Nikhil Chinapa

Nikhil Chinapa's love affair with house music began in the early nineties, in his hometown, Bangalore. Roger Sanchez, Robin S, Nightcrawlers and Todd Terry's early experiments with bass infused jazz and disco driven house found an ardent fan in him.

Music however, besides the weekly house parties, took a back seat for a while, as Nikhil pursued a degree in Architecture, while simultaneously hosting radio shows in Chennai and Bangalore.

A subsequent MTV talent search picked him out of 7,000 aspirants and kick started his career as a presenter on MTV India. During his travels with the channel, he started trawling clubs and dance-floors across South-east Asia, Europe, the UK and particularly Ibiza (now an annual journey).

He started his DJ career in 2001, drawn to vinyl records and the funky sounds of UK house and distinctly Latin infused Ibirecan sounds of the beach bars in Ibiza. Regular trips to London and a network of DJ friends sustained his Vinyl fetish, and kept his bag of tunes fresh and ahead of releases. His style of playing crowd friendly funky house, with percussive tribal overtones, ensured a steady stream of gigs. He moved easily from playing bars filled with 150 people to opening sets for the multi-city Smirnoff experience parties in India, playing to crowds of 5000 clubbers. His sets combine a balanced blend of fresh tunes from dance-floors around the world, and the occasional crowd pleasing floor filler. The sets ebb and flow; percussive and in-your-face for a while, melodic and reflective another… never quite letting go.

In 2003, he, along with DJ Pearl founded SUBMERGE, an underground movement of Indian DJs promoting house. Submerge currently runs regular nights in Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore Delhi and Goa. www.submerge.in

In 2007, he conceptualised the biggest of all Dance Music Festival in India, SUNBURN in association with PDM Entertainment,at Candolim Beach with a selection of the very best national and international acts. www.sunburn-festival.com

DJ Nawed

Dj Nawed is one of the biggest names in an ever changing and emerging DJ scene in

India. At 26 years old, his easy smile and friendly nature hide beneath the surface, a

wealth of musical knowledge and DJ skills.

He is a resident at Submerge, Bombay's only dedicated house and underground night,

Promoted by MTV's Nikhil Chinapa. Being an internet Junkie with DJ friends across the

globe, Nawed has constantly stayed ahead of the slow paced music scene in India by

acquiring and playing brand new tunes and almost Impossible to obtain mixes of classics.

This became his USP at Submerge. He is a regular feature in several clubs around India

and Dubai, namely Underground (Calcutta), Mauve (Pune), Rock Bottom (Mumbai),

Fuga (Bangalore), Touch, Mix, Chi, Kandy klub (Dubai), Speed (Chennai),

Galaxy (Nepal), Mambos, Tito’s in Goa.

He’s distinguished himself as a producer as well, partnering with Nikhil Chinapa to

produce several super hits for the Indian music industry, and the alternate remix market.

Their newest work includes special remixes for soon to be released movies Acid Factory

& Alibaug (white feather films),Sankat city & Golmaal Returns.

And their last release was the club smash hit, Mann tu talebat from the movie Superstar,

Dastane Om shanti om remix from the Shahrukh khan movie om shanti om, and

Saawan mein lag gayi aag from Woodstock villa.

And these are some of their past releases:

De Taali – De taali, Mission Istanbul – world hold on, Aggar - Nachle

Musafir – door se paas, Rabba, Salaam Namaste – Salaam Namaste (Remix),

Dus – Dus Bahane, Deedar de, Zinda – The Club-mix ,

Bluffmaster – Right here right now (remix), Life in a metro – Rishtey (revisited),

Dhol – Dhol (remix), Shootout at Lokhandwala – Aakhri alvida, Unke Nashe mein.