Although due to the COVID-19 pandemic induced lockdown, you or EDM (Electronic Dance Music) fans may not have screamed to a DJ (Disc Jockey) at an arena or a concert hall under the huge LED lights, electric atmosphere, roaring speakers, psychedelic lights where the DJ makes thousands of music lovers go crazy with his eyes closed and outstretched arms at a music console.
Nevertheless, India has given a stage to many talented DJ's in India to make their way and put themselves on the map. Indian youth have been taken by the storm of EDM genres such as House, Trance, Dubstep, and Drum & Bass and the indisputably biggest names in the scene have played to sold-out concerts in India those fans.
In case, you're a fan of EDM- here are top 10 Indian DJs who will force you to sway to their tune.
1. Nucleya
Udyan Sagar whose stage name is Nucleya is a popular EDM producer who is known for his genre-bending productions, single-handedly defining a sound and building lexicon of bass music unique to India.
He is an influential independent artist who has shared the console with some greatest names like Diplo- who introduced global bass into the mainstream as well as Skrillex who is known for his work in dubstep in the US.
This talented DJ has combined EDM with traditional Indian musical instruments & ambient sounds and played at gigs in farmhouses on the outskirts of Ahmedabad to performing to an audience of 35,000 at a college festival in Jalandhar. When you think of EDM in India, the name Nucleya pops in your mind.
2. DJ NYK
Nikhil Sahani a.k.a DJ NYK is a unique artist and a preppy and happy soul on stage. Audiences worldwide are fans of his foot-tapping numbers and two-fold amalgam, of Bollywood beats and electronic dance music.
His collaboration with Akon for film Ra.One's track "Chammak Challo" that also feature on the PS3 is popularly known. DJ NYK blends and transforms both traditional and unexpected sounds, synthesizing and resynthesizing them in ways that gained him fans from all the world.
His work is unmatched and he is an experimenter who has topped many Bollywood charts as well as toured in 63 cities worldwide. His remixes and live shows have touched the hearts of many as the pioneer sensation in the music industry.
3. Ritviz
Ritviz rose to fame with his hit single "Udd Gaye" that featured on A.I.B's official YouTube channel following his win at 2017 Bacardi House Party Sessions which is a talent competition organised by the A.I.B.
This song was the biggest party anthem of the year because as Ritviz effortlessly blended the elements of Indian traditional music, hip-hop and electronica.
He has lived Hindustani music since the age of 6, was inspired by Hip-Hop in his youth and started writing rap songs to blend his various influences into a unique style of music.
4. Zaeden
Sahil Sharma aka Zaeden started making music in his living room for leisure- his passion for experimentation led him to become an energetic and zesty DJ.
He travelled abroad to hone his skills by playing at several clubs for over a year, moreover, he became the first Indian artist to be signed to the globe's biggest dance music label called "Music All-Star Publishing (Spinnin’ Records)" in 2014.
In 2015, he released a remix of Coldplay's Magic and then there was only going up in his musical journey. His hit single "Never Let You Go" featuring electro-pop duo Nina x Malika was quickly popular and he delivered a Ted Talk in India on the growing emergence of Electronic Dance Music.
Ever since then he played over 350 shows that include major festivals like Tomorrowland, Sunburn, Supersonic Mood Indigo, etc. making him a crossover Electronic Dance Music artist who is making India proud all over.
5. DJ Chetas
DJ Chetas is a DJ well-known for famous mashups such as the "Break-up", "Cocktail", "Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani" mashups, etc. He is popular because of these mashups of Bollywood songs and also made it to the World No 33 on the DJ Mag Top 100 DJ's list.
His talent impressed our very dear King Khan- Shah Rukh Khan so much that he appointed DJ Chetas as the official DJ for KKR (Kolkata Knight Riders). One can never stop moving to his music!
6. Lost Stories
Lost Stories is a duo made up of Prayag and Rishabh that started their journey a decade ago in 2009 and are now globally known in the EDM industry.
The music they make is a combination of House music and tripping Trance beats and their official mixes of "Faded" and "Wherever I Go" was ranked at 52 on the DJ Mash-Up ranking in India.
The duo's collaboration with Armaan Malik for the cover of Justin Bieber's hit single "Sorry" garnered a million views on YouTube within a couple of hours after its release.
Lost Stories have performed or played to many at some significant places like Tomorrowland (Belgium), Sunburn Music Festival and Supersonic (India), Mysteryland (Netherlands) and Marenostrum Music Festival (Spain), etc.
Some great names that follow this list and the ones you could listen to are- DJ Shaan, Project 91, DJ Aqeel, DJ Sartek, Anish Sood, Nikhil Chinapa, Ankytrixx, DJ Suketu and many others.
Written by - Ivanova
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