How Madame Gandhi Is Letting the Amazon Make Its Own Music
Madame Gandhi has released “Amazon Awakening,” a new single made in collaboration with NATURE and Colombian conservation sanctuary Calanoa Amazonas. The track is built from field recordings captured at Calanoa Amazonas, including the sounds of sunset frogs and the ambient life of the Amazon basin, and was produced by kvnmccann.
The single debuted live on the main stage at the Skoll Foundation Forum in Oxford, UK on Earth Day as part of the Sounds Right and Museum for the UN initiative. Through Earth Percent’s Sounds Right program, NATURE is formally credited as an artist on the track across streaming platforms, with a portion of royalties redirected toward planetary conservation.
The release follows Gandhi’s 2026 album Love Letters From Brooklyn, which came out of a women-led songwriting camp with Gender Amplified. “Amazon Awakening” marks a distinct shift in direction, moving away from the album’s intimate R&B-inflected pop toward ambient electronic territory rooted in environmental advocacy.
“Amazon Awakening” is out now on all streaming platforms.
