Biography
“BLING” DJ/PRODUCER BASED OUT OF BANGALORE, INDIA, AT HIS TENDER AGE OF 15 STARTED LAYING HANDS ON RAW STREET RECORDS OF THE HIP HOP INDUSTRY DOING THE BEST HE COULD TO GRASP THE ART OF DJ’ING ON A SET OF JUNKY OLD TURNTABLES. FAST FORWARD – BY AGE 18 HE HAD BEEN PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED AS A DJ AND AN ELECTRONIC MUSIC PRODUCER AND ALSO GRADUATED AS AN AUDIO ENGINEER BY AGE 21. WITH DEEP ROOTS INTO THE CULTURE OF HIP HOP AND INFLUENCES LIKE RUN DMC, GRAND MASTER FLASH, EASY-E, DMX, ICE CUBE AND MORE MEANWHILE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DECKS, GOT AN INTRODUCTION TO DANCE MUSIC WITH THE ELECTRONIC MUSIC INDUSTRY LEGENDS DAFT PUNK’S ALBUM “HOMEWORK”. EVER SINCE BLING HAS BEEN KEEN TO REMIX AND PRODUCE SOME OF THE BEST TUNES IN HOUSE MUSIC. HIS OTHER I NFLUENCES INTO THE ELECTRONIC MUSIC INCLUDE FRANKIE KNUCKLES, SVEN VATH, STEVE ANGELLO, ERIC PRYDZ & CARL COX ARE A FEW TO MENTION. BLING HAS NOTCHED UP A SOLID 8 YEARS AND MORE OF DJING IN HIS HOMETOWN OF BANGALORE PLAYING TO APPRECIATIVE CROWDS FROM JUST A FEW SWEATY TECHNO HEADS IN THE BASEMENT, SHOWCASE GIGS FOR CLUBS AND FESTIVALS. AS A PRODUCER, HE HAS FORGED HIS OWN UNIQUE SOUND, INFLUENCED EQUALLY BY THE SOUNDS OF HIP-HOP, TECHNO, AND HOUSE MUSIC. THE EXCITEMENT SURROUNDING THIS QUIET ACHIEVER HAS BECOME TRULY INFECTIOUS.
HAVING BEEN HEADING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRAINING AT A DJ/PRODUCTION SCHOOL BASED IN B BANGALORE, HE HAS EARNED THE RESPECT AND APPRECIATION OF BOTH HIS PEERS AND THE AUDIENCE.