Sandunes Songs: Mighty Protonic, Eleven Eleven, The Surge

The Sandunes songs to start with, in order: Rabbit Hole, Mighty Protonic, The Trust, Eleven Eleven, Nowhere to Stand, The Surge and Follow Me.

Sandunes is the project of Sanaya Ardeshir, the Mumbai-born composer, producer and pianist whose keys-led electronic music draws on jazz, soul and broken beat. Her songs run from "Rabbit Hole" in 2012 to the 2023 album The Ground Beneath Her Feet on Tru Thoughts. This guide picks the Sandunes songs to start with, in release order, with dates from Apple Music India.

How we checked. Every date comes from Apple Music India (iTunes catalogue, country IN), checked on 28 October 2026, at song level. Where a song came out as a single before its EP or album, we give the single's date. Only released music is covered. This page is about songs. For the records one by one, see our Sandunes albums guide.

Quick answer: 20 Sandunes songs to start with

"Rabbit Hole" (9 November 2012)
"Dashiga" (1 December 2015, Unfinish EP)
"Mighty Protonic" (27 September 2016, Downstream)
"Honey Tree" (27 September 2016, Downstream)
"Indigo Village" (27 September 2016, Downstream)
"Does Bombay Dream of NOLA" (29 November 2017, single)
"The Trust" feat. Helen Gillet (7 February 2018, NOLA Daydream)
"Eleven Eleven" feat. Landslands (21 August 2019, 11:11)
"Ever Bridge" (6 September 2019, 11:11)
"Love It Less" feat. Jbabe (22 May 2020, Spare Some Time)
"Fifty Percent" feat. Ramya Pothuri (22 May 2020, Spare Some Time)
"Tree of Life" with Richard Spaven (4 August 2020)
"Evelyn" with Richard Spaven (25 August 2020)
"Shadow" feat. Half Waif (9 June 2021, Nowhere to Stand)
"Nowhere to Stand" feat. Sid Sriram (25 June 2021)
"The Surge" with Ramya Pothuri (3 August 2023)
"Pelican Dance" (5 September 2023)
"Feel Me From The Inside" (12 October 2023)
"Mother Figure" with Peni Candra Rini (17 November 2023)
"Follow Me" with KAVYA (17 November 2023)

The early songs (2012–2015)

"Rabbit Hole". The first track on her first Apple listing, a self-titled three-song release from 9 November 2012, alongside "Tbh" and "Elf Chord". It already has the keys-first sound.

"Dashiga". The opener of the four-track Unfinish EP (1 December 2015). Also there: "E.P.P.S." featuring Dahlak Brathwaite, "Stitches" and "True That". A 2014 remix EP of "Slybounce" and "Moon Detector" is on Apple too, with remixes by Anish Sood and SickFlip among others.

Downstream (2016)

Her debut album, ten tracks dated 27 September 2016. Three to start with:

"Mighty Protonic", the opener.
"Honey Tree", the second track.
"Indigo Village", from the second half of the record.

Also on Downstream: "Closet Jester", "Jack Blaguar", "That's Been Following Me", "Crystal Pink", "Something Twenty", "LBDF" and the "Downstream Outro".

NOLA Daydream (2017–2018)

"Does Bombay Dream of NOLA". Released as a single on 29 November 2017, ahead of the four-track NOLA Daydream EP (7 February 2018), which grew out of time spent with musicians in New Orleans.

"The Trust". The EP's opener features New Orleans cellist Helen Gillet. "Nutterfly" and "Gold Streets" complete it.

The !K7 years (2019–2021)

"Eleven Eleven". The lead song of the 11:11 EP, featuring Landslands, dated 21 August 2019, about two weeks before the EP on !K7 Music. An instrumental version is on the EP too, along with "Shift", "Glock" and "Ever Bridge".

"Love It Less" and "Fifty Percent". From the Spare Some Time EP (22 May 2020), a four-song set built around guest singers: Jbabe on "Love It Less", Landslands on "Burn Every Bridge", Ramya Pothuri on "Fifty Percent" and IAMI on "Simple Thing".

"Tree of Life" and "Evelyn". Two singles ahead of Spaven x Sandunes (11 September 2020), her collaborative album with British drummer Richard Spaven. The full album also has "In Readiness", "Can't Say That to You", "Little Ships", "Sustain" and "1759 (Outro)". A 2021 single from the same pairing, "Don't Ask", adds MC Altaf.

"Shadow" and "Nowhere to Stand". The Nowhere to Stand EP (25 June 2021) opened its account with "Shadow" featuring Half Waif on 9 June. The title song features Sid Sriram; "A Little While" (with Landslands) and "Ghosts" (with Ramya Pothuri) complete it.

The Ground Beneath Her Feet (2023)

Her third album, thirteen tracks on Tru Thoughts, dated 17 November 2023. Three songs came out first: "The Surge" with Ramya Pothuri (3 August), "Pelican Dance" (5 September) and "Feel Me From The Inside" (12 October). On release day came "Mother Figure" with Peni Candra Rini, which opens the album, and "Follow Me" with KAVYA, along with "Masti", "Earthquake", "Tsunami", "Signs", "Time For This", "Cyclone" with Half Waif and two tracks featuring Gideon Crevoshay.

Since then Apple lists remix singles, including Zed Bias remixes of "Signs" and "Follow Me" (2024), and two DJ mixes: Tru Thoughts Presents: Sandunes' Movement Mix (2024) and The B-Side Of India: Sandunes (2025).