Kids in Mumbai’s Dharavi slum make music on Sound Trippin’; (below) host Sneha Khanwalkar at work

Have been longing for a good watch on music ever since The Dewarists wound up a few months ago? Look no further than Sound Trippin’, a delightful and informative look at the lesser-explored sounds of India that has put the music back in MTV. t2 lists four reasons why Sound Trippin’ has the iPod-toting Gen Y trippin’!

1Though very clearly inspired by The Dewarists, the concept of Sound Trippin’ is quite unlike anything that has been seen on Indian television before. Host Sneha Khanwalkar — the talent behind the bold and new sound of films like Love Sex Aur Dhokha, Bheja Fry and now Gangs of Wasseypur — traverses the length and breadth of the country in search of the sounds of a lesser-known and lesser-heard India. From the buzzing bylanes of Dharavi to the cacophonous streets of Jalandhar, Sound Trippin’ is an amalgamation of different sounds, which eventually and magically metamorphoses into music.

2 Sneha as the host is a winner. The 29-year-old’s musical credentials and hunger to explore new sound make the show what it is. That the young musician has travelled the country to research the music of her films makes the Sound Trippin’ journey even more credible.

Recorder in tow, Sneha hits the highway, scripting a musical journey through India that makes for fantastic visual footage and some terrific ambient sounds. What has us hooked? Anything that is recorded can be turned into music — from sirens to juicers to even cricket bat manufacturing machines!

3 Some of the music born on Sound Trippin’ has been exemplary. The most popular is Tung tung, a number generated from the show’s Punjab trip that is a catchy blend of dubstep and Punjabi folk and is guaranteed to rock nightclubs soon.

4 If the sounds don’t hook you, the sights surely will. Sound Trippin’ is a travel lover’s delight, with the camera giving the viewer a peek into rarely explored locales of small-town India — from the ghats of Yellapur in Karnataka to the pristine waters of Majuli in Assam.