJA and made in collaboration with Ampermut and Gobi Desert Collective. The album represents both exploring a new creative direction and a significant personal statement from an artist who fully steps into a sound he has been quietly developing for years.
TEJA is the name KSHMR has chosen to distinguish this body of work from his main project. The alias is drawn from a meaningful personal source – the middle name of his younger brother, Tej, and is intended as a signal to listeners. Where KSHMR is known for euphoric, high-energy production, TEJA represents something more spacious and considered: organic house music with room for instrumentation, groove, texture and the kind of slow-building emotion that rewards careful listening. It is a parallel identity that will have its live side, its own releases and its own journey.
KSHMR says: “I fell in love with organic house some years ago and started this album, not knowing where it would lead. I didn’t know how it would fit with my past music, but exploring this sound gave me a newfound passion for creating — it’s fresh, exciting territory. I’m grateful to Ampermut and Gobi Desert Collective for guiding me through it. I’ve chosen the name TEJA — inspired by my little brother’s middle name, Tej — to distinguish it from my other work and let fans know what to expect when I play shows or release music with this style. It’s a more relaxed sound, with space for instruments and groove, and I’m excited to see where this journey goes.”
The style has been visible in KSHMR’s work for some time: unreleased IDs and demos in this style surfaced through his Rickshaw DJ set filmed in Mumbai. His debut album Harmonica Andromeda hinted at it, particularly on Slow, his collaboration with Mahmut Orhan, which embraced deeper, organic and ethnically inspired dance influences. Mirage marks the first time this vision has been given its own full and dedicated space.
The partnership with Ampermut and Gobi Desert Collective began with a chance connection – KSHMR featured a Gobi Desert Collective and Ampermut track in a Dharma Radio show, they reached out to thank him, and the conversation quickly evolved into something more substantial. A shared style and mutual creative curiosity turned a single collaboration into a sustained exchange of ideas, demos and finished music that eventually grew into a cohesive album none of them had necessarily set out to make.
Ampermut explained “Coming from an Organic House and Downtempo background, I have always been curious about exploring new instruments and acoustic sounds. Working with KSHMR and Gobi Desert Collective on this album has taken that playful approach to a completely new level.”
Mirage is eight tracks of deeply immersive, sophisticated sound from the opening warmth and exotic strings of Oasis through the deep moods of title track, the wavy grooves and intoxicating melodies of Nigaaro and Rosh featuring Mir Iqbal, the expansive centrepiece of Aquarius at six and a half minutes of summery, airy melodic escapism and the closing melancholy of Sundial.
Released via his label Dharma Worldwide, Mirage is a bold but natural next chapter from KSHMR that takes his sound into ever more refined and emotional territory that works in settings well away from the club.
Artist(s): KSHMR, Ampermut, Gobi Desert Collective, Mir Iqbal
Title: Mirage
Record Label: Dharma Worldwide
Release Date: 21st August 2026
Tracklist:
1) Oasis
2) Mirage
3) Nigaaro feat. Mir Iqbal
4) Aeolians Sands
5) Lost Temple
6) Aquarius
7) Rosh feat. Mir Iqbal
8) Sundial
