In Pictures: Puma Loves Vinyl @ Mehboob Studios, Mumbai
DJ rayG
For starters, rayG spun old school tunes on his turntable with a side helping of one-on-one vinyl-DJing skills for dummies.
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Diggy Dang
Diggy Dang (one third of Delhi reggae soundsystem, Reggae Rajahs) dished out a rather disappointing set (owing partly to technical glitches) with DJ Dakta Dub who flew in from Hyderabad for the show.
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Sea of Silhouettes
More than 1200 people packed into Stage 1 of Mehboob Studios for Puma Loves Vinyl on Saturday, June 23.
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Sidd Coutto
Mumbai alternative rock act, Tough on Tobacco, performed a high-decibel, energetic set to a wildly euphoric weekend crowd that danced to every ToT song.
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Johan Pais
Tough on Tobacco's bassist either seems to be caught up in the intensity of the music or has garnered a peculiar fascination for the overhead lights during their performance. Johan recently performed as part of Karsh Kale's ensemble for the second season of Coke Studio@MTV. More here.
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Tough On Tobacco
The band played an eclectic mix of songs from their old collection as well as a few from Sidd Coutto's alternate avatar, Helga's Fun Castle's, including 'Alone' and 'Smoke Some Ganja'. They also played a song called 'Rally To The Rookie' which was specially composed for the 12" Puma Loves Vinyl compilation LP.
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Ankur Tewari
Mumbai Hindi rock act, Ankur And The Ghalat Family made a smooth transition from the bouncy, high-octane set by ToT and kept the crowd transfixed with their buoyant signature tunes.
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Tewari vs Dhoble
In the middle of his set, as an act of pure defiance, Ankur Tewari broke into an anti-Dhoble song that he had specially created to express his views on the man in question. More on Mumbai's infamous ACP Vasant Dhoble here.
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Of Sunglasses And Smoke
Ankur And The Ghalat Family played a 45-minute set featuring songs like 'Parwaana', 'Chand Chahiye', 'Zalim Alien' and 'Manwa Re'.
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The Supersonics
Kolkata post-punk act, The Supersonics played their first gig in Mumbai in two years after splitting up in 2010. Read more about their reunion here.
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Ananda Sen
In September 2010, the Supersonics simply "didn't exist anymore" due to creative differences. Here's their extensive interview with NH7 explaining their break up.
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Rohan Ganguly
Check out this free download the band released after splitting up in 2010, here.
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The Busking Supersonics
The band will be featured on NH7 TV's upcoming busking series called the Chaiwala Sessions. Stay tuned for more.
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Nitin Mani
The Supersonics played a bunch of old and new songs including their Puma Loves Vinyl song, 'The Evil Flag' and others like 'In Memory Of','Yeah Whatever' and 'Major Minor'.
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Shadow Tricks
Looks like the Green Hornet's back.
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Dualist Inquiry
Sahej Bakshi of solo electronica project Dualist Inquiry had his game face on as he dished out remixes of Coldplay's 'Life in Technicolor', Skrillex's 'Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites' and Pretty Lights' 'Finally Moving'
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Thirsty DJ
Apart from his usual setlist, Sahej also played a track sent by Gaurav Raina (of electronica duo Midival Punditz) which is on the Puma Loves Vinyl LP. Sadly, Raina couldn't make it to the gig.
The Puma Loves Vinyl LP will be released in mid-July. Stay tuned.
