Submerge Dance Project

Bio :

To say that Nikhil Chinapa has donned many an avatar during his career, is like saying it snows in Alaska; a bit of an understatement. He morphs from DJ to VJ to MC to Music Promoter to Festival Director —some of his best known avatars — with amazing fluidity.

He studied Architecture and graduated with a Thesis in Hospital Design. A year later and for reasons that scientists are still trying to understand, Nikhil joined MTV. He said, "I think it'll be fun." For once, he was right.

At MTV, Nikhil has hosted almost every show the channel has aired. From MTV Select - MTV's longest running show, (it aired continuously for 10 years) to being the host of Splitsvilla, a judge on Roadies as well as Rock On and now host of MTV Mashups. 

Nikhil's Mom still thinks he's an idiot though and should get a real job.

As a popular VJ, Nikhil got to spend a lot of time around his first love, music. In 2001, a conversation between friends resulted in the launch of Submerge — India's first, and now largest Indian Electronic Dance Music (EDM) company in India.

By now, Nikhil had begun to DJ professionally and plays, well... whatever he feels like. His sets are moody, varied, often erratic but usually fun. Most of his sets feature frantic foot-stomping and the random flailing of arms - sometimes by him. They also feature music - the kind that has a repetitive monotonous beat and is best enjoyed at dangerous decibel levels.


Nikhil was also the co-founder of Sunburn. He is now the Festival Curator and partner of Vh1 Supersonic, Goa's brand new beach music festival.

Bio :

He is an ambassador of modern techno, and a futurist passionate about pushing the art of performing electronic music.

Firmly established as en elite force in the underground, his productions have echoed at the world’s best Techno events Awakenings and TimeWarp, and on some of the worlds best Techno broadcasts such as John DIgweed’s Transitions, Karotte’s Kitchen, Transmissions with Dj Boris, and Stefano Noferini club edition, with Releases spending over 200 days on the Beatport charts.

Originally a pioneering DJ of the Indian underground music scene with a career spanning over 15 years including a prestigious DMC title win, his unique hybrid LIVE/DJ performances and signature mixing style of cutting edge groovy techno, tech house, and minimal has been an integral part of shaping the modern techno sound of his home base Amsterdam, one of the most influential techno cities in the world, with residencies at some of the key techno events and venues since 2012 including over 50 performances at the award winning Techno Tuesday Amsterdam.