As the Sunburn Weekend is around the corner, the anticipation is reaching new heights. Sunburn is organising an event this big for the first time at these shores and if this bangs, we might even get a permanent stamp on this event becoming a regular and in increasing scale every year. While we have the acts like Dannic, Sick Individuals and Wolfpack headlining the event, we also have our homegrown talent like Anish Sood, Sound Avtar, One & One performing alongside them. Here’s a little something to keep up with the Indian acts.
Anish Sood
Anish Sood has become one of the most recognized names of Indian Dance Music scene at a very young age. Anish has gained support from the likes of Gareth Emery, Laidback Luke, Fedde Le Grand, Felix Da Housecat, Axwell & Ingrosso and his single Wanna Be Your Only Love received airplay on Armin van Buuren‘s A State of Trance. His latest single with Nanok featuring Anushka Manchanda on the vocals, “Superfly” has gained the praise of the dance music community. Apart from being a regular at Sunburn Festival and other arena-scale events, he has played at India’s major festivals like Bacardi NH7 Weekender and he also hosts the Sunburn on Air podcast.
Sound Avtar
Mumbai-based Piyush Bhatnagar aka Sound Avtar is a premiere Dubstep and DnB act of India. His tracks have charted as high as Top 30 on the Beatport Glitch Hop & Dubstep Charts as well as have been featured under “Beatport Must Hear Dubstep tracks”. His recent Under The Light and Superhero EPs and the tracks like “Bass Boy Skank” and “Machine Gun” are absolute fire! Apart from being a regular in the club circuit throughout the country, he has played at Bass heavy stages of India’s 2 most eclectic festivals NH7 Weekender & Sunburn. He was also offered to remix one of the Official Soundtracks from the famous movie “Gangs of Wasseypur 2″ which shows the versatility of his production skills.
Joshi
Goa-based DJ and producer and our top homegrown talent to look out for in 2015, Rishabh Joshi aka Joshi is taking the EDM scene by storm with his booming performances and quality productions. Since his debut as a DJ at Sunburn Festival 2013, he has been impressing the audience all around the country. Joshi has shared the stage with some of the biggest dance music acts like Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Axwell, Sebastian Ingrosso, Sander Van Doorn, Hard Rock Sofa, Michael Woods, Deniz Koyu, Dany Avila, just to name a few! As a producer, he has earned the support from the likes of Above & Beyond, Marcus Schulz, Aly & Fila, Ferry Corsten and many more! He is the first Indian producer to be featured at Above & Beyond’s Group Therapy radio show. Apart from that, Joshi has been signed to Armada Music and his track “Mainline” has been released on Armada Deep House Selection Vol 6.
Priyanjana
Priyanjana has been a well-known name in the dance music scene for several years in India. Her sounds cover the vast spectrum of electronic dance music with equal amounts of ease and variety. From very early on in her career, she’s held residencies at some of the hottest clubs in this country and has played at all the top festivals. Priyanjana has further proved her talents in the club circuit as one of the most sought after performers by way of providing great opening sets for world-renowned DJs like Sharam (Deep Dish), Wolfpack, Guy J, Skazi to name some. She’s also appeared at ADE (Amsterdam Dance Event) for two prolific showcases (sLick! & Audiophile India) in 2013.
Indra J
Baroda-based DJ and producer Indra J is a 15 year veteran of the Indian electronic music scene. He was one of the pioneer acts who brought dance music scene to his home state of Gujarat. Doing his own thing, Indra J has always played his own music at the clubs and sold out venues. From playing alongside artists like Simon Posford, Gareth Emery, Liquid Soul, Ajja, Laughing Buddha, Tristian, U-Recken, Leon Bolier, Mark Sixma, Flipper and many more to performing in festivals and clubs, this man has touched all the boundaries of performing live. Indra J owns Noir Entertainment, a company pushing homegrown artists and projects, the first initiative of which was the extremely successful “CTRL ALT DANCE” in Goa. Apart from the numerous mentions in the press and online, this man has also been voted India’s best Chill Out Dj twice. (2011-12, 2013-2014.)
One & One
One & One, consisting of Pranav Sanghvi and Shrey Gopani, is a Mumbai based progressive and electro house duo. From playing at Mumbai’s smallest club, to closing Asia’s largest music festival Sunburn, it has been a sensational journey for this DJ duo based in Mumbai, and you should definitely be looking forward to seeing the duo throw down a pulsating set.
Written by Harsh Makwana
With inputs from Pranav Gupta
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