MAX AVOIDANCE – LIGHTYEAR – SINGLE RELEASE

Max Avoidance is the electronic pop passion project of London and Wales based Producer and Musician Hari Limaye.

Limaye’s music is a blend of psychedelic sounds and glitchy visuals, it’s dark and brooding yet filled with eternal hope. It’s a complex confection of contradictions and is uniquely – ‘Max Avoidance’.

For many years, Hari lived what was essentially a double life: balancing his studies at medical school, with moonlighting as a soundtrack composer to the high end fashion industry. Composing soundtracks for haute couture campaigns by fashion houses such as Hermes, Calvin Klein and Coach and scoring projects for Kendall Jenner amongst others.

From a young age he has been producing electronic, rap and gothic music, while building up his SoundCloud following. Hari has undergone a journey of both personal healing and growth, underpinned by determination and resilience. He has spent his time dedicating himself entirely to his music, honing his sonic craft by deriving inspiration from his own adverse lived experience. He is now ready to release that music into the world.

The latest single to be released by the visionary artist is the pleasingly complex yet reassuringly simple – ’Lightyear’.

‘Lightyear’ starts with a distant wind blowing as the synths build and swell around you before the dreamy vocal harmonies swirl around filling your ears with exquisite layers of sound, the result being a fresh and exciting new experimentation in sound and vision for the next generation of alt-electronic and dream pop fans.

Limaye has said of his track:-

“We are all memories across space and time, and like everything in the universe, we will return to cosmic dust and regenerate in a timeless cycle. Therein lies freedom, not fear.”

The upcoming EP from Max Avoidance, to be released in early 2026 will feature the tracks ‘Alone’, ‘Lightyear’ and ‘Poison’. The EP is the definitive sound of Hari Limaye emerging through the turmoil and flourishing from out of the ashes as his alter-ego Max Avoidance.

‘Lightyear’ was composed by Hari Limaye and recorded in London and Wales. It was mixed by Nick Brine (Oasis, Ash, The Darkness, Stereophonics, Stone Roses) at his studio in Wales and produced by Max Avoidance.

‘Lightyear’ is released on the artist’s own ‘Catching Water’ Record Label.

UPCOMING GIGS

Max Avoidance is currently rehearsing with a band for live dates in Spring 2026 – please follow on socials for all updates.

PREVIOUS ACCOLADES

“Alone by Max Avoidance is an ‘80s synthwave homage at its best; one simple, ASCII-punctuated melody and repetitive, dreamlike vocals.” The Indie Scene October 2025.

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