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Very few have been as closely associated with India’s dance music scene as Ashvin Mani Sharma aka Calm Chor has. Ashvin’s 17-year long career has seen him storm dancefloors around the globe, from Paradiso in Amsterdam to Blue Frog in Mumbai, first with Jalebee Cartel, and after that under his solo techno avatar Calm Chor.

In the year 2013, Ashvin co-founded Soupherb records, along with his friend and fellow artist/DJ – Ash Roy. In a span of 2, Soupherb records have built a reputation to be India’s finest underground dance music record label.

Apart from being label head, producer, DJ & A&R at Soupherb records, Calm Chor also represents Bass 9 records for A&R.
Ashvin is constantly touring India, owing to his distinct sound and enthralling sets. Every summer he tours Germany extensively for over 2 months (for 5 years now), playing at some of the best festivals and clubs in the country.
2014 saw him visit the USA for the first time, where he got an opportunity to perform at the prestigious Burning Man festival.

Feb 2015 saw Calm Chor release his massive 8-track EP “Dancefloor Sci-Fi”, displaying his unique style in full force, on homegrown label Soupherb records. The EP went on to grab multiple spots on various charts on the world’s biggest online music portal, Beatport. It climbed to the #2 spot on the worldwide minimal charts and claimed that spot for a few days, staying in the top 10 for nearly 3 weeks, and even hit the Beatport overall Top 100 releases and stayed there for a long period of time.

dotdat is a rising young force on India’s Techno scene.

Hailing from Pune (India), the last few years have seen him play at major international venues such as Watergate:Berlin, City Hall:Barcelona, Womb:Tokyo and Club Mago: Nagoya followed by an appearance at Dommune Tokyo.

Closer home, he’s brought his unique sound to the Resident Advisor x Magnetic Fields Club Night (Delhi) and the official Awakenings Afterparty (VH1 Supersonic, India).

With well-received releases on Second State and ODD Recordings, he has recently won Beatport's ‘Beats in School’ competition, beating out thousands of entries globally and is currently midway through an year-long mentorship with celebrated techno label Second State and its founders, Pan-Pot.

Don’t let the dot fool you though, this is just the beginning.

Aditya Singh ( born 5th August 1988 ), known professionally as Aceaxe is a self-taught Indian DJ, music producer and musician who plays Progressive house, Big room, Future bass, pop and many more. His recent track named Chasing love with Patrick Moreno and Jonny Rose has been released by Hardwell’s own imprint – Revealed Recordings on March 2017. The progressive version of the track was played on “Hardwell on air” 284 as a ‘demo of the week’ and afterward the Downtempo version of the same track was signed by Revealed Recordings. It first got featured on “Hardwell on air 306 as an ID & in ‘Hardwell on air 308’, Hardwell disclosed artist's and the track's name. The track is also a part of the Day version REVEALED’S MIAMI SAMPLER 2017. The same version has been played by Borgeous, Vinai, Danny Avila, Swanky Tunes and its still being played by different artists. Soon the new progressive version will be out. ”
He is the only Indian Artist whose track has not only got played on’ Hardwell on air’ but also has got signed by Revealed recordings instantly. After perceiving dynamic results Aceaxe has started ‘Chasing Love tour’ with an Audience of 20,000 in number for the very first time in association with India’s leading Agency Ojas Entertainment. Now the desire to perform worldwide to enhance his abilities as a music producer and a performer is on his mind.
A compilation of tracks like Maharaja, Heartfire, Galaxy, Different and 1000 years has been released in the past in collaboration with Jonny Rose, RIVERO, and Q’Aila. Aceaxe is best known for his sets at major music festivals such as Vh1 Supersonic, Sunburn, Summatronic and some solo shows with Vh1, 9xo, and MTV in Campuses all over India and gained immense popularity all around.
Hardwell, Borgeous, Vinai, Dash Berlin, Danny Avila, DJ Juicy M, Swanky Tunes and many more have supported Ace

Shaun Moses is a name that one’s going to be seeing a lot more of. Hailing from Goa (India), the techno producer and DJ crafts his unique style of dark and pulsating techno, while still maintaining a raw aural aesthetic. Everything he has dropped so far is steeped in four by four goodness, with his signature meaty bass riffs and minimal, yet complex, structures. During his DJ sets, he showcases an explosive snapshot if his capabilities, bursting at the seams with an atmospheric synth haze, rolling percussive hits and deep powerful bass lines. Over the past few years, Shaun has performed at some of the best stages and venues across India while releasing on many popular international labels. As DJs started playing out his tracks across dance oors around the globe, Shaun’s name quick rose in the international circuit and he started touring extensively across Europe and Asia. After playing at some of the best clubs and parties in cities like Barcelona (Spain), Zurrieq (Malta), Amsterdam (Netherlands), Regensburg (Germany), Stockholm (Sweden), Vienna (Austria), Moscow (Russia) and Bangkok (Thailand), he continues to expand his touring schedule with each passing year. In the past, Shaun’s shared the decks and has had his productions supported by internationally acclaimed DJs / producers such as Paco Osuna, Joseph Capriati, Johnny Kaos, Matt Sassari, Pig & Dan, Hollen, Luigi Madonna, Thomas Schumacher, Raul Mezcolanza, Adana Twins, Whyt Noyz, Wouter De Moor, Dana Ruh and Loco & Jam just to name a few. With his sight on some of the biggest labels and stages in the world, Shaun can easily be dubbed as one of the biggest techno exports from India.