Tours and Festivals: Sunburn tickets go on sale!

Sunburn tickets went on sale Friday... VIP tickets too. Wouldn't say the line up is my cup of tea, though Anil Chawla, Jalebee Cartel, Pearl (she threw down one of the best sets I've heard this year at the Smirnoff Exchange Party), Vachan, Dheeraj Sareen should do the business. Very nice to see GMS back for their second Sunburn appearance, they killed in 2008 and I see them destroying again. If BT drops some sick remix of Fibonacci Sequence, I'd be pretty happy.

Nadia Ali just got confirmed too, and I'm yet to find anyone who doesn't dig her. Loved io's Rapture. Deep Dish GU Moscow was one of my first house CD purchases, in which that tune was very hot for its time. haha Never been a fan of Sultan, but I think it should be very cool to have a live act at the festival, with Nadia on vocals, Sultan and Ned Shepard doing their thing on instruments... saw Ned Shepard DJ here in Bangalore during my blog hiatus, and I must say he did a good job.

Definitely need a few more underground names in there though. Word is spreading that Dave Seaman will be playing at an After Dark night, that should be cool. I agree with friend, mentor and festival director Nikhil Chinapa when he says that Sunburn isn't just about the music, it's about the whole experience, but for some the music is also an important factor and they shouldn't be entirely ignored. As for ticket prices, ummm, no comment really.  I do feel for the people who are really big into the music, but just don't have the means to spend that kind of money on tickets.

What I have a problem with, the wankers who bitch out the line up and the ticket prices, and then start foaming at the mouth for AVB, Tiesto, Deadmau5 and Guetta. Are you fucking serious? I'm under the impression, if you like the DJs mentioned; Ferry Corsten, BT and Axwell, possibly Funkyagenda (though I hope not, DANNY HOWELLS OR LEE BURRIDGE OR ONE OF THE GUYS FROM SOS - my attempt at subliminal campaigning lol) are right up your alley! They're fucking legends in their own right, even if they don't happen to be the flavour of the month. And seriously, count yourself lucky the lot of you got the opportunity to watch AVB and Roger Sanchez at the price that you did last year.

I'll echo Nik and say it really is all about the experience. It's about good music being played through the day, it's about chilling with friends getting progressively plastered in the sand and it's about being surrounded by a very very cool bunch of people who pretty much appreciate all the same things that you do. Not to mention, it's Goa, it's December, it's the beach and delicious food.

PS - There's also a very cool Sunburn Anthem and Video contest, where they are rolling out the red carpet for the winners. A really great opportunity for both emerging producers and VJs from India... you guys have to check it out!   

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The Month That Was (SEPT-OCT): It's been a while since I first saw you...

ON THE DANCEFLOOR

Minilogue – Certain Things Part 1 (Freska Merged Mix)
El Mundo and Satori - Lubimaja 
Arjun Vagale – Kill The String
Rainer Weichhold – Reis (Carl Lio Remix)
Ryan Davis – The Wolve (Max Cooper remix)
Dominik Eulberg - Sansula (Max Cooper’s Lost In Sound Remix)
Gary Beck – Timeline
Cari Lekebusch – State of the Art
Tom Mangan – Chutney (Size 9 Reinterpretation)
Quivver – 2 Notes N A Beat

in the bedroom

Led Zeppelin – Since I’ve Been Loving You (How The West Was Won)

Led Zeppelin – Going to California (How The West Was Won)

Cannonball Adderly (and Miles Davis) – Autumn Leaves
Animal Collective - My Girls
The xx - Crystalised

LOVING

• Working with Flipkart. It’s honestly like a fat kid working in a cake shop. I can’t describe it any other way. The evening snacks, it’s all about the evening snacks. 
• The lovely missus bringing me a ton of goodies from London.
• The Nightshift boys featuring on FriskyRadio for the first Submerge Says Dance radio show w/ Shubs. Pretty sick, made a very cool deep house mix. 
• The Nightshift boys playing a warm up set at the Smirnoff Exchange party with Pearl, BREED, Nikhil Chinapa, Rohit Barker, Inferno. Best night all year without a doubt. Musically, it was crazy, pure quality. Got completely pasted as well… back on the sauce after 4 months (lol, snuck in a beer at Azhar’s birthday, that was total peer pressure). 
• Getting my hands on some new vinyl after two years! Chemical Brothers’ Further and Cannonball Adderly’s Somethin’ Else.
• Slowly but surely making the Submerge Sunday Matchbox a Nightshift monster.
• Getting my hands on the complete collection of Peter Bagge’s Hate comics. Has me in splits. Buddy changed the way I perceived life.
• Jon Stewart, Bill Maher, Boardwalk Empire, Dexter, Mad Men – TV is back.
• Magnolia – watched it for the second time after nearly five years… it’s a masterpiece.
• Exit Through The Gift Shop – genius documentary on street art. Long live Banksy.

HATING

Not much really. It’s been a good couple of months. Err, take that back. Hating not blogging and DJing as much as I used to when I was unemployed. Lol. The bohemian lifestyle is overrated though. Call me a sell out a bitch, but I’m loving the 9 to 5 way. Oh yeah, fuck the DJ Mag Poll and all that it stands for. One more, people who know fuck all about music working the music industry. I look forward to the implosion.

Bangalore Events: Black Cascade presents Nightshift w/ Sailen & Azhar - Warm Up from Bluesky

Flyer Design: Pia Alize Hazarika

Azhar and I seriously had the most fun playing at Black Cascade last night - we encored with MFA's 'The Difference It Makes' - CHOON! Such a wicked and intimate crowd, just loving the music... people who genuinely enjoy underground music. The cherry on top? It went on till about 12:15AM, unheard of in these times! We were actually saying, a lot of the tunes we play in other venues sounded so much clearer and warmer at Black Cascade... we are huge fans of the sound system there. It's a beautiful space with trippy as fuck lighting.

This week we're bringing in Bluesky to do a warm up set for Nightshift, to be perfectly honest given our history - we might as well refer to him as a Nightshift boy. Back in 2007, Bluesky actually came over with me to a house party and we DJed the night - who was in the audience and drove Bluey down? Azhar. haha First time I met the guy, good times. Bluesky has got a ridiculous vinyl collection and just like us, only plays on turntables. He plays a lovely blend of minimal, tech house and deep... very eclectic taste. I remember he came over to my house and had forgotten his bag of vinyl, so he just went through mine, haha threw down quite a few Nightshift records. Good times.  We're really looking forward to playing Saturday night and honestly, you're going to love the space.  We have something really amazing going on for us at Black Cascade and we'd like to share the experience with you - get there early to check out Bluesky's set...

RSVP Nightshift w/ Azhar & Sailen, Bluesky @ Black Cascade, Saturday, August 28th: Click here