We celebrated Boxout.fm's first birthday in April 2018 with three days of music by homegrown Indian artists at Auro Kitchen and Bar in New Delhi. 18 of our show hosts and label artists descended in the capital from across the length and breadth of the country and played sets that reflect the diversity and variety of our programming. Big love to all the hosts, artists, crew and most of all, to the community that supported us through the first year, as well as everyone who came out and celebrated with us. Relive the Weekender madness by playing back all the sets here.
Host of HOODVIBES, thegreybox aka Utkarsh Bhandari, kicked off Boxout Weekender in style, taking his fondness for beats that hover around the boundaries of hip-hop, funk, soul and jazz off the airwaves and to the dancefloor.
Host of The Heatcheck and much-loved, long-standing MC at Boxout Wednesdays, Siddhant Roop Rai aka MC Soopy’s club friendly mix of hip-hop, trap and beats kept the energy levels high on Friday evening.
Boxout.fm Recordings artist Lacuna aka Mihir Raina played an hour of released and unreleased all-original music, displaying his prowess as a talented producer of experimental bass, hip-hop, trap and footwork sounds.
Host of Juggernaut, a monthly showcase of Indian and South-Asian electronic music productions, Tarqeeb aka Ashish Jose threw down a characteristically chest-rattling set replete with the sounds of bass, grime, dub and dubstep on Friday.
Boxout.fm Recordings artist Profound aka Amandeep Multani closed out the first night of the Weekender in an appropriately high-octane vein, keeping the dancefloor on lockdown with generous doses of heavy bass and beats.
Host of the ATYP Hour, Daisho aka Angad Bharaj, known for his infrequent and atypical DJ sets that explore various shades of funk, disco, world and house music, set the mood perfectly right during the daytime on Saturday.
Host of Tropickle, Yidam aka Varun Desai, plays music that is an interfusion of electronic sounds with local folk rhythms and melodies. With tribal influences and a downtempo vibe, his Saturday afternoon set was an exotic, tropical treat.
Host of World Ocean, AGENT aka Smita Singh spins eclectic, organic, dance music. Inspired by nature and the diversity of world music, her funky house grooves soundtracked the sunset and carried us into Saturday night with ease.
Our in-house disco king and online radio veteran Stalvart John, host of Dynamite Disco Club, played an expertly blended, high-quality selection of disco, nu-disco and house music on Saturday evening, keeping the disco ball energy well alive.
Kicking off the proceedings indoors on Saturday was Luna Toke aka Sachin Shetty, host of Magic Tea. His penchant for downtempo yet dance-ready South American and tribal, African grooves was on full display in his set on Saturday night.
On his show Groove Nuggets, Sanjith explores multi-cultural soulful and groovy cuts. His Saturday night set was a carefully curated mix of deep house, breaks and electro aimed directly at the dancefloor.
The host of Cosmic Claps, Dreamstates aka Dharam Saraviya, had the dancefloor heaving on Saturday night, weaving together undulating, club-friendly cuts of breakbeat, garage, house and techno with a sophistication that is all his own.
Host of Beyond the Abyss and Light Drinker and the head of content and editorial at Boxout.fm, Abhi Meer's masterful Saturday night set decimated the dancefloor with a ground-shaking, roof-rattling selection unbound by genre.
Kicking off the proceedings on the final day was Film aka Sanil Sudan, host of show and party series Medium Rare, playing a rare set of dubby, downtempo, bass drenched sounds that got Sunday off to the perfect start.
Joginder Luca Singh aka Pagal Sound is the host of Pagal Records, also the name of his record store in New Delhi, featuring an astounding selection of records from around the world. On Sunday evening, he spun an all-vinyl set of roots reggae and dub music in classic Pagal style.
On his show Control Sessions, bigfat aka Aniruddh Mehta, navigates effortlessly through hood-up, head-down sub-bass driven soundsystem music. He skillfully showcased the sounds of dub, dubstep and reggae in the open-air on Sunday evening.
An expert selector of meditative music that blurs the lines between chillout, dub and psychedelic ambient, the host of Dub Rituals, Dakta Dub aka Bala Subramanyam, dished out a delicious serving of dubbed out vibrations during his Sunday evening set.
Host of Pressure Drop, the Reggae Rajahs' Diggy Dang has been spreading the message of reggae music in India for the past ten years. He brought the Weekender to a joyful finish with a fine selection of dancehall and roots reggae on Sunday evening.