Real name: Matt Hillier

Effective period / Period of releases: 2001 - 2023

Members: Jacqueline Kersley, Matt Hillier

Ishq have been making music since about 1995 under various guises including Indigo egg, Ishvara, Elve, and a few other alter egos. Ishq music skirts between IDM electronica, deep ambience and even has some newage overtones. The emphasis seems to be on music as harmony.

Ishq means "love" in Persian and Hindi, it is also a word used by such past masters as Rumi to express love of the divine and the ecstatic love of the Sufi or lover of God and all God's creation.

Matt and Jacqueline also run Virtual, a limited edition CD label which releases their more experimental soundscape music and other studio works.