“since the age of four, when I first started my music training, I do five hours of riyaaz every day,” says Chugge Khan, the famed Manganiyar and Langa musician from Jaisalmer and director of Rajasthan Josh.

Rhythmic, hypnotic and ethereal desert sounds peppered with traditional and contemporary fusions, Manganiyars are artistes and musicians who performed for the Mughal rulers and Rajput princes in the days of yore.